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A special delegation from Israel visiting Sri Lanka has assured the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, that their country will offer 2000 job opportunities for femalecaregivers from Sri Lanka, this year.
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Iran, with the assistance of the Association of Air Transport & Tourism Agencies of Iran and the Sri Lanka Tea Board, successfully organized Sri Lanka's participation in the 16th Tehran International Exhibition of Tourism and Related Industries held from 07-10 February 2023 at the Tehran International Fairground in Iran.
- Iran exports $520m technical services to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Tourism promoted at the 13th International Tourism Exhibition in Shiraz, Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- Mens volleyball team reach AVC Super 8 for first time (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran exports $520m technical services to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The postal voting of the 2023 Local Government Election has been postponed until further notice, the Election Commission announced today.
- AOC is planning to stream on Twitch again - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Fact-checking President Trump's comments about stopping vote counts (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- Fact-checking President Trump's comments about stopping vote counts (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Fact-checking President Trump's comments about stopping vote counts (Category: USA, Nebraska)
Many trade unions have decided to engage in a massive collective strike on March 01.
The office of the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Janaka Ratnayake has been sealed off by the Kollupitiya Police.The post Police sealed off PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake’s Office appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Janaka Ratnayake’s office in Colombo sealed (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL Chairman s office sealed off by police (Category: Breaking News)
- Charge sheet being prepared to remove PUCSL Chairman – Energy Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Motion to remove Janaka Ratnayake as Chairman of the PUCSL passed in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has filed a fundamental rights petition with the Supreme Court today (February 16), naming 47 Respondents, in relation to the steps taken by the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Health, the Ministry of Health, and the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) to procure medical supplies from two Indian private companies.The post TISL files FR c...
- TISL files FR petition over human immunoglobulin and other controversial medical supplies (Category: Breaking News)
- Medicine procurement scandal- TISL files petition, seeks to recover costs incurred (Category: Breaking News)
- TISL files FR case over controversial medical supplies procurement through Indian Credit Line (Category: Breaking News)
- TISL calls on presidential hopefuls to publicly declare assets (Category: Breaking News)
The beaching of 14 pilot whales in Kalpitiya may have occurred due to the recent seismic activity in the Indian Ocean, marine experts say. The whales beached on Sri Lanka’s northwestern Kudawa beach in Kandakuliya, Kalpitiya, prompting 15 and a half hours of strenuous efforts from authorities to send the mammals back into sea. “We launched […]
- Operation to rescue 14 pilot whales in Kalpitiya Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Outrage over images taken standing on dead Kalpitiya whales (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 14 pilot whales washed ashore in Kalpitiya (Category: Breaking News)
- AI to be introduced in Sri Lankan schools as pilot project (Category: Breaking News)
Israel has agreed to recruit 2000 female caregivers from Sri Lanka this year, the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment said. A special delegation from Israel visiting Sri Lanka had assured the Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, that their country will offer 2000 job opportunities for female caregivers from Sri Lanka, this […]
- Israel agrees to recruit 2000 female Caregivers from Sri Lanka this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan looks at investment opportunities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Kaffir community to be used to attract tourists (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel agrees to recruit 2,000 female caregivers from Sri Lanka this year (Category: Breaking News)
Australian opening batters Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy took the defending champions to a dominant 10-wicket Women’s T20 World Cup win against Sri Lanka at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Thursday. Sri Lanka were restricted to 112 for eight after being sent in to bat in overcast conditions. Grace Harris and Megan Schutt were […]
- Healy, Mooney make short work of chase after Schutt four-for (Category: Breaking News)
- Spinners, Healy, Mooney take Australia closer to semi-final (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Women lose crunch game to Australia Women by 10 wkts (Category: Sports)
- Bowlers, openers give India Women flying start in Wankhede Test (Category: Breaking News)
The beautiful island nation Sri Lanka, also known as ‘the pearl of the Indian ocean’, has been going through its toughest economic crisis since its independence in 1948. Another victim of the vicious ‘debt-trap diplomacy’, Sri Lanka has seen significant growth in Chinese influence in the recent past. While the entire world witnessed the tragedies […]
