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Domestic gas prices have been slashed in Sri Lanka with both Litro Gas and Laugfs reducing prices. Litro Gas said that the price of a 12.5 kg LP domestic gas cylinder has been reduced by Rs. 150 and will now be sold at Rs. 3,790. Litro Gas also said that a 05 kg cylinder has […]
- Litro and Laugfs reduce gas prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Domestic gas prices reduced in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Domestic gas prices slashed in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Litro reduces price of domestic gas (Category: Breaking News)
A28-year-old Sri Lankan student is still fighting for his life at the Royal Perth Hospital, one week after being coward punched by a stranger at a fuel station, with friends and family desperately trying to raise funds to aid his recovery, WA Today reported. Sri Lankan-born Geeth Madushanka was randomly assaulted at the Nicolson Road […]
- Sri Lankan born pioneer of location-tracking technology in King’s honours list (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Australia push for permanent visas (Category: Breaking News)
- US bridge collapses after being hit by Colombo bound ship (Category: Breaking News)
- Nissanka ton helps Sri Lanka level Bangladesh series (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan government has taken steps to freeze all funds, other financial assets and economic resources belonging to 15 entities and 210 individuals allegedly involved in terrorist and extremist activities.
Sri Lanka s Director General of the Department of Animal Production and Health, Dr. Hemali Kothalawala, has been appointed as the Vice President of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
The total number of fatalities reported due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions across the island has increased to 26, according to State Minister of Defence, Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon.
The Speaker of Sri Lanka's Parliament announced the Supreme Court's decision regarding the "Sri Lanka Electricity" Bill, which was contested under Article 121(1) of the Constitution, during the parliamentary session on Tuesday (June 4).The post Sri Lanka Electricity Bill requires special majority for passage appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- SLPP’s opposition to privatisation and restructuring discarded: Mahinda, too, votes for Electric... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Supreme Court determines major provisions of SJB’s draft 21A needs referendum (Category: Breaking News)
- Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill inconsistent with Constitution – Speaker informs Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court finds Anti-Terrorism Bill inconsistent with Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
‘We should ask India to hand them over to us’ By Shamindra Ferdinando The findings made by Indian and Sri Lankan security and intelligence authorities about the recent arrest of four Sri Lankans on the suspicion of being religious extremists are contradictory. While Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad declared that the suspects had been involved with the […]
- Gujarat police say BJP among those targeted by ISIS of Sri Lankan origin (Category: Breaking News)
- Four ISIS terrorists from Sri Lanka arrested at Ahmedabad airport - report (Category: Breaking News)
- Three Years Since Easter Bombings, Yet No Justice In Sight! (Category: Breaking News)
- 4 Sri Lankan ISIS terrorists arrested in India were planning major attack - report (Category: Breaking News)
The KOICA Volunteers’ Partner Day of year 2024 was held at the Courtyard by Marriott (Emerald Hall), Colombo City Centre, Colombo 02 on May 31, said a press release by KOICA. It said KOICA Country Director Kim Myungjin, Director General of External Resources Department Ajith Abeysekara and officials from the Department of Technical Education & […]
- KOICA strengthens its presence here (Category: Breaking News)
- KOICA resumed its WFK volunteer programme in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ESG-KOICA Youth midterm Volunteer Programme in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- KOICA ICT Laboratory for students from vulnerable community in Matara Technical College area (Category: Breaking News)
There are two obvious groups of death in this T20 World Cup, and Group D is one of them. Netherlands and Nepal are the two lowest-ranked sides in the group, but one of them comes into the tournament with serious pedigree in punching well above their weight at World Cups. Remember this? And this? And […]
- Logan van Beek’s career-best 4 for 24 vaults Netherlands into Super Sixes (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal’s Lamichhane denied US visa, will miss T20 World Cup 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- India enter World Cup with both warm-ups washed out (Category: Breaking News)
- Delegation from Nepal arrive to promote ‘Visit Lumbini 2012’ (Category: Business)
[…]The post Proposed Enactment Of The Economic Transformation Bill appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Plan For Transforming The Economy: Lacking Democratic Policy Governance, Will It Be Another Fail... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Step Motherly Treatment Of The Oppressed Segments Of Society Via Micro Finance Bill? (Category: Breaking News)
- Citizens Need A Snow White To Prod The Dwarfs In Governance & Society! (Category: Breaking News)
