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Politics LNP - Union Assurance empowers its policyholders by introducing free COVID-19 life coverage
Union Assurance PLC being one of the largest insurance solution providers in Sri Lanka has further established their commitment towards the nation by staying…
Crime LNP - Sports SLADA to employ law enforcement officer to fight doping in sports
Obtaining the service of a qualified law enforcement officer and joining hands with the Director General of Health Services and the Public Health Inspectors…
Law LNP - Senior lawyer asks AG to prosecute Bathiudeen for destroying Kallaru forest
The Attorney General’s Department could now prosecute MP Rishad Bathiudeen as the Court of Appeal yesterday found that the clearing of part of the Kallaru…
Sports LNP - Left-arm quick from Hungama could be next big thing in cricket
Left-arm quick Dilshan Madushanka has suddenly become the talk in cricket circles after he was drafted into the Sri Lankan squad that will tour South Africa…
Business LNP - PM pledges to reduce budget deficit from 10% to 4% by 2025
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (12) asked Parliament to increase the borrowing limit by Rs.180 billion while amending the guarantee limit to 15…
Business LNP - They gave way to his sense of self-importance!
The main character of this story is a national list Diyawanna member from the North. A new laboratory was set up at an institute of higher studies in Jaffna…
Sports LNP - Twenty Sri Lankan cricketers go through PCR tests
Twenty Sri Lankan cricketers and support staff of the national cricket team had gone through PCR tests yesterday. The results of the tests will be known today.…
Business LNP - Business LOVI Ceylon Nationals to reimagine corporate wear
“In today’s global economy, self-confidence is a must. And uniqueness a strategic advantage for any leader. With that in mind, I invite our forward-thinking…
Politics LNP - Resumption of burials a high risk the country cannot afford to take – MP Muzammil
SLPP (Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna) National List MP Mohammed Muzammil yesterday strongly urged the government not to resume burial of Muslim corona victims…
Politics LNP - Taken for a ride!
This is also an amusing anecdote related to the 20A. The main character of this story is a learned Diyawanna politico representing a district in the Western…
Sports LNP - Sports Trailblazers clinch Women’s T20 Challenege after Mandhana special
Atapattu (far right) had her first failure of the tournament as her team failed to chase 119 to secure the title The Supernovas led by Harmanpreet Kaur failed…
Politics LNP - State Minister Ajith Nivard Cabraal to deliver keynote at CA Sri Lanka’s Budget Webinar next week
The Annual Budget Seminar organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) will be held on November 19 from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm…
Politics LNP - Now, SJB MP says she renounced British citizenship in 2015
Dissident Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) MP Dayana Gamage yesterday said that she had renounced her British citizenship in 2015 to launch her full time political…
Politics LNP - A costly miscalculation
This politico was so sure that he would win a seat at the last general polls, he took a big building on a monthly rent of Rs.2 lakhs to run his political…
Sports LNP - Suncorp Hoodoo!
The Bledisloe dead rubber but a game with points for the tri-nations rugby tournament played at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. The Wallabies had lost only once at…
Business LNP - United Motors records Rs.366 million group profit in Q2
UML Group recorded a profit of Rs.366 million for Q2 compared to Rs.13.5 million in Q2 for the financial year 2019/20. The recorded group revenue was Rs.4.3…
Politics LNP - Challenge of healing divisions is common to US and SL
In 1961, shortly after his election victory, President-elect John F Kennedy quoted one of the first colonists of the US, John Winthrop who, in the year 1630,…
Politics LNP - Crysbro commends government’s initiative to strengthen Sri Lanka’s maize cultivation industry
Sri Lanka’s most trusted poultry group Crysbro, commends the government’s initiative to revive and reinforce Sri Lanka’s maize cultivation industry in a bid to…
Sports LNP - Atapattu stars in Supernovas’ two-run win
Chamari Atapattu with a brilliant half-century and Radha Yadav, with her nerves of steel while defending 10 runs in the final over, starred in Supernovas’s…
Technology LNP - Appointment of new EC awaited to take up SJB MP’s dual citizenship
Civil society activist Oshala Herath intends to draw the attention of the new Election Commission (EC) to the failure on the part of the outgoing EC to inquire…
Politics LNP - Impractical move to win brownie points
A prominent political authority has decided to shift an establishment related to construction work functioning under his purview to a state-owned building…
Sports LNP - Atapattu stars before Velocity pulls off thrilling win
Sri Lankan opening batter Chamari Atapattu starred with the bat for the Supernovas in the opening game of the Women’s T20 Challenge at Sharjah, but it wasn’t…
Entertainment LNP - Sampath Bank Group CFO joins Board of Directors
Sampath Bank PLC announced the appointment of Don Ajantha de Vas Gunasekara as Executive Director to its Board of Directors with immediate…
Development LNP - Biden close to projected victory; Trump confident
Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, was leading in the US presidential race with several key battleground states being balanced on a razor’s edge, at the time…