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Uncategorized Debt level tops Rs. 9,387 billion: New law to manage borrowings
With the Government debt level in excess of Rs. 9,387 billion, a new Active Liability Management Law is to be enacted to make provision to raise loans, in and…
Uncategorized ITI takes steps to mitigate any harm from Lakvijaya
Air tests to determine if employees, residents exposed to ash from coal power plant. The Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) this week started ambient air…
Uncategorized Ravi to make special statement on Bond issue
UNP Assistant Leader and Colombo District Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake will make a special statement in Parliament regarding the Central Bank Bond issue…
Business Singapore and Sri Lanka sign free trade agreement
Singapore and Sri Lanka signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday (Jan 23) which will deepen economic ties and facilitates greater trade flows between the two…
Business Audits reveal serious discrepancies in NOCSL finances
There were serious financial, operational and management discrepancies in the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka between 2010 and 2012, reports from the…
Uncategorized Thisara Perera's all-round brilliance keeps Sri Lanka alive
Sri Lanka 202 for 5 (Kusal Perera 49, Thisara 39*, Muzarabani 3-52) beat Zimbabwe 198 (Taylor 58, Thisara 4-33, Pradeep 3-28) by five wickets Thisara Perera…
Uncategorized Hela Clothing ships one millionth garment from Ethiopia
Sri Lanka’s Hela Clothing, recently produced and shipped their one millionth garment from their factory in Ethiopia. A feat made more impressive considering…
Uncategorized Counting in LGBT
News report says only 7,500 as gay; but it could be as high as 5% of the population. Recently there has been a spate of speculation as to exactly how many…
Technology Mathews in doubt for Tests against Bangladesh
Angelo Mathews is not merely out of the ongoing ODI tri-nation series, but is also in serious doubt for the Tests against Bangladesh, and has returned to…
Technology Now that Bond Commission too has said it, Govt. cannot postpone the reform of Central Bank any more
Resurrecting an old pledge The Deputy Minister of National Policy and Economic Affairs, Dr. Harsha de Silva, commonly known as Harsha, is reported to have…
Development Construction of Kerawalapitiya LNG Power Plant
Political pressure blocks tender award. The Tender Procedure for the construction of a 300MW Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Power Plant, to be built in…
Crime Kataragama shooting incident :58 arrested persons released on bail
https://youtu.be/OlnCb8fCdqE?t=13 The 58 arrested persons arrested during the Kataragama incident were taken before Tissamaharama Magistrate who released them…
Politics Postal voting for Local Government elections commenced today
Postal voting for the upcoming Local Government elections commenced today(January 22) at 9 am in Election Offices, District Secretariats and Police stations.…
Technology All set for Free and Fair LG Polls – Mahinda Deshapriya
Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said his staff has done its utmost to ensure free and fair Local Government elections on 10 February. "The era…
Uncategorized JVP READY TO BECOME THE RULING PARTY - ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE
The real challenge for the JVP is to appear as a political party able to rule the country moving away from its rebellious past, said, the Leader of the Janatha…
Crime E-passport tender award challenged in Supreme Court
Sri Lanka’s new bio-metric E-passport project has been embroiled in a legal mesh as a result of the attempt made by the authorities to award the contract to De…
Technology NOCSL Members came out together against current regime Rohan Fernando announces candidacy for presidency
Fourteen strong members of the National Olympic Committee Sri Lanka (NOCSL) came together to make an official announcement of the candidacy for president at…
Uncategorized Woman FIDE Master Suneetha Wijesuriya queen of the night
SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017 At the SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017, Woman FIDE Master Suneetha Wijesuriya was awarded the SLT SILK for Outstanding Dedication &…
Uncategorized No consent yet to Singapore FTA; professional groups say
Professional groups in Sri Lanka, engaged as key stakeholders in discussions with the Government on proposed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with India, China and…
Technology Govt. slapped with high insurance premium for Central Expressway loan from Japanese bank
The Government is to be slapped with a massive insurance premium of Rs. 14 billion, for a loan of Rs 138 billion from a Japanese bank, to construct a 32-km…
Technology Speaker brokers SLFP-UNP truce, but undercurrents remain
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has intervened in a growing spat of angry outbursts among coalition partners – the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United…
Crime Dead army officer’s claim doubtful: CID
Lasantha Wickrematunge’s murder: The Army Intelligence Officer who had committed suicide by hanging himself in 2016, having written a letter taking…
Uncategorized Sri Lanka, China to co-build dendro power plant
Sri Lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri Lanka's largest dendro power plant in Moneragala in the country's south. The…
Uncategorized CEB employees to get arrears
The government is to provide the best solution to the salary anomaly issue of the Ceylon Electricity Board employees and pay the arrears at the first possible…