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Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) will induct the first-ever Dornier 228 Maritime Patrol Aircraft to its fleet on August 15 (Monday) under the comradeship of neighbouring India.
Sri Lanka s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 16,614 today after the Director General of Health Services confirmed 09 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 12).
All Share Price Index (ASPI) rose 3.69% or 321.31 points to 9,027.48, its highest since March 31
- Sri Lanka bourse slips ahead of policy rates, IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka shares fall on profit taking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks gain for third straight session led by market heavyweights (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs127bn in bonds, 2032 on tap at 30.09-pct (Category: Breaking News)
Postage charges in Sri Lanka have been increased with effect from 15th August, 2022.The post Sri Lanka increases postal charges appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka’s Postal Service declared as essential service (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Postal workers launch token strike over Nuwara Eliya Post Office (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s postage charges to be increased from August 15 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Postal Department to be modernized with a new Postal Act within this year (Category: Breaking News)
"The market is on dull mode. One reason is this being a long weekend and other is investors are waiting for clarification on local debt restructuring"
- 5 year old dies after being fatally injured by air gun (Category: Breaking News)
- Death threats won’t deter us – EC Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- මිහින්තලේ හිමි අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට (Category: Sinhala)
- Sri Lanka bakery owners raise bread, other baked good prices (Category: Breaking News)
India today categorically rejected insinuation by China which claimed that Sri Lanka s neighbour is pressuring the island nation over Chinese ballistic missile and satellite-tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 planned visit to Hambantota.
"The change should come from every person and should not just be expected from politicians," he said.
- S.Korea gives US$200mn loans to SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka has asked to be de-gradudated to get IDA loans from World Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to seek eligibility for IDA loans while remaining as a middle-income country (Category: Breaking News)
- Cooperatives Minister to request Sri Lankan banks to write off non-performing cooperative loans (Category: Breaking News)
Father Jeevantha Peiris was released on bail by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court on Friday August 12.
- Woman immolates self in Grandpass (Category: Breaking News)
- Cash Chief (Category: Business)
- US warns its citizens of Monday's demos in Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Underworld was behind the recent Colombo museum heist (Category: Breaking News)
The U.S. and Indian officials have strongly pressured the Sri Lankan government to revoke the planned visit of the Chinese satellite-tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5, which set sail from China to Sri Lanka s strategic Hambantota Port.
[…]The post Dollar Chase: Reforms & Audits appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF – Eagerly Awaited – Desperation Grows! (Category: Breaking News)
- Awakening To Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- Awakening To Reality (Category: Breaking News)
- Awakening To Reality (Category: Breaking News)
Rev. Fr. Jeewantha Peiris who surrendered to the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court today (August 12) was released on bail.The post Rev. Fr. Jeewantha Peiris granted bail appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Fr. Jeewantha Peiris files FR seeking prevention of arrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Travel ban against six activists including Rev. Fr. Jeewantha, & IUSF Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Fr. Jeewantha Peiris arrives at Fort Magistrate s Court (Category: Breaking News)
- Fr. Jeewantha Peiris granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
“We are a broken nation and we all need to get together and [uplift] the broken nation."
- Chinese Connection (Category: Business)
- Flight Path (Category: Business)
- Annual Flight (Category: Business)
- Flying Wings (Category: Business)
The Kandy Esala festival of the Temple of the Scared Tooth Relic in Kandy drew to an end today with the water-cutting ceremony held at the Mahaweli River in Getambe, early this morning (Aug 12).
- Court ordered to stop protest organized bu the Peradeniya university students (Category: Breaking News)
- Boxing Bout (Category: Business)
- Kandy private bus strike to continue (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilani Manodara will lead Sri Lanka women cricketers against West Indies (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Taimur arrived at the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka on a formal visit this morning (August 12).The post Pakistani warship PNS Taimur arrives at Colombo Port appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Chinese-built Pakistani warship makes port call in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistani warship heading to Colombo amidst row over Chinese research vessel (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan Navy ship arrives in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistani naval ship SAIF docks at Colombo Port (Category: Breaking News)
The requirement of 80% school attendance will not be considered for students sitting for the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination this December, the Education Ministry says.
