Crime Vegetable prices increase again
Vegetable prices are on the increase again. At the Dambulla market too the prices were high with a kilo of beans selling at Rs 350 on Friday. The price of…
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Education This is the way we come to class
With an influenza virus spreading in the South and several deaths reported in the aftermath of the floods, a teacher and students at Olcott Vidyalaya in Galle…
Business Monetary Law to be amended to suit inflation targeting
Amendments to the Monetary Law Act (MLA) is to be present to Parliament next year to suit the Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) frame-work with the aim of…
Business SL seeks $500 mn apparel trade deal with India
Sri Lanka is hoping to convince India to remove the existing quota system for the apparel industry and instead requesting a US$500 million worth trade deal.…
Technology Colombo to be AI’s S Asia HQ
Amnesty International (AI) has selected Colombo as its South Asia Head Quarters and a permeant office is to be opened soon. The London-based non-governmental…
Weather Private company to operate new train services in H’tota District
The Government wants the private sector to build and operate rail services in a US$ 800 million (Rs. 127 billion) project in the Hambantota district, a senior…
Politics Field Marshal receives Rs 100,000 from Aloysius
Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that he, too, received about Rs100,000 from tainted businessman Arjun Aloysius at the last parliamentary…
Technology Striking Rail Unions say no sabotage
GM cries foul, calls for CID probe: The Railway Department had lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday, alleging that…
Crime Fuel price revision on July 5- DST
The Government will not slash fuel prices despite the current slump in international fuel prices and will wait till July 5 to make revisions if necessary. This…
Business Lankan banks sit on Rs.19bn capital hole as sector braces for BASEL III
The Sri Lankan banks satisfy many of the key matrices such as growth, profits, efficiency and asset quality against most regional peers but the sector is in…
Technology Civil activists claim more that 118 benefited from the bond scam
Civil Organizations call on authorities to expose the beneficiaries of the bond scam. According to the Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights &…
Sports “Match-fixing to come under Bribery Act” – Sarath Jayamanne
Sarath Jayamanne, the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) speaking to news 1 st stated that they…
Sports Al Jazeera defends cricket match-fixing film after ICC criticism
Al Jazeera has hit back at criticism from world cricket's governing body, the ICC, for not sharing evidence of match-fixing before broadcasting a documentary…
Development Port of Colombo clocks 2nd highest growth rate in the world
The Port of Colombo recorded a 16.2% growth in container handling for the 1st quarter of 2018 over the same quarter last year, according to Alphaliner Monthly…
Politics President seeks AG’s help to break deadlock between PUCSL and CEB
PUCSL still opposed to CEB’s original plan submitted in 2017 CEB insistent on getting approval for original plan CEB Engineers’ Union calls for SGM on 1 June…
Technology Prez, PM blamed for failure of govt anti-corruption drive
Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has blamed President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for the UNP-led…
Entertainment NIBM -TDF Model for Human Performance Improvement
Th e HPI ( Human Performance Improvement) process of NIBM follows a result –based approach to improve performance of its learners. TDF is a novel approach for…
Health Death toll due to Pneumonia rises to twelve
Five patients who sought treatment for Pneumonia at the Matara General Hospital during the last few days, have died, the inquirer into sudden deaths T.M.…
Politics Aloysius never offered us money: Hadunnetti
JVP MP Sunil Hadunnetti said Perpetual Treasuries Ltd., owner Arjun Aloysius had never offered any money to Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MPs and pointed out…
Technology Strike action successful -Railway employees
The Railway Technical Services Trade Union Committee says the 48 hour strike action launched over several demands has been successful. The strike was launched…
Health GMOA calls for more vaccines as flu death toll rises
Special Committee to explore buying more flu vaccines. Although a batch of flu vaccines is on the way, the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital in Galle is still…
Business HNB Assurance Group delivers notable financial results for Q1 2018; PAT up
HNB Assurance Group delivered a notable financial performance, reporting a Profit After Tax (PAT) of LKR 699 MN for Q1 2018 reflecting a steady growth of 844%…
Sports Dayasiri no balls Malinga!
Former Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekara yesterday (28) said that Sri Lanka’s fast bowler and Former Twenty-20 Skipper Lasith Malinga could have made a…
Crime IGP comes to rescue of orphaned children of policeman
The three children of the police constable attached to the Gokarella police station who committed suicide recently after hearing about his wife’s death will…