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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has informed the general public that the CBSL does not collect taxes from the people on any occasion.
- Poor Target (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka`s Central Bank unaware of millions of Swiss francs deposited in Swiss accounts (Category: Breaking News)
- Water Losses (Category: Business)
- Banking Reach (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella says that the use of the class of antibiotics named Co-Amoxiclav has been temporarily suspended.The post Sri Lanka suspended use of the class of antibiotics named Co-Amoxiclav appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Antibiotic resistance: SLCPI calls for responsible antibiotics prescription and use (Category: Breaking News)
- Antibiotic resistance: SLCPI calls for responsible antibiotics prescription and use (Category: Breaking News)
- Antibiotic resistance: SLCPI calls for responsible antibiotics prescription and use (Category: Breaking News)
- Antibiotic resistance: SLCPI calls for responsible antibiotics prescription and use (Category: Breaking News)
Thailand and Sri Lanka expect to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in early 2024 as the two parties aim for three more rounds of talks this year to conclude the negotiations, according to the chief of according to the chief of the Trade Negotiations Department. Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the department, speaking at the […]
- Sri Lanka and Thailand to commence 3rd round of FTA talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand’s Prime Minister to travel to Sri Lanka to sign FTA (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand and Sri Lanka complete 4th round of FTA talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s new International Trade Office to resume FTA talks (Category: Breaking News)
Middle-order batter Najibullah Zadran returned to Afghanistan’s 17-man squad on Sunday ahead of the Asia Cup after recovering from a knee injury. The 30-year-old left-hander had to miss the three-match series against Pakistan which Afghanistan lost 3-0 in Colombo on Saturday. The selection committee hoped Najibullah will be ready for the six-nation event starting in […]
- Australia holds talks with Sri Lanka’s indigenous community (Category: Breaking News)
- Pricing formula for water from December (Category: Breaking News)
- SLTDA offers temporary registration for homeowners in Kandy (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan team arrives in Sri Lanka for Afghanistan series (Category: Breaking News)
On the apparent southward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 28th of August to 07th of September in this year. The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (28) are Kovilan point and Mallakam (Jaffna District) about 12.11 […]
Critics allege whole project a smokescreen; Shi Yan 6 receives premission for docking by Shamindra Ferdinando Amidst the ongoing controversy over a proposed survey to be undertaken in terms of a project initiated in late 2014 to locate the wrecks of vessels belonging to Admiral Zheng He’s fleet off the southern coast, the government has […]
- Chinese research vessel permitted to make port call in Sri Lanka in Nov. (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 6 to reach Colombo today (Category: Breaking News)
- Shi Yan 6- China research ship requests Sri Lanka port call (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka approves request to dock Chinese research ship Shi Yan 6 (Category: Breaking News)
Continuing the investigation into the arrest of three Sri Lankan nationals involved in murder cases, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) team has arrested two suspects who were allegedly funding them and making arrangements to send them to a foreign country on Indian passports. The arrested have been identified as ASK Mansur Ali, a resident of […]
- Activist Dhaniz Ali granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
- MP Ali Sabri Raheem arrested with gold at BIA (Category: Breaking News)
- Activist Dhaniz Ali further remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- Dhaniz Ali granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
JVP-led NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Saturday said that Sri Lanka had lost its financial sovereignty to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which, he said, was overriding Parliament’s power over taxation and fiscal policies. Addressing a seminar organised by JVP’s Bhikkhu wing the National Bhikkhu Front, at the Foundation Institute in Colombo, Dissanayake said […]
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has pledged to protect Sri Lanka’s unitary status. Gunawardena, who is also the leader of the MEP, made this pledge at the Kataragama Kirivehera on Saturday (26). The MEP parliamentary group members Yadamini Gunawardena and Sisira Jayakody accompanied the PM.The Prime Minister stated: “We will preserve the unitary state, territorial integrity, […]
- Committed to safeguard the unitary state  Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Civil Society Memo to the TNA regarding the Eastern Provincial Council Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil group calls for polls boycott, demands end to unitary status (Category: Breaking News)
- Veteran actor Gnananga Gunawardena passes away (Category: Breaking News)
by Rex Clementine Hot on the heels of the Parliament debate on the affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket, the Sports Ministry could present the newly drafted Constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket that had been drawn up after meticulous consideration following a petition to the courts. Leading stakeholders of the sport had petitioned the court to […]
- Chitrasiri Committee report on new constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket to Cabinet Sub-Committee (Category: Breaking News)
- New constitution to be drafted for SLC Â Sports Minister informs court (Category: Breaking News)
- Interim order issued against taking further steps to amend SLC constitution (Category: Breaking News)
- New draft constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket handed over to President (Category: Breaking News)
