Development LNP - CBSL foresees brighter growth prospects in 2021
Sri Lanka’s 2021 GDP growth prospects seem positive despite the economy contracting by 1.7 per cent and 16.3 per cent in the first and second…
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Law LNP - MCC inconsistent with Constitution
Attorney General Dappula de Livera, PC, has informed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact, Project…
Crime LNP - ‘Police Kottu’, a new variety of cheaper Kottu!
Kottu Roti is a popular food item served in hotels and restaurants. By the way, a certain purohita of the government had recently referred to a new kind…
Sports LNP - Yasitha, Anika looking to add doubles titles
Men’s and women’s singles champions Yasitha de Silva and Anika Seneviratne will look to secure the doubles titles as well as they booked final spots in the…
Entertainment LNP - ‘Brombil, largest tea producing factory’
Brombil tea factory situated in Pelawatte in Kalutara district produced & sold the highest quantity of tea for a factory in Sri Lanka in the year 2020…
Law LNP - Proposal for recruiting lawyers as CIs discarded
Public Security Minister, retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, and Justice Minister Ali Sabry, PC, yesterday (18), against the backdrop of a controversial…
Weather LNP - Hubble-bubble over bio-secure bubble for Ukrainians
The former envoy’s pilot project of facilitating the tourist arrivals from Ukraine, which had been initially planned in consultation with the top team member…
Technology LNP - OPPO launches OPPO A15
OPPO launched the newest OPPO A15 in Sri Lanka. Equipped with AI Triple Camera and 6.52″ big screen, OPPO A15 lets one capture clear and crisp photos, and…
Entertainment LNP -Yasitha, Anika singles champions
Yasitha de Silva won his maiden men’s singles title as defending champion Sharmal Dissanayke withdrew after a closely contested first set due to injury in the…
Weather LNP - Rain could spoil Galle Test
Rex Clementine at Galle Fort Sri Lanka’s final training session yesterday ahead of the Galle Test was cancelled as a heavy downpour kept the players…
Politics LNP - Business Policy rates to hold steady amidst sweeping measures to insulate economy: First Capital
First Capital Research believes that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) will maintain same policy stance in its monetary policy review, but given the…
Politics LNP - News Ranil stays put as UNP leader
The UNP Working Committee yesterday (13) unanimously appointed former Galle District lawmaker Vajira Abeywardena the party Chairman. The WC met…
Business LNP - JKH, BI, Expolanka contribute more than 70% to ASPI
Trading activities of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) were bullish yesterday where JKH, Browns Investments and Expolanka contributed more than 70 percent or…
Development LNP - Unauthorised constructions cannot be permitted within university premises – GL
Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday (11) said that monuments of any kind couldn’t be built within university premises under any circumstances…
Travel LNP - Politico to turn hotelier!
A former Diyawanna member, a chief provincial purohita and a provincial governing one, this politico failed to make it to Diyawanna at the last general polls.…
Technology LNP- Against Hospital Director
Residents and the staffers of the General Hospital Aniyakanda in Kandana staged a protest outside the hospital today against the Hospital Director who had…
Technology LNP- CSE changes tick size applicable to equity securities; LOLC drives bourse
The CSE Board of Directors decided to change the tick size applicable to equity securities traded on the Automated Trading System (ATS). The necessary rule…
Education LNP - Ministry of Education delivers another blow to endurance events
The Ministry of Education has scrapped the distance medley relay which was reintroduced to the programme of the All Island Schools Relay Carnival at its last…
Health LNP - Was the coronavirus only an excuse for postponement?
Government authorities fixed a date for electing a Basnayake Nilame for a highly popular Devalaya in the deep South on the request of the political chief of…
Business LNP - Ceylinco Insurance ranked 6th in Business Today’s Top 30 for 2019 /20 Roll of Honour
Once again, for the eighth consecutive year, Ceylinco Insurance PLC, the holding company of insurance giants – Ceylinco General Insurance and Ceylinco Life…
Weather LNP - England begin training after negative PCR tests
There was good news coming from the England camp in Hambantota yesterday after PCR tests done on the team turned negative for COVID-19 except for Moeen Ali.…
Business LNP - news PM says no decision to hand over ECT to foreign company
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday that no decision had been made to hand over the East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port or…
Weather LNP - Sports Story behind Shanika’s record breaking feat
The team trained by Madura Perera. Back row from left: Piyumika Weerathisun, Ayan Thushara, Lahiru Sampath, Madura Perera (Coach), Chandima Sadaruwan, Himantha…
Politics LNP - Emirates takes A380 experience to new heights
Emirates is taking its signature A380 experience to the next level with the unveil of a brand new Premium Economy cabin product, together with enhancements and…