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SLPP Reform Committee MP Dilan Perera says that the Aragalaya protest came to an end as it was trapped in a conspiracy by the elite supported, by the new rich.Addressing the media in Colombo, on Thursday, Perera said that the end of the protest was an unfortunate loss for the ordinary public. “The conspirators behind […]
- CPC reduces price of petrol and diesel (Category: Breaking News)
- Dates fixed for Budget debate (Category: Breaking News)
- Restaurant owner arrested with ammunition (Category: Breaking News)
- US State Department Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption Richard Nephew here (Category: Breaking News)
Bringing relief to a woman who was born to Sri Lankan Tamil parents in Mandapam refugee camp in Ramanathapuram district in 1986, the Madurai Bench of India’s Madras High Court held that as per the Citizenship Act, 1955, she was an Indian citizen, and directed the authorities to issue passport to her. The court was […]
- Indian court directs to issue passport to woman born to SL parents in Tamil Nadu (Category: Breaking News)
- Madras court rules in support of Indian born to Sri Lankan parents (Category: Breaking News)
- Absconding criminal from Sri Lanka caught in Mandapam (Category: Breaking News)
- Eight Lankan refugees arrested in TN (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament, on Friday, that Chief Government Whip, Urban Development and Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, speaking against corruption, was similar to the devil citing the scriptures.Participating in the adjournment debate on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s policy statement, Dissanayake said that nobody believed that the Ranil-Rajapak...
- Ahead of IMF approval, govt promises anti-corruption bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt gazettes new anti-corruption bill after IMF deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez accepts Keheliya’s resignation (Category: Breaking News)
- NMSJ asks govt. to appoint CIABOC immediately (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has informed the Ministry of Finance to further restrict the import of non-essential goods as the foreign exchange crisis may worsen in the near future. The Central Bank has informed that the import restrictions must be enforced immediately as the impact on the country’s foreign reserves will worsen in […]
- Sri Lanka import controls are temporary: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Expect rupee to strengthen in coming months: Cabraal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to relax open account imports for 8 foods: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Central Bank spends US$1.1bn in three months (Category: Breaking News)
By Ifham Nizam The government is planning to go for a complete installation of electric fences, to ward off wild elements in all the districts next year, particularly with a focus on eight districts, the Department of Wildlife Conservation said.A senior official of the Department told The Island that they feared the human-elephant conflict would […]
- Environmentalists: All official statistics on elephants bogus (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR lashes out at Wildlife Dept. for failure to protect elephants (Category: Breaking News)
- New policy to be formulated to solve human-elephant conflict (Category: Breaking News)
- Elephantine battle erupts over counting of jumbos (Category: Breaking News)
by Panduka Karunanayake The current fluid situation in the country has brought into focus some fundamental issues, as well. Ordinarily, in the midst of pressing problems, like what we are experiencing, it is customary to push fundamental issues to the back seat. But, it is exactly because such issues have been sidelined, in the past, […]
- Japan is willing to provide expertise to Sri Lanka to face disasters (Category: Breaking News)
- Artificial intelligence and reality of life (Category: Breaking News)
- CIPM Sri Lanka and Wayamba Uni MoU to advance knowledge and practice in HR (Category: Breaking News)
- Science Diplomacy as a powerful tool for national unity and friendship among nations – I (Category: Breaking News)
A team of researchers has discovered a new copepod species, a planktonic crustacean, from the coast of Great Nicobar, which is part of the Andaman-Nicobar archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, said a news report published by The Hindu yesterday.The report filed from Kerala said: The copepod has been named ‘Tortanus dhritiae’ in honour of […]
- Newly described cave bat in Sri Lanka indicates presence of more species (Category: Breaking News)
- Two new mosquito species identified within Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Twelve South African cheetahs flown to India as part of revival efforts (Category: Breaking News)
- New bat species discovered (Category: Breaking News)
The Minister of Justice has instructed officials to expedite measures to take legal action and secure damages for the devastation caused by the MV -X Press Pearl fire. More than a year has passed since the vessel carrying a hazardous chemical cargo caught fire on 20 May 2021 while at anchorage 9.5 nm off the Colombo […]
- AFR crews respond to early morning house fire (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- AFR crews respond to early morning house fire (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- AFR crews respond to early morning house fire (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- AFR crews respond to early morning house fire (Category: USA, New Mexico)
By Saman Indrajith Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told Parliament, on Friday, that top posts of three parliamentary watchdog committees, the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Committee on Public Accounts (COPA), and Committee on Public Finance (COPF), would go to the Opposition. He said so in response to a question raised by Chief Opposition Whip, Kandy […]
- Committee on Public Finance meets under the chairmanship of Hon. Mayantha Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB nominates two MPs for COPE and COPA chairmanship (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka major opposition UNP reform committee to meet LG members today (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka main opposition demands to know if COPE, COPA chairs will be theirs (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith SJB Gampaha District MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament on Friday that the Aragalaya campaign was very much alive and asked his fellow MPs to beware of another wave of popular uprising. Participating in the debate on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent policy statement in the House, Field Marshal Fonseka said that […]
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- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tragedy and the lost wisdom of D S Senanayake on money printing (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore D... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President revises budget amid inflationary blow off (Category: Breaking News)
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today requests President Ranil Wickremesinghe to investigate whether there was a political conspiracy behind the Easter Sunday terror attack.
