Politics Sri Lanka to develop policy framework for beauty culture industry
Sri Lanka seeks to develop a policy framework for beauty culture industry, in order to ensure the expansion, development and further uninhibited expansion and…
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Law Gotabaya’s FR petition: SC refixes argument for 31 May
The Supreme Court yesterday re-fixed for 31 May the argument of the fundamental rights petition filed by former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The bench…
Crime Sri Lanka seeks more jobs for skilled workers in Qatar
Sri Lanka is seeking more job opportunities in Qatar for skilled workers in different sectors and it would organise an employment promotion event tomorrow.…
Crime Speaker says nothing missing from Bond Commission report
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya announced yesterday that he had been informed by the Secretary to the President that Parliament had been given copies of the complete…
Politics Coping with the primacy of power politics
President Maithripala Sirisena’s application to the Supreme Court to obtain its opinion on the length of his term came as a surprise to the general public, and…
Politics Bond scams: JO cranks up pressure on President, PM
Chairman of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday demaded that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe step down temporarily to ensure a…
Politics Local administration experiences bitterest period under current rule: Basil
That itself is enough to unseat this government this time There is no competition from UNP President did unconstitutional things right after election to office…
Politics GMOA contests SLMC election to upset Health Minister’s agenda
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said yesterday its members would contest the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) election today (23) to defeat…
Business 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…
Technology 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…
Politics 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…
Sports 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…
Business 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…
General 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…
Politics 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…