[…]The post 22A Ensures Government Domination In Constitutional Council appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 22A: GR Retains Powers, Does Not Help To Assuage The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- 21st Amendment – Justifications To Bring Back 17 And Not 19 (Category: Breaking News)
- NM’s 117th Birthday: Abolishing The Executive Presidency Never More Necessary (Category: Breaking News)
- Fifty Years As A Republic: The Making Of The 1972 Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Jaffna Bishop Shattered As Cycle Charity Hoodwinks Donors And Pockets Manipay Hospital Funds appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Jaffna Bishop Instructs Manipay Hospital Board To Sever Ties With UK Charity FOMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Charity Pockets Easter Bomb Child Victim’s Funds (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed 18th Amendment is grave threat to democracy and good governance-National Christian Coun... (Category: Breaking News)
- Dr. Mary Srikanthi Handy, philanthropist extraordinaire (Category: Breaking News)
The Ministry of Agriculture has taken steps to import 100,000 MT of Urea fertiliser for the Maha Season cultivation.The post 100,000 MT of urea fertiliser to be imported for Maha Season appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Japan grants 8,360 Metric Tonnes of fertiliser to support paddy farmers in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Urea fertiliser prices to be reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Agriculture Ministry Secretary assures paddy farmers urea fertiliser as per required usage (Category: Breaking News)
- Multi-sector combined mechanism launched to ensure food security and nutrition in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Colombo Magistrate Thilina Gamage has ordered to further remand 04 suspects including activist Dhaniz Ali until August 26.The post Four suspects including activist Dhaniz Ali further remanded appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Activist Dhaniz Ali granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Activist Dhaniz Ali further remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- Four including activist Dhaniz Ali further remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- Leading Aragalaya activist Dhaniz Ali arrested aboard flight to Dubai (Category: Breaking News)
Dubai police arrested drug trafficker Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne alias ‘Harak Kata’, yesterday (August 11), police said.The post ‘Harak Kata’ arrested in Dubai appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- “Harak Kata” and “Kudu Salindu” brought back to Sri Lanka by CID (Category: Breaking News)
- Interpol confirms arrest of Harak Kata by Dubai Police (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Harak Kata’ remanded until April 26 for attempted escape from CID custody (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil discusses future political agenda with Basil Rajapaksa – sourcesSri Lanka Police... (Category: Breaking News)
Chinese-built Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Taimur, which recently became a sore topic in Indian media amidst the row over the Chinese research vessel s planned visit to Sri Lanka, arrived at the Colombo Port this morning (Aug 12).
The market generated a turnover of 4.9 billion rupees.
"We still have an opportunity, it is an obligation and responsibility of all political leaders to find a way out."
- Italian Stance (Category: Business)
- Improved Orders (Category: Business)
- Nature's gift (Category: Technology)
- Space race (Category: Technology)
[…]The post CID Waits Till The RTI Act Is Used To Investigate Death Threats By DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon Against A Journalist appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon questioned for several hours (Category: Breaking News)
- Controversial cop Tennakoon tipped to be next IGP (Category: Breaking News)
- Insult to Easter attack victims - Catholic Church deplores Tennakoon s appointment as Acting IGP (Category: Breaking News)
- Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon appointed Acting IGP (Category: Breaking News)
The notorious drug kingpin and the leader of an organized criminal gang in Sri Lanka, Nadun Chinthaka alias Harak Kata has been arrested during a covert operation in Dubai, reports revealed.
Sri Lanka Navy conducted a special operation to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in island s waters recently.
Train services on the Main Line have been disrupted by a train that stalled this morning (Aug 12).
The All-Island Canteen Owners’ Association predicts that the price of refrigerated and frozen goods such as yoghurt, ice cream and meat will increase due to the 75 percent hike in electricity tariffs.The post Frozen food prices in Sri Lanka will increase – Asela Sampath appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka’s Canteen owners announce another price increase (Category: Breaking News)
- Prices of cup of plain tea and milk tea reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Prices of rice and curry, kottu and fried-rice go down by 20% (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka canteen association to launch consumer rights political party (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday (Aug 11) arrived in Bangkok after his visa ran out following a month-long stint in Singapore where he had taken refuge from protesters at home. The deposed leader landed on a private jet at Don Mueang International Airport around 8pm local time (1200 GMT), a senior Thai […]
- Protest in Singapore against Rajapaksa draws audience of one (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore says no special privileges to Gotabaya (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves for the US with family (Category: Breaking News)
- Singapore and Sri Lanka discuss regional stability (Category: Breaking News)
Total debts, including projects loans for expansion was now valued at Rs612bn
- Development as the key to stability (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bourse performs Asia's best in 2010 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka spends Rs. 425 billion for North East development (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government allocates over US$ 2 billion for Defence Ministry in Appropriation Bill fo... (Category: Breaking News)
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