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Sports “Can a Leader who cannot control his own party, run a country?
Sirisena has no control over SLFP/UPFA The No-Confidence Motion, moved against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, has confirmed that President Maithripala…
Technology Bollywood star Salman Khan sentenced to five years in jail
An Indian court has sentenced Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to five years in jail for poaching rare antelope back in 1998. The actor has also been fined a…
Crime Three shot at YouTube HQ, female suspect dead
A woman opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters near San Francisco yesterday (April 3). It was reported that after wounding three people she took her own life as…
Uncategorized Which UNP politician lead the mob that surrounded MTV/MBC HQ
The individual who lead the unruly behavior opposite the MTV/MBC head office was identified as Kithsiri Rajapaksa a UNP politician representing the Colombo…
Sports Sri Lanka wins first medal at 2018 CWG
Sri Lankan weightlifter Chaturanga Lakmal won the Bronze Medal in the Men’s 56kg category at the 21st Commonwealth Games on Thursday. He wins Sri Lanka’s first…
Technology No-confidence motion against PM defeated
https://youtu.be/4EB-Z2Rp6pU?t=5 The motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated in Parliament with a majority of 46…
Uncategorized PM thanks supportive MPs, admits shortcomings, vows to strengthen Govt. and UNP
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (4 April) expressed his gratitude to all the Parliamentarians who helped to defeat the Motion of…
Uncategorized WATCH: 'Sri Lanka's Got Talent' contestant knocks himself out during karate routine
Sri Lanka's got talent, and probably also a serious concussion. On the first season of "Sri Lanka's Got Talent" -- the latest of many localized Got Talent…
Uncategorized PM Ranil Wickremesinghe defeats the No-Confidence Motion
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has defeated the No-Confidence Motion brought up against him by the Joint Opposition. The Premier gained the support of 122…
Uncategorized Royal victory for Ranil
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe yesterday emerged victorious after he managed to decisively defeat the much anticipated No-Confidence Motion with a…
Uncategorized FinMin puts bunching debt figure at US $ 15bn between 2019 and 2022
The headroom to tackle Sri Lanka’s worsening public debt situation appears to be disappearing as the government estimates a whopping US $ 15 billion in foreign…
Technology Ranil scuttles no-faith bid
UNP musters 122 and majority of 46 JO, 15 SLFP MPs loyal to Prez back motion JVP votes against Ranil, flays Rajapaksas TNA, SLMC support PM en bloc Wijeyadasa,…
Uncategorized Money talks for prisoners #967 and #968
They were accused of being involved in a major Treasury bond scam but putting them behind bars did not stop them from using the money they had to bribe…
Politics Ranil urged to quit unity govt, bring in SF as law and order minister
An overtly anti-Joint Opposition civil society grouping that campaigned for 2015 change of government yesterday said that the National Unity Government would…
Business Tourism earnings up 13.8% Jan-Feb Records US$ 880 million
Tourism earnings during the first two months of this year, as well as in the month of February this year reflected almost the same growth trend in arrivals to…
Uncategorized National Audit Bill presented to P’ment
The long-awaited National Audit Bill was presented in Parliament yesterday by the Government as it seeks to widen the powers of the Auditor General and…
Uncategorized NCM: TNA’s final decision this morning
SLMC likely to back Ranil . The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has postponed till 10.00 am today in making a final decision on the no-confidence against Prime…
Uncategorized Nation nervy over No-confidence today!
Ranil and UNP confident of defeating motion TNA and SLMC to vote in support of PM UNF throws support behind PM, insists they have numbers to carry the day…
Uncategorized Nearly 11.8 million signed up for Obamacare for 2018, but questions arise for next year
Obamacare remained popular with millions of Americans in 2018, despite the Trump administration's repeated attacks. Nearly 11.8 million people selected…
Uncategorized Bank of Ceylon soars higher in 2017
The Bank of Ceylon has ended 2017 with another spearheading record of Rs. 30.3 billion Profit Before Tax (PBT), its highest-ever PBT. The Bank has recorded an…
Weather Sri Lanka Air Force Combat Training School in Diyatalawa honoured with President’s Colours
The award of the President’s Colours of the Sri Lanka Air Force Combat Training School in Diyatalawa (SLAF CTS) to appreciate the great service rendered by the…
Uncategorized University non-academic strike likely to end today
The strike of the university non-academic staff, which had dragged on for 35 days was likely to end today, after a meeting among the members of the University…
Uncategorized UNP sure of defeating NCM - Akila
The UNP yesterday vowed to defeat the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe securing more than 120 votes. With less than 48…
Politics January 2015,Presidential election : BJP IT expert advised Rajapaksas
After three years of claiming that India helped the common opposition to victory in January 2015, a top Rajapaksa administration official openly admitted last…