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- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe Enslaves Himself & Will Ruin The Country Too! (Category: Breaking News)
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- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
- The Easter Attacks & A Game Of Thrones: The Master Mind, A Cover Up Investigation & AI (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4’s Easter Sunday: The IMF Descends Amid An Over The Horizon Operation Staring ‘Sonic-So... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
Rushdie, 75, shot to fame with his book “Midnight’s Children,” the film version of which was shot in Sri Lanka.
- MP wants Cat Stevens banned (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Rushdies Midnights Children secretly filmed in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rushdie discusses fatwa, Cat Stevens in Toronto (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Salman Rushdie collects royal honour at Windsor Castle in UK (Category: Breaking News)
A woman who was living alone in a house at Ampitiya, Kandy has been found murdered inside her home this evening (14).
The mother is employed abroad as a housemaid
July prices surpassed the previous record price reported in April 2022 of 1,333.61 (USD 4.14).
- Sri Lanka’s state-run Litro reduces cooking gas prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cuts petrol to Rs410 a litre, diesel unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices; Petrol price reduce by Rs.20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s state-run Litro drops cooking gas prices (Category: Breaking News)
Another diesel ship is scheduled to reach the island within the next few days.
A fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt s capital Cairo killed 41 people and injured 14 others, church officials said.
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- Estonia: Sauna visit (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Estonia: Sauna visit (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Estonia: Sauna visit (Category: USA, South Dakota)
By SUSHANT SAREEN The bye-elections to 20 Punjab Assembly seats on 17 July have sent shockwaves through Pakistan’s fragile political and economic system. It would be an understatement to claim that the results were entirely unexpected. On the eve of the elections, there was virtually a consensus amongst political pundits that the ruling Pakistan Muslim […]
- 400 Shops In Colombo To Be Sealed (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan election: PTI joins religious parties, PPP backs rival PMLN (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): In an emotional testimony, a 62-year-old woman who is a victim of religious persecution in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan narrated the ordeal of being called ‘Kafir’ after living in Afghanistan for three generations. On Wednesday, a total of 28 more Sikhs including women, children and infants, arrived at Indira Gandhi International […]
- India part of meeting on Kabul: ‘Military facilities of others in country unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Diplomats part of India’s technical team in Kabul (Category: Breaking News)
- India stands with Afghanistan in time of need, says NSA Ajit Doval at Moscow talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Alarming Neglect and Desecration of Minority Sacred Sites in Pakistan (Category: Breaking News)
Dharamshala [Himachal Pradesh], August 3 (ANI): Sikyong Penpa Tshering, the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, on Wednesday said that the visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan is completely justified from a US point of view. He added that China’s attempt to turn it into a major issue will hold implications for […]
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
- 400 new teachers for the Central Province (Category: Breaking News)
- 400 Shops In Colombo To Be Sealed (Category: Breaking News)
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): The new federal programme passed by the US Congress provides USD 52 billion in support for the semiconductor industry, however, it restricts companies that are accepting the funding for expanding their chip production capacity in China. The Chips and Science Act is a USD 280 billion package that was passed […]
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
- Etihad gets first Boeing 747-400 freighter (Category: Business)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
One BRN and a mobile number is enough to register commercial vehicles to the QR system
- Mobile app nets in around 2000 vehicles topping up fuel more than once (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka state-run CEYPETCO to supply fuel only for filling station with QR system – minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister gives update on registering multiple vehicles with fuel pass (Category: Breaking News)
- National fuel pass to be upgraded for businesses to register multiple vehicles (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Navy says that Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Taimur which arrived in Sri Lanka on a formal visit, is scheduled to conduct a Passage Exercise with SLNS Sindurala in seas off Colombo as she departs the island on August 15, upon completion of her visit.
In a major revelation in a case pertaining to the seizure of a huge quantity of narcotic drugs along with five AK-47 rifles and 9mm ammunition numbering 1,000 from Sri Lankan fishing boats, India s NIA has stated that an accused had been involved in activities of proscribed terrorist organisation LTTE within India and abroad.
The Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation says that human-elephant conflicts have increased within the past three years.
Egg price is rs.65 and flour per kg is rs.310.
- Sri Lanka bakery owners shift price control drumbeat from eggs to wheat flour (Category: Breaking News)
- Eggs to be Imported (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s bakers call for price controls on wheat flour after hurting egg farmers (Category: Breaking News)
- Eat eggs, eggs and more eggs as prices fall to lowest in decades (Category: Breaking News)
The Government of Sri Lanka has lifted the ban imposed on six international Tamil organisations.The post Sri Lanka lifts ban on Six Tamil Diaspora Organisations appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Latest News in Sri Lanka.
- Ban imposed on five organizations following Easter Sunday attacks, lifted (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka lifts ban on six Tamil diaspora organisations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka increases fuel quota for vehicles with effect from midnight today (April 04) (Category: Breaking News)
- Kabir Hashim appointed COPA Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
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