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Sri Lanka creates special courts for Rajapakse-era graft Crime

Sri Lanka creates special courts for Rajapakse-era graft

Sri Lanka's parliament Wednesday voted to set up special courts to try multi-billion dollar graft cases under former president Mahinda Rajapakse. The move aims…

10 May 2018
Teejay Lanka’s Q4 pre-tax profit up 27% to Rs 501.6 million Business

Teejay Lanka’s Q4 pre-tax profit up 27% to Rs 501.6 million

Teejay Lanka PLC has reported profit before tax of Rs 501.7 million at Group level for the final quarter of 2017-18, to end a challenging year with a…

09 May 2018
India remains Sri Lanka’s major trading partner followed by China in 2017 Technology

India remains Sri Lanka’s major trading partner followed by China in 2017

Sri Lanka’s exports surpassed US $1 billion for the fifth time propped up by apparel which topped $5 billion and considerable growth of 42 per cent in seafood,…

09 May 2018
PUCSL to decide today Uncategorized

PUCSL to decide today

Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union’s (CEBEU) President, Saumya Kumarawadu, the head of Sri Lanka’s most influential professional trade union, said that…

09 May 2018
Unemployment records 5-year low Uncategorized

Unemployment records 5-year low

Sri Lanka’s unemployment rate improved to 4.2 per cent in 2017, to record a five year, as the Department of Census and Statistics recorded only 358,507 in…

09 May 2018
COLOMBO’S NEW SMART PARKING METERS CREATE A STIR Uncategorized

COLOMBO’S NEW SMART PARKING METERS CREATE A STIR

A few weeks ago, Rashmini de Silva parked her car near the Savoy Theater in Wellawatte. It was a designated parking lot, though there was no attendant in…

08 May 2018
Samurdhi should not be distributed as relief among UNPers, SLFPers: JHU Uncategorized

Samurdhi should not be distributed as relief among UNPers, SLFPers: JHU

athika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary and Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said today the Samurdhi programme should be used to help the poor to come out…

08 May 2018
Lester's award stolen by professional thieves Entertainment

Lester's award stolen by professional thieves

Five persons arrested in connection with the theft of the Golden Peacock Award belonging to late veteran Sri Lankan film maker Dr. Lester James Peries were…

08 May 2018
$ 75 m EAP deal struck with $ 35 m initial infusion Uncategorized

$ 75 m EAP deal struck with $ 35 m initial infusion

The long-awaited and crucial deal on EAP Group, linked to the revival of ETI Finance and Swarnamahal Financial Services, has been struck with an investment…

08 May 2018
Govt unable to govern a GN division, let alone country - Mahinda Uncategorized

Govt unable to govern a GN division, let alone country - Mahinda

https://youtu.be/udNe9YSrz68 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the incumbent government is unable to govern a Grama Niladhari…

08 May 2018
Won’t retire in 2020: President Politics

Won’t retire in 2020: President

President Maithripala Sirisena today declared that he would not retire from politics in 2020 as he had to complete his mission to serve the people and the…

08 May 2018
Won't allow PM to bring Samurdhi Bank under CB Uncategorized

Won't allow PM to bring Samurdhi Bank under CB

Former social empowerment minister S.B Dissanayake today said he would never allow Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to vest the Samurdhi Bank under the…

07 May 2018
Samurdhi Bank to come under CBSL Uncategorized

Samurdhi Bank to come under CBSL

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday announced that the Samurdhi Community Bank would be brought under purview of the Finance Ministry and the Central…

07 May 2018
'UNP will begin new journey after today' Travel

'UNP will begin new journey after today'

Minister Harin Fernando says with the May Day celebrations the United National Party will begin a new journey. Speaking during the UNP May Day celebrations at…

07 May 2018
UNP will rule for next 20-30 years, promises PM Uncategorized

UNP will rule for next 20-30 years, promises PM

Samurdhi would be apolitical Will solve fertiliser issue, create more Jobs Party reforms will take place Stable economy, more investments Rule of law will be…

07 May 2018
Inflate Rupee Further Uncategorized

Inflate Rupee Further

Hardly three months after the Yahapalana Government suffered a shock; humiliating defeat at the 10 February Local Government Polls, a prime reason being the…

06 May 2018
Lost medal of Dr. Lester James Peiris found inside private bus Sports

Lost medal of Dr. Lester James Peiris found inside private bus

https://youtu.be/LXC5x1LCt7o?t=10 Lost “Golden Peacock” medal of late Dr. Lester James Peiris has been found on an overhead rack of a Kollupitiya-Kaduwela 177…

06 May 2018
Mahinda comes to Ranil’s rescue once again! Technology

Mahinda comes to Ranil’s rescue once again!

The so called new Cabinet of Ministers, which turned out to be the result of the fourth Cabinet reshuffle since the Yahapalana Government came into power in…

06 May 2018
SL win five golds with four records Uncategorized

SL win five golds with four records

Sri Lanka won five Gold medals including a clean sweep in the Men’s 400m at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championship started at Sugathadasa Stadium…

06 May 2018
Billions bat for SLC despite cricket being bowled Sports

Billions bat for SLC despite cricket being bowled

The national cricket team might have had bad luck in 2017 but the sport’s governing body has recorded healthy financial growth with a massive increase in…

06 May 2018
SLC elections to be postponed Politics

SLC elections to be postponed

28 Apr 2018
Harsha says govt. won’t meddle with exchange rate Business

Harsha says govt. won’t meddle with exchange rate

28 Apr 2018
Laugfs also increases price of gas cylinders Crime

Laugfs also increases price of gas cylinders

28 Apr 2018
Cartoon of the day Uncategorized

Cartoon of the day

28 Apr 2018