- Ex-Chairman of Akuressa PS acquitted in rape case (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Akuressa PS chairman Saruwa Liyanage Sunil acquitted from child molestation case (Category: Breaking News)
- Husband arrested over Lankapura PS official’s murder (Category: Breaking News)
PUCSL Chairman’s office sealed By Rathindra Kuruwita Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake yesterday told the media that he would continue to be the head of the Commission.Addressing journalists from Australia, Ratnayake said he could remain in that position for 20 more months. “Either a majority of MPs have […]
- No electricity tariff hike being considered right now - PUCSL (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL chairman says electricity tariff revision not required at the moment (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL to seek legal opinion on interim electricity tariffs with retrospective effect (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL tells CEB not to request approval for power cuts until Feb. 17 (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Rebel SLPP MP Prof. G.L. Peiris says that the recent resignation of Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa, PC, and Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, from a ministerial subcommittee inquiring into procurement of coal for Lakvijaya coal-fired power plant complex at Norochcholai revealed the failure on their part to take tangible action against corruption. […]
- GL: Govt. not concerned about corruption despite Geneva warning (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Revenue raised from new taxes, too, will be robbed, wasted’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister Kanchana s update on petrol and coal procurement (Category: Breaking News)
- GL fires broadside at SLPP-RW govt., calls for accountability (Category: Breaking News)
The electricity tariff hike will have a devastating impact on exporters and others who are involved in the real economy, Chairperson of Sri Lanka United National Businesses Alliance (SLUNBA), Tania Abeysundara says. She said yesterday that Sri Lankan manufacturers were already at a disadvantage in competing with their fellow South Asian counterparts. With the latest […]
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
By Ifham Nizam Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera said that there will be no power cuts from yesterday as the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) had approved the latest tariff hike. The Minister said that the decision to increase tariff had been difficult and that they had tried to reduce costs. […]
- Orwellian Isle Ordeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Empire’s Enchantment (Category: Breaking News)
- Norochcholai unit to be shut down for maintenance (Category: Breaking News)
- BOI grants approval to Adani Group for installation of two wind power plants in Mannar and Poone... (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith All Sri Lankans who want a stable country must resist the attempts being made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to postpone the local government elections, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake says. “There are many individuals in Parliament. Sri Lankans rose against such people who stole from them in 2022,” he […]
- AKD: JVP-led NPP will not undermine India’s national security (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP administration will not undermine India’s security interests: AKD (Category: Breaking News)
- NPP calls for new Constitution: ‘13 no solution to any problem’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil emulating his uncle J. R. Jayewardene – AKD (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lankan economy could be revitalised through systematic and revolutionary economic reforms, Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said in Colombo recently.He added that any plan to revitalise the country must attempt to reduce corruption dramatically. “This can be done with changes to procedure and introducing new laws. A lot of money has been taken out […]
Only in the very early stages of this match could Sri Lanka have held serious hopes. Once Chamari Athapaththu – the only Sri Lanka batter with a history of scoring heavily against Australia – was dismissed for 16, Sri Lanka’s chances nosedived substantially. Their innings never got going. Australia’s spinners delivered plenty of dot balls […]
- Relentless Aussies march on with Sri Lanka win (Category: Breaking News)
- Relentless Aussies march on with Sri Lanka win (Category: Breaking News)
- Relentless Aussies march on with Sri Lanka win (Category: Breaking News)
- Relentless Aussies march on with Sri Lanka win (Category: Breaking News)
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has filed a fundamental rights petition with the Supreme Court today (Feb. 16), naming 47 Respondents, in relation to the steps taken by the Cabinet of Ministers, the Minister of Health, the Ministry of Health, and the National Medicines Regulatory Authority
The first group of Sri Lankan public sector accounting and auditing professionals participated in Sri Lanka Public Sector Accounting Standards 11-20 through a training by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) and its public sector wing, the Association of Public Finance Accountants of Sri Lanka (APFASL).