The Supreme Court has informed that several clauses of the proposed Sri Lanka Electricity Bill are inconsistent with the Constitution of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered officials to stop new construction in the Kelani river valley to control water levels.The post Sri Lanka President orders halt to new construction in Kelani river valley appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Halt illegal landfills and refrain from permitting new construction in the Kelani river valley –... (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll from adverse weather in Sri Lanka rises to 16 (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism should expand beyond coastal areas – President (Category: Breaking News)
- President calls for comprehensive probe into fake Dalada Maligawa in Kurunegala (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Consolidating Economic Recovery Needs No Referendum appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Courts Would Be The Better Option For Undemocratic Actions To Be Contested (Category: Breaking News)
- A Coalition Of Power To Stay In Power Is Not What Country Needs (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing For Free & Fair Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Resisting Elections Will Worsen Dissent (Category: Breaking News)
South Africa opened their T20 World Cup campaign in authoritative fashion by bowling Sri Lanka out for their lowest total in the format and chasing 78 runs inside 17 overs to secure two points. At the first official T20I match to be played at the newly-created stadium at Eisenhower Park, we learnt more about the […]
- McCoy and Charles thump South Africa to give West Indies series sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Uncapped Dunith Wellalage in Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup squad (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh set to tour USA for three T20Is ahead of World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Saharan, Dhas lead India into ninth final with epic partnership (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka was blown away for a record low 77 and South Africa won their Twenty20 World Cup opener by six wickets on Monday. South Africa overcame its own hiccups on the two-paced pitch to cross the finish line at 80-4 with 3.4 overs to spare at the purpose-built Nassau County Stadium on Long Island. […]
- Nepal batsman Airee smashes six sixes in an over (Category: Breaking News)
- Ireland lose last warm-up game against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamari Athapaththu scores 195 in record chase (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Australia push for permanent visas (Category: Breaking News)
The death toll from the adverse weather in Sri Lanka rose to 16, Monday with over 84,700 people affected. Meanwhile, President Ranil Wickremesinghe embarked on an observation tour of the Kolonnawa, Kelaniya and Ambatale areas to assess the welfare of individuals affected by the floods and other disasters resulting from adverse weather conditions. He later […]
- Sri Lanka President orders halt to new construction in Kelani river valley (Category: Breaking News)
- Death toll from inclement weather in Sri Lanka rises to 30 (Category: Breaking News)
- Flash floods wreak havoc across Sri Lanka killing 14 (Category: Breaking News)
- People displaced due to heavy rain return home (Category: Breaking News)
Sixteen deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka due to ongoing adverse weather conditions, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).The post Severe weather in Sri Lanka claims 16 lives, affects over 84,000 people appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Sri Lanka Police launch operations room to assist persons affected by severe weather (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Health Minister appoints Experts’ committee to probe recent controversial deaths due... (Category: Breaking News)
- When Will Sri Lankan Children Be Prioritized In This Crisis? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka storms leave eight dead, 200,000 displaced (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced plans to construct 250 new bridges across Sri Lanka to enhance road connectivity and maximize the benefits of national development projects for rural communities. The President made this announcement while addressing a celebration at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo today (03), marking the successful completion of 750 rural bridges by Janson […]
- HC Bogollagama presents credentials to King Charles III (Category: Breaking News)
- President chief guest at “Ravi – Self-Reflection on Half-Century in Cinema” (Category: Breaking News)
- Healthcare Services in the Northern province will soon be on par with the Western province – Pr... (Category: Breaking News)
- May Day rallies and marches (Category: Breaking News)
Puff of dust. Not on the pitch but on the outfield. That’s the first thing you notice about cricket at the Nassau County International Cricket Ground just outside New York City. The next thing you see is that the ball plugs in it. It doesn’t zip off like we are used to seeing in pretty […]
- Dilshan asks fans to sing and dance his side to another win (Category: Business)
- President greets Sri Lanka team as Sanga’s men start WC campaign (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia 158 all out v Sri Lanka, Tri-series - innings (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka shine (Category: Breaking News)
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) confirmed that 16 deaths have been reported so far from across the island with a total of 84,749 persons from 21,353 families affected due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions.
Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was ordered to be remanded further over the alleged import of substandard immunoglobulin vials. The Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court ordered Rambukwella to be remanded till 14th June. Rambukwella, former Health Ministry Secretary Janaka Chandragupta and 5 others have been in remand over the import of substandard human immunoglobulin vials. The Criminal [...
- Court rejects bail for Sri Lanka’s former Health Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Keheliya Rambukwella remanded further (Category: Breaking News)
- No-confidence motion against Keheliya Rambukwella defeated (Category: Breaking News)
- Keheliya removed from Health Minister post (Category: Breaking News)
LTTE founder leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, his wife and their three children are dead, Prabhakaran’s elder brother Velupillai Manoharan has declared publicly for the first time. He said all of them perishing in the final stages of Sri Lanka’s war in 2009. The Federal quoted Manoharan as saying he wanted to end speculation that Prabhakaran was still […]
- Police fire tear gas on protesters in Fort (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka confident BIMSTEC will prioritize implementation of agreed measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Declaring the University “more open than usual” (Category: Business)
- More than 100 people believed killed in Papua New Guinea landslide (Category: Breaking News)
Two Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) members joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). SLPP Ampara District MP Dr. Thilak Rajapakshe and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) member and former Minister Tissa Karalliyadde joined the SJB. Dr. Thilak Rajapakshe was a member of Viyathmaga while Karalliyadde was a former Minister […]
- Movenpick Colombo rebranded as NH Collection Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka confident BIMSTEC will prioritize implementation of agreed measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Six people including four children from Sri Lanka reach Dhanushkodi (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan appointed to UN Secretary General’s Scientific Advisory Board (Category: Breaking News)
Several schools in Sri Lanka will remain closed as floodwaters gradually recede. The Education Ministry said that a number of schools in the Western, Southern and Sabaragamuwa provinces will remain closed, Tuesday All schools in the Ratnapura District and Kegalle District in the Sabaragamuwa Province, all schools in the Galle District and Matara District in […]
- Schools in Kandy city limits to remain closed (Category: Breaking News)
- Schools in Kandy city limits to remain closed (Category: Breaking News)
- Schools in Kandy city limits to remain closed (Category: Breaking News)
- Schools in Kandy city limits to remain closed (Category: Breaking News)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board is set to review Sri Lanka’s progress under the Article IV consultation and the second review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) on June 12th. State Minister of Finance, Shehan Semasinghe said that the crucial session will assess the country’s economic policies and reform advancements. We anticipate the […]
- Sri Lanka expects first review by IMF to be successful (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka confident of reaching Staff Level deal with IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka yet to finalise restructuring domestic debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to continue talks with bondholders (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Police established a special operations room at Police Headquarters on Sunday (June 2) to report and coordinate emergency situations nationwide caused by the prevailing bad weather.The post Sri Lanka Police launch operations room to assist persons affected by severe weather appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Kabir Hashim appointed COPA Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker announces names of COPE & COPA members (Category: Breaking News)
- New resolution on Sri Lanka adopted at United Nations Human Rights Council with 20 votes in favour (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President appointed 10-member commission to review and amend election laws (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Postponing Elections: Are There Limits To Popular Sovereignty? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Democracy Is Founded On Elections: Lawyers Collective Condemns Range Bandara’s Statement (Category: Breaking News)
- SC On 22A – Part II: Enhancing The Constitution’s Rigidity (Category: Breaking News)
- 22A: Supreme Court Makes Serious Errors (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part III (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has kept an SLAF Bell 412 helicopter on standby at the Neluwa Public Grounds to respond immediately to any disaster calls, the SLAF media unit said.
- MiG-27 crashes, pilot safe (Category: Breaking News)
- MiG-27fighter aircraft of Sri Lanka Air Force crashed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sigiriya rally cross - 2012 (Category: Breaking News)
- SLAF is 59 today (Category: Breaking News)
The maximum retail price of a 50kg bag of cement in Sri Lanka has been reduced by Rs. 150, effective June 1, 2024.The post Cement prices in Sri Lanka drop by Rs. 150 per 50kg bag appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Price of a 50kg cement bag reduced by Rs.150 (Category: Breaking News)
- Cement price in Sri Lanka further reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Cement price further reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Price of a 50kg bag of cement to cost Rupees 2300/- from today (06) (Category: Breaking News)
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