The Meteorological Department yesterday announced that the Sun would be directly above several places in Sri Lanka from today until 07 Sept.A showery condition is expected in the south-western part of the country in the next few days starting from 28 August, according to the Met Department. Several spells of showers would occur in the […]
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence has granted approval for the Chinese Research / Survey Vessel Shi Yan 6 to dock at the ports of Sri Lanka.The post Sri Lanka approves request to dock Chinese Research / Survey Vessel Shi Yan 6 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Chinese research vessel ‘Shi Yan 6’ to dock in Colombo today (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese research vessel permitted to make port call in Sri Lanka in Nov. (Category: Breaking News)
- Another Chinese research vessel to dock in Colombo amidst India s concerns? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka varsity drops joint research with Chinese ship (Category: Breaking News)
A cultural delegation of the Netharlands led by the State Secretary for Culture and Media in the Netherlands Gunay Uslu has arrived in Sri Lanka in order to sign two legal documents related to transferring the ownership of the artifacts that will be returned to Sri Lanka this year.
The Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says that if a bridge is to be constructed connecting Sri Lanka and India, a referendum should be held in order to seek the people s consent for such a move.
A further probe in connection with the recent arrest of three Sri Lankan nationals led the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police to nab two more people in the case.
The Department of Meteorology announced that on the apparent southward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during August 28 to September 07 this year.
The Ministry of Defence has granted approval for the Chinese geophysical and seismic survey vessel Shi Yan 6 to carry out research on Sri Lankan waters with the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA).
The train services on the main line will be delayed due to a technical issue experienced by a Kandy-Colombo train at Daraluwa in Gampaha, Sri Lanka Railways announced.
50 more types of drugs will be imported to Sri Lanka within the next two weeks to control shortage of medicine to some extent, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health said.The post 50 more types of drugs to be imported to Sri Lanka within the next two weeks appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- All life saving drugs available – Health Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Special Commodity Levy on imported potatoes increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Anaesthetic from India blamed for two deaths at Peradeniya Hospital (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 78,000 narcotic pills seized, One suspect arrested (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka is under pressure to show it is serious about eradicating corruption, as the bankrupt South Asian nation prepares for the first review of its International Monetary Fund bailout package in September.The post Sri Lanka’s looming IMF review spotlights anti-corruption drive appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Lack of personnel and resources affecting work of Sri Lanka's Bribery Commission (Category: Breaking News)
- Bribery Commission in Sri Lanka rejects appeals made against court verdicts (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Bribery Commission seeks legal advice for minister`s complaint against local council C... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka`s now defunct Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption receives... (Category: Breaking News)
The poultry association has decided to reduce the price of a kilo of chicken by Rs. 100 with immediate effect, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.The post Price of 1kg chicken reduced by Rs. 100 – Eggs to be sold at Rs. 40 appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Chicken prices to reduce by Rs. 100 per kilogram (Category: Breaking News)
- Local poultry producers to reduce price of chicken (Category: Breaking News)
- Price of chicken reduced from midnight today (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka's poultry industry in crisis (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Electricity Board is looking for cheaper private power to plug near term gaps in supply and to offset high-cost power at the margin of costly generators owned by the utility, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said. The CEB has advertised for firm energy above 50 Mega Watts that can dispatched at […]
- No power cuts due to N’cholai unit failure – Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- The correct method of costing electricity (Category: Breaking News)
- Steam leak forces coal fired power plant to shut down depriving 300MW (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB seeks approval for another power tariff hike, alleges Electricity Consumers’ Association (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT –The current dry weather has damaged 51,055 acres (around 20,662 ha) of paddy, State Minister for Agriculture, D B Herath told parliament. The damaged paddy area is around 4.3 percent of the estimated 484,437 hectares of sown extent in the Yala minor harvest season. According to the Department of Agriculture, the sown extent was […]
- 60,930 acres of paddy fields damaged by drought (Category: Breaking News)
- Agriculture Insurance Board has paid farmers 2.362 billion rupees as compensation for crop damage (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to hand back over 2,900 more acres of Jaffna land (Category: Breaking News)
- Second part of Ridiyagama Safari Park opens next month (Category: Breaking News)
Academic staff quitting universities in droves University Grants Commission Chairman Prof Sampath Amaratunga told parliamentary watchdog committee – COPE (Committee on Public Enterprises) that although there should be 12,992 university lecturers, currently there are only 6,548. Attending a probe on the University of Sri Jayewardenepura by COPE last Thursday, Amaratunga said that there was a [̷...
