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The sword used in the mutilation of a man in Koralawella in Moratuwa recently, has been found among the rocks in the coastal area off the Mosses Road area in Egoda Uyana this morning (March 26), says the Mt. Lavinia Divisional Crimes Unit.
The State need not engage in business as its mandate is to provide services such as education and maintain law and order, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said Thursday defending plans to divest government-held shares of seven state owned enterprises (SOEs).The post State need not do business, says President, Seven State Owned Enterprises to be divested appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Brea...
- State need not do business, says Ranil, seven SOEs to be divested (Category: Breaking News)
- Continue engaging with Sri Lanka’s official bilateral, private sector creditors – World Bank Chi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Several State-Owned Enterprises in Sri Lanka to undergo divestment process (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President leaves for Germany (Category: Breaking News)
The first school term for the 2023 academic year will commence on Monday (March 27), the Ministry of Education announced.
A powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi Friday night, killing more than two dozen people and obliterating dozens of buildings, as it stayed on the ground for more than an hour.
The body of the inmate who drowned while escaping from the open-air prison in Pallekele and attempting to across the Mahaweli River has been recovered.
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- Taxing Times (Category: Breaking News)
- A führer In The Making (Category: Breaking News)
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? (Category: Breaking News)
A Sri Lanka national based in the United Kingdom was apprehended at Rameshwaram of Tamil Nadu in India, while he was trying to return to his homeland on a mystery vessel, the Indian Coast Guard said on Saturday.
Fatym opens its doors at One Galle Face The Fatym brand strives to create fashion that is modern, elegant, and active to suit the modern woman of today. All the designs at Fatym Collection have been carefully and meticulously designed maintaining the highest quality and at the same time ensuring form and presence. Fatym Collection, […]
- DOUBLE XL, A FASHION REVOLUTION IN SRI LANKA UNVEILS ITS FREEDOM COLLECTION (Category: Breaking News)
- Fatym brings modern fashion into the spotlight with new retail outlet (Category: Breaking News)
- Niko the Spy at Odel (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Niko the spy’ to show off his style at ODEL fashion show (Category: Business)
Steps to select 100 of the best athletes to represent each sports event and provide them with the necessary facilities and training President's attention to the development of the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama as a Sports University Plans to introduce baseball to 100 schools this year
- The President underscores the criticality of financial discipline in nation-building (Category: Breaking News)
- President directs President’s Fund Secretary to clear applications backlog by December 31st (Category: Breaking News)
- I have fulfilled my obligation- Anticipate the IMF to fulfil its responsibility by the end of ... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Resolution to constitute the "National Council" will be presented in Parliament for approv... (Category: Breaking News)
The Government has no intention of dissolving the Civil Service Department (CSD), said Mr. Sagala Ratnayake, the Senior Adviser to the President on National Security and Chief of the Presidential Staff.
The number of Sri Lankans registered in Sammu, in the Chiba Prefecture in Japan, has seen a rapid increase. The Japan News reported that with an economic crisis in Sri Lanka driving an influx of immigrants to Sammu, Chiba Prefecture, educating children unable to speak Japanese has become an issue at local elementary and junior […]
- Japan contributes additional US$ 6.6 million to help Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Rupee continues to depreciate against USD (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ladies Circle International Shines a Light on Sri Lanka with APAC Mid-Term Meeting in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
Search and rescue efforts are continuing in Mississippi after a deadly tornado hit the US state. At least 25 people have died in the state, and one in Alabama, with dozens more left injured by Friday’s tornado. The storms devastated several rural towns, with Rolling Fork in western Sharkey County almost completely wiped out. Mississippi […]
- Six killed by 28-year-old shooter in Tennessee (Category: Breaking News)
- Lula sworn in as Brazil President (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal mourns victims of worst air disaster in decades (Category: Breaking News)
A popular Zimbabwe preacher who has links with a pastor in Sri Lanka, has denied allegations of corruption after he was accused of gold-smuggling. Issuing a lengthy statement, Presidential Envoy and preacher Uebert Angel, said that the allegations in an Al Jazeera documentary was part of a well-crafted ploy to trap the Ambassador and tarnish […]
- Zimbabwe preacher linked to Sri Lankan pastor stripped of title (Category: Breaking News)
- Zimbabwe preacher with links to Sri Lankan “prophet” accused of gold-smuggling (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda’s links with Ubert and Jerome likely to be probed (Category: Breaking News)
- New conditions for long term residence visa for foreign investors (Category: Breaking News)