- ICASL in fresh initiative to uplift public sector accountants (Category: Business)
- SLASSCOM publishes Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) report on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Need for special accounting service in the public sector (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank boost for CA Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Farmers have been given the green-light to kill monkeys (toque macaque) to save crops. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told farmers that there is no other option to control the monkey population, better known in Sri Lanka as the rilawa. He said that monkeys are no more in the list of protected species in Sri Lanka. […]
- Over 100,000 monkeys to be sent to China from Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- More countries seek monkeys from Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Navin fears monkeys exported to China will end up in labs (Category: Breaking News)
- Court given assurance monkeys will not be exported to China (Category: Breaking News)
The overseas travel ban imposed on the former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, has been extended until 06 April. The travel ban was extended by the Colombo High Court today. The order was issued related to a case filed by Rajitha Keerthi Tennakoon accusing Cabraal of misusing public funds. Speaking […]
- Overseas travel ban on Cabraal further extended (Category: Breaking News)
- Overseas travel ban on Cabraal extended (Category: Breaking News)
- Overseas travel ban on Cabraal extended (Category: Breaking News)
- Overseas travel ban on Cabraal extended (Category: Breaking News)
The office the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman Janaka Ratnayake, which is located in Colpetty, has been sealed. The Police said that the office was sealed by the Colpetty Police on a court order. Janaka Ratnayake is currently overseas and there have been reports that some groups are attempting to enter the […]
- Parliament to debate proposal to remove PUSCL Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- Charge sheet prepared to remove PUCSL Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- Janaka to contest for President after sacking (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan looks at investment opportunities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sriyani Dress Point, a well-known fashion house in Sri Lanka, launched its latest line Khayal at a fashion show held at Earl’s Regency Hotel, Kandy.
- பெருந்தோட்டத்தொழிலாளர்களுள், சிறந்த கொழுந்து பறிப்பாளரை தெரிவுசெய்வதற்கான இறுதி போட்டி (Category: Breaking News)
- UNHCR commends Sri Lanka for rescuing 105 Rohingya refugees (Category: Breaking News)
- Criminal probe on Nanuoya accident which killed 7 including children (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya pictured at Dubai’s private ‘Fame Park’ (Category: Breaking News)
The office of the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Janaka Ratnayake has been sealed off by the Kollupitiya Police, based on a court order issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate.
Sri Lanka will appoint an executive committee to address the issues in the country s construction industry and to take necessary measures for its revival.
Lanka Sathosa has decided to slash the prices of six essential food items from today (Feb. 16).
Sri Lanka and India will sign a pact to link their power grids and start negotiations on an upgraded trade agreement within two months, a Sri Lankan diplomat said on Wednesday, as the island nation seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades.The post Sri Lanka, India to sign power grid linking pact within two months – envoy appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News ...
- Sri Lanka to fast-track trade pact with Thailand amid crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- From B-C Pact To Ranil’s New Somersault (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, India to sign power grid linking pact within two months - envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and Indonesia to sign trade pact next March (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera and relevant officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply for electricity customers once the latest tariff revision is implemented.The post Provide uninterrupted power supply after revising tariffs – President appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA...
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and Australia discuss on renewable energy investments in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Take action against PUCSL Chairman – Energy Minister requests President (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet approves cost-based pricing formula for domestic LP Gas (Category: Breaking News)
Electricity tariffs have been increased by 66 percent from today, the Ceylon Electricity Board said. Accordingly the new fixed charges for electricity will be: 0- 30 Units increased from Rs.120 to Rs. 400 31- 60 Units increased from Rs.240 to Rs. 550 61- 90 Units increased from Rs.360 to Rs. 650 91- 120 Units increased […]
- CEB seeks 82% increase in electricity tariffs (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity tariffs to go up by 75 percent (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity tariff increase proposal to be presented to Cabinet on Monday (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB to issue paperless bills and receipts from January (Category: Breaking News)
The Ceylon electricity board as the licensee made a request for the revision of electricity tariff on the 05th of January under the provisions of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009 which was approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) yesterday (15).
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- SMART metering to help manage low electricity consumption (Category: Breaking News)
- Satellites have an electric future (Category: Technology)
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