- Seminar on wisdom, morality and well-being in difficult times (Category: Breaking News)
- New chancellor appointed to Eastern University (Category: Breaking News)
- Two student leaders suspended over assault on former VC of Peradeniya Uni. (Category: Breaking News)
- President, GL receive awards (Category: Breaking News)
The defence authorities have observed that there are attempts to create communal disharmony and disturbances with the intention of gaining political advantage and intelligence and security apparatus are closely monitoring the situation, Defence State Minister Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon told Parliament on Thursday. He said that attention of the intelligence and security authorities are drawn to [...
- Sinister forces behind attempts to create communal disharmony at Kurundi – Govt. (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith asks govt. to inform MPs of any intelligence warnings of impending ethnic violence (Category: Breaking News)
- Orders go out not to ignore Indian intelligence warnings (Category: Breaking News)
- Karu J warns country of attempts to create communal disharmony (Category: Breaking News)
The United States had talks with the Sri Lanka Army, during which the need to build trust with minority communities to ensure lasting peace was also discussed. The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said that she met the Sri Lanka Army 1 Corps Commander Major General S.B. Amunugama and Staff to discuss the […]
- India lifts onion export ban for neighbour Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UK, US pressure Lanka to repeal PTA (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO experts to visit Sri Lanka to help eliminate leprosy (Category: Breaking News)
- Country attracts more than 800,000 tourists by 8 August (Category: Breaking News)
SI-UK Sri Lanka organized a highly successful education fair recently at the Mayfair Building, head office, With over 360 registrations and approximately 80 students in attendance, the event showcased the participation of ten leading UK universities, cementing its status as a major success. The fair served as a pivotal platform for aspiring students to directly […]
- World University Sports Day at Colombo University today (Category: Breaking News)
- UK university to tie-up with Mobitel for mLearning in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Edinburgh Napier University and BMS launch Global MBA in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- J’pura Uni’s Accounting Dept felicitates its alumnus (Category: Breaking News)
(UNDP)Taxation is intricately linked to gender equality and is a fundamental foundation to address intersectional inequality challenges. Accordingly, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is supporting governments to establish gender-responsive tax systems, which involves carrying out national level diagnostic assessment on tax and gender; through research and capacity building; adapting...
- UNDP says Sri Lanka’s economic crisis offers a historic opportunity (Category: Breaking News)
- Mobile interactive space on ‘Journey of Transformation and Women’s Empowerment’ launched (Category: Breaking News)
- Government and UNDP map out SDG investment for private sector to support recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka rallies corporates to ‘Forward Faster’ on SDGs (Category: Breaking News)
amanté, unveiled its newest independent boutique in Negombo – the fifth in the label’s growing portfolio of stores across the country. The grand opening, held recently was officially inaugurated by chief guest Darshi Keerthisena – of Buddhi Batiks fame- in the presence of other prominent personalities, influencers, and amanté management. Darshi Keerthisena, fashion powerhouse and […]
- Sri Lanka schedules three hour power cuts for August 24 (Category: Breaking News)
- බදාදා (10) විදුලි කප්පාදු කාලසටහන : අද පැයක් (Category: Sinhala)
- ශ්රී දළඳා සමිඳුන් වෙත ආදිවාසීන් මී පැණි පූජාව පවත්වයි (Photos) (Category: Sinhala)
- විදුලි බිල 75% කින් ඉහළට (Category: Sinhala)
The first leg of the India Sri Lanka Student Exchange Programme between Ladies’ College and St Mark’s World School supported by the India – Sri Lanka Foundation was successfully completed as the students and teachers of Ladies’ College returned to the island on Aug. 20, a Ladies College new release said. Ten students of Ladies’ […]
- “Similarities of two cultures”, Ladies’ College students participate in Indo Lankan Ethnic Progr... (Category: Breaking News)
- New Australian HC launches landmark educational programme (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil translation of book containing Moragoda’s newspaper articles launched (Category: Breaking News)
- Milinda pushes for Indo-Lanka strategic-level partnership (Category: Breaking News)
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