The BAR Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has condemned a protest staged outside the Law of Chamber of BASL President Saliya Pieris, PC on Friday.The protest was staged against the representation of Saliya Pieris, PC for notorious Sri Lankan drug kingpin Nadun Chinthaka alias “Harak Kata”. Condemning the protest, BASL said in a statement that […]
- Protest outside Chambers of Saliya Pieris: BASL asks for IGP’s intervention (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL fears for safety of its former head (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL urges IGP to ensure safety of Saliya Pieris (Category: Breaking News)
- BASL slams attempts to hinder Saliya Pieris, PC, appearing for a client (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is projected to lend 2,533 million US dollars mainly to the US and Euro areas during an International Monetary Fund deal in 2023 including a mandatory 1.4 billion US dollars collected from exports and remittances, according to official documents. Sri Lanka is expected to get two tranches of 331.2 million dollar […]
- FOREIGN RESERVES TO REACH 8B US DOLLARS (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka s official reserves estimated at USD 3.5 billion (Category: Breaking News)
- Info about USD 4.2 bn debt deal with China shared with other creditors – CBSL Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- Remittances from expat workers increase (Category: Breaking News)
Weather forecast isssued at 05.30 a.m. on 26 March 2023 Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night. Fairly heavy showers about 50mm are likely at some places. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in […]
- Heavy rain expected (Category: Breaking News)
- Strong winds, showers in the morning Met. Dept. (Category: Breaking News)
- Fairly heavy showers in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts (Category: Breaking News)
- Heavy showers above 100 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-We... (Category: Breaking News)
Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella Friday accused the IMF of double speak and demanded to know on what assurances it had begun disbursing a USD 2.9 billion loan to Sri Lanka. He said the incumbent government, without a people’s mandate, would be unable to respect the obligations attached to the loan facility. SJB MP Kiriella […]
- SJB blames country’s woes on govt. lacking credibility here and abroad (Category: Breaking News)
- Opposition to take up attacks on democracy with IMF:Kiriella (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB demands entire agreement with IMF, refuses to take part in vote (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says Sri Lanka needs to talk with China about debt restructuring (Category: Breaking News)
The Government will hike taxes on alcohol and tobacco taxes again in June 2023, and will slap drinkers and smokers with taxes linked to inflation from January 2024, according to intentions declared in an International Monetary Fund program. Sri Lanka has a large public sector workforce and ministers requiring people to pay higher taxes. “The […]
- Finance Min. explains how personal income taxes are levied from Jan. 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Governor urges public to become informants to boost tax revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- Two ex-Presidents say people will find it impossible to live under new VAT regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Treasury Secretary justifies new taxes, as present income not sufficent to meet expenses (Category: Breaking News)
by Rex Clementine It’s been a while since a mystery Sri Lankan spinner bamboozled the opposition batsmen. Not just batsmen but coaches went on a frenzy decoding these bowlers while Times of India and Daily Telegraph dedicated headlines praising how well Sri Lanka groomed these sensational talents. Ajantha Mendis was the last global sensation with […]
- EC: Prez poll can’t be put off (Category: Breaking News)
- OPA panel discussion: The Role of Domestic Aviation in Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- IT professionals leaving country (Category: Breaking News)
- UK, US pressure Lanka to repeal PTA (Category: Breaking News)
ECONOMYNEXT – The State need not engage in business as its mandate is to provide services such as education and maintain law and order, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said Thursday defending plans to divest government-held shares of seven state owned enterprises (SOEs). At a discussion at the presidential secretariat on Thursday morning, Wickremesinghe responding to a […]
- Sinopec issues clarification on fuel station project in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- BOI signs US$500m agreement for CBO South Container Terminal (Category: Breaking News)
- “Sri Lanka has enormous growth potential”: Robyn Mudie (Category: Business)
- CBSL suspends renewal of permits of 15 private foreign exchange dealers (Category: Breaking News)
Crackdown leaves poor families in Assam state without main breadwinner as campaigners say arrests are the wrong way to tackle the issue Aged 15 and already pregnant after marrying last year, Pinku Das Sarkar has no idea what to do following her husband’s February 2 arrest in a controversial police crackdown on child marriage in northeastern India. […]
- World Organization against Torture urges SL to ban child marriages (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. plans to decriminalize LBGTQ (Category: Breaking News)
- Spike in child leprosy cases (Category: Breaking News)
- Cooperation to catch thieves; roses for pooja; breaching bonds (Category: Breaking News)
By Zinara Rathnayake It is 9am in the Carlton estate in Thihagoda, a small town about 160km (100 miles) south of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, and the July sun hides behind inky clouds. The air is thick and hot. Two men walk to the main estate building carrying piles of cinnamon branches. Inside, a group