Crime CONTEMPT OF COURT ESTABLISHED
The Court of Appeal yesterday found Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera guilty on all four charges and sentenced to…
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Technology RAILWAY STRIKES AGAIN
Several railway trade unions launched a strike from 3pm yesterday without prior notice against the latest Cabinet decision to suspend the Cabinet paper…
Weather Mangala expresses regrets to train commuters
Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera in a special statement yesterday extended his regrets to the railway commuters, on behalf of the…
Politics SLMA backs move to change composition of SLMC
Reviewing of Medical Ordinance: The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) has turned down a request from the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA)…
Crime Liquor price increases
The prices of fast-moving locally manufactured liquor products of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka (DCSL) have been reportedly increased between Rs. 30 to 40…
Politics Duties on small cars to be revised soon: PM
The government intended to revise the import duties imposed on small cars and hybrid vehicles in the near future, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed…
Sports Sri Lanka seek best combination and 'continuity' in ODIs
Sri Lanka are in a little bit of a muddle. So woeful have they been in ODIs lately, that it is difficult to say who exactly forms the core of their team, let…
Weather FOUR INTERDICTED AFTER TRAIN MISHAP
Four railway workers have been interdicted in connection with Monday evening’s train accident at Panaliya, near Polgahawela. Over 30 passengers were injured…
Sports Prime Minister launches Rs. 50 million sports fund to help athletes
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe presenting the Rs. 50 million cheque to President of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka Suresh Subramaniam at…
Crime Fuel prices might drop after Friday: Ministry
The scheduled fuel price revision every two months would come to effect on Friday (10) where there might be a drop in fuel prices, the Finance Ministry said.…
Politics SAITM no more, staff should request salaries from President: Dr. Fernando
SAITM founder Dr. Neville Fernando said that as the SAITM Institute was abolished by President Maithripala Sirisena the staff should ask him for their…
Business 189 young entrepreneurs to get Enterprise Sri Lanka loans
The ‘Thurunudiriya’ loan scheme was launched by the Bank of Ceylon with the assistance of the Policy Development Office of the Prime Minister’s Office with the…
Politics Decision on Opp. leader this week
Speaker to announce determination before Friday P’ment heats up over JO demand to make Dinesh new Opposition leader Dinesh slams UPFA Gen. Secy as…
Crime Massive amounts of narcotics in custody to be destroyed
Law and Order Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara on Monday (Aug 6) said that a foolproof and efficient mechanism was urgently required to destroy massive amounts…
Business Old American warship, relocation of camps, etc. to cost Rs. 27 bn more
The government yesterday submitted a supplementary estimate of more than 27 billion rupees for the approval of parliament to cover its expenses exceeding the…
Sports Last ten overs took the game away from Sri Lanka, reckons Samaraweera
Hosts Sri Lanka tried to find a different route in order to reverse their fortunes in the ongoing five-match ODI series against South Africa as they opted to…
Business De La Rue injects further Rs 2B in FDI
De La Rue, the leading global identity and currency printing business first entered into a Joint Venture (JV) with the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) 32 years…
Business Hilton Colombo leagues ahead of others
2017 revenue crosses Rs. 3 b mark, gross profit up 23% Chairman optimistic recent measures by Govt. to put the national economy back on growth trajectory will…
Crime Vijayakala blames South and politicians
Government Parliamentarian Vijayakala Maheswaran on Friday charged that the South was responsible for supplying drugs to the North and that the menace had…
Technology SAITM students registration to KDU today
The registration of SAITM students at the KDU would start today amidst strict regulations that those who failed to pay the course-fee by Monday would not be…
Politics Marapana leads Lankan delegation at 25th ASEAN Regional Forum
Foreign Affairs Minister Tilak Marapana led the Sri Lanka delegation at the 25th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting held on 4 August in Singapore.…
Politics COPE to grill key govt officials on shady power purchases
Sri Lanka had incurred heavy losses amounting to billions of rupees due to irregularities in purchasing power from private producers and the high price paid…
Technology Lankan govenment reworking MoU on airport deal with India
The Sri Lankan government is reworking on the draft of a memorandum of understanding to hand over the management of Mattala Rajapaksha International Airport at…
Business Import duty on vehicles below 1000cc increased
The import duty on vehicles which are less than 1000cc has been increased with effect from today (August 1), the Finance Ministry said. Accordingly the import…