Crime SF rejects media report over underworld connexion
While rejecting media reports that some underworld figures were protected by a Senior Minister, Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka today said those reports…
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General US still can move resolutions though not being member of UNHRC - Spokesperson
Sri Lanka accountability issues: In spite of quitting the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the US, as an Observer still can co-sponsor…
Politics Glyphosate ban revocation comes under fire
The Joint Opposition (JO) and Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera yesterday (17), demanded that the Government reveal its true stance on the…
Politics ANY MINISTER PROTECTING UNDERWORLD WILL BE PUNISHED - PM
Action will be taken against any minister if found to be protecting underworld leaders, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday. The…
Sports Sri Lanka bags 17 medals at 14th Asian Schools Chess C’ship
The 14th Asian Schools Chess Championship 2018 was concluded at Citrus Hotel, Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka on July 14. The event was held at beautiful beach resort…
Crime ACTION AGAINST 14 OFFICERS - Salawa Army Camp explosion
Disciplinary action is to be taken against 14 Army officers stationed at the Kosgama Salawa Army Camp during the massive explosion and fire which occurred at…
Business FUEL PRICING FORMULAE, A VITAL COG IN THE WHEEL - ECONOMISTS
Experts say keeping price of fuel below the global market determined level is an implicit subsidy that is reflected in CEYPETCO losses and has to be funded by…
Sports No escape as Chandimal, Coach and Manager receive further sanctions
ICC bans Sri Lankan trio for four ODIs as well The International Cricket Council has suspended Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal, Head Coach Chandika…
Politics CC: JO wants Dinesh to replace Sampanthan
Having secured the support of a section of the SLFP parliamentary group loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena, the Joint Opposition intends to step up…
Politics Will increase forest cover to 32%: President
Sustainably manage forests that provide many socio-economic benefits & human needs such as food, energy and shelter – President tells FAO Forestry…
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Sports Inconsistencies on ICC’s part — Lankan trio begs for least possible punishment
Sri Lanka cricket captain Dinesh Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusingha and manager Asanka Gurusinha have blamed match officials of misleading them during the…
Security Army moves to relocate troops into Jaffna Fort meets stiff resistance
The historic Dutch Fort of Jaffna, recently restored at a cost of Rs 104 million is emerging as a bone of contention, with the military trying to relocate…
Sports France, a World Cup Champion That Stood Above It All in Russia
Only then, once France’s players knew they had emerged triumphant from a World Cup of chaos and abandon, a tournament that defied expectation and prediction,…
Politics FSP Leader asks why the JVP has gone silent on govt rogues it helped to bring to power
Frontline Socialist Party Leader Kumar Gunaratnam told a meeting in Kandy on Saturday (14) that the Sri Lanka-Singapore Agreement was a danger to the country.…
Technology Bus fare hike if Govt. failed to meet demands: ACPBA
The All Ceylon Private Bus Association (ACPBA) said that it would go for a bus fare increase if the Government failed to look at their demands favorably.…
Crime Death Sentence: List of 18 submitted to Justice Ministry
A list consisting names of 18 convicts, who were sentenced to death for drug-related crimes, had been submitted to the Justice and Prison Reforms Ministry,…
Development PM launches Gamperaliya accelerated rural development program: PM
The demand for consumer goods had gone down as a result of money circulation decline in the country, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. However,…
Crime Bakery owners threaten to increase price of bread too in 2 months
Bakers have warned of a price increase in bread within two months if they are not granted concessions over bakery ingredients. The all Ceylon Bakery Owners…
Crime Damning US report reveals Lankans in NZ subjected to forced labour
The foreign employment services sector yesterday distanced itself from a damning US report that Sri Lankan women and children were dumped into forced labour in…
Technology Most drug dealers cannot be hanged due to their appeals
Prison authorities have prepared a list of 18 death row inmates for hanging and it is to be submitted for the President’s signature, but some of those have…
Business Tourism earnings up 14.7% Jan-May Forex income hits US$ 1.8B
Sri Lanka earned nearly US$ 1.8 billion from tourism during the first five months of this year, up 14.7 per cent compared to US$ 1.65 billion a year ago,…
General Prisons Dept. to enlist 2 new hangmen
The Prisons Department will call for applications to recruit two hangmen next week to carry out death sentences, Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Thushara…
Business Businessman pleads guilty to smuggling ganja by post
MP, ex-Senior DIG defend him Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday deferred a case filed against a leading businessman charged with smuggling 60…