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Bangladeshi cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan won a seat in the country's parliament on Sunday after a landslide victory in a general election boycotted by the opposition, an official said.The post Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan wins parliament seat appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
ECONOMYNEXT –Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe urged the public to become informants to broaden the tax net and thus reduce both overall direct and indirect taxes. The government has raised Value Added Tax (VAT), an indirect tax to 18 percent from 15 percent with effect from January 1. The move also will see some VAT […]
I write about the The Crown which depicted in six seasons and 60 episodes the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The historical television series was written by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix. Morgan developed the Crown series from his film The Queen (2006) and stage play […]
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe, during a visit to Jaffna, met Kilmisha, the winner of a popular reality show on India’s Zee Tamil TV, and acknowledged her achievements.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Officials confirmed Pistorius was “at home” on Friday morning, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence. Ms Steenkamp’s mother said she accepted the decision to release the former athlete – but […]
A student shot six people, one of them fatally, at a high school in the US state of Iowa before taking his own life on the first day back from holiday break, police said. A “pretty rudimentary” improvised explosive device was found by investigators at Perry High School, police said, and rendered safe. Five of […]
At least 73 people have been killed by two bomb explosions near the tomb of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his assassination by the US, Iran’s state media report. State broadcaster Irib said another 171 people were wounded when the blasts hit a procession near the Saheb al-Zaman mosque in the […]
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At least 30 people have been reported dead after a massive earthquake hit the coast of central Japan on New Year’s Day with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warning that damage was “widespread” and casualties were likely to rise. The magnitude 7.6 quake struck on Monday afternoon near the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture, triggering the […]
Japan has issued tsunami alerts, urging people to evacuate coastal areas after a series of strong quakes hit its western coastline. The Japan Meteorological Agency reports quakes off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures, one with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 A major tsunami warning was issued for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings for […]
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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen. “I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederik,” she announced. The 83-year-old is the world’s only reigning […]
Denmark s Queen Margrethe II, Europe s longest-serving monarch, will abdicate on Jan. 14 after 52 years on the throne and will be succeeded by her eldest son Crown Prince Frederik, she announced on Sunday.
Today, the collective misery we experience as a society has nothing positive to show for the promotion of the so-called ‘positive thinking’, which encourages us to rise individually, and not collectively as people. Positive thinkers, who are dime a dozen, flourish in market-oriented, consumerist societies where ill-mannered rulers and their business cronies feed on millions […]
කර්මාන්ත හා සෞඛ්යය අමාත්ය වෛද්ය රමේෂ් පතිරණ මහතාගේ සංකල්පයක් මත දින තුනක් ගාල්ල සමනල ක්රිඩාංගන පරිශ්රයේදී අති සාර්ථකව ක්රියාත්මක වූ “Industry 2023 Galle Edition” දකුණු පළාත් කර්මාන්ත ප්රදර්ශනය නිමාවට පත්කරමින්The post Industry 2023 Galle Edition දකුණු පළාත් කර්මාන්ත ප්රදර්ශනය සාර්ථකව නිමාවට පත්වෙයි appeared first on ITN News.
by Rex Clementine The Boxing Day Test match has become an integral part of the game of cricket as during the festive season people are hooked onto their televisions from morning to evening watching the proceedings at MCG before switching their channel to find out what’s happening at Centurion. The Boxing Day Tests are […]
Saturday 30th December, 2023 Sri Lankans are gripped by an anticipatory dread of another surge in the cost of living owing to the crippling effect of enhanced VAT and the expansion of its application. Hardly a day passes without people being shown on television cursing the government for the untold suffering it has inflicted on […]
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has condemned a private TV station over a dress worn by a singer for a Christmas Day recording outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka church in Ragama. Issuing a statement, the Archdiocesan Social Communication and Cultural Centre said that it condemned the dress and the performance of singer Nathasha […]
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By Dinasena Ratugamage Kilmisha Yaazhisai, a young girl from Jaffna, who became the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs Season 3 winner on Indian TV channel Zee Tamil, returned to Sri Lanka on Thursday (28). A large number of people had gathered at the Jaffna International Airport to welcome her.She was taken to Jaffna […]
Renowned Australian chef Bill Granger – the “godfather” of avocado toast – has died. A self-taught cook from Melbourne, Granger became a celebrated global restaurateur and food writer. He passed away in a London hospital on Christmas Day, aged 54, his wife and three daughters by his side. “He will be remembered as the ‘King […]
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has been found dead, authorities have confirmed to the BBC. The actor, 48, was found unconscious in a car in one of Seoul’s main parks on Wednesday. It is unclear if Lee took his own life, but police said they […]
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Lotus Tower has attracted over 1.4 million local and foreign visitors since it was opened to the public in September 2022, the Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company said on Monday. On Sunday alone, 7,522 people, including 237 foreigners, visited the Lotus Tower, the company said. The company said 1,400,444 local visitors and […]
India spun their way to a historic first-ever Test win over Australia at the Wankhede on Day 4. Australia began on 233 for 5 but lost the second half of their side for the addition of just 28 more runs. Australia dismissed Shafali Verma in the opening over and then got Richa Ghosh in the […]
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Spectacle of the past week was the SLPP Convention held at the Sugathadasa Stadium. Of course, the crowds were present – transported from outstations since nobody thirsting for some free frolic will stay home when offered transport and food and probably more than a tot just to swell the audience. The usual paeons were sung […]
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe telephoned Kilmisha Uthayaseelan to congratulate her on her win at a popular Tamil reality show on an Indian TV channel. The President’s office said that Wickremesinghe personally reached out to Kilmeesha Uthayaseelan on the phone to commend her exceptional skills and acknowledge the honour she has brought to the nation. In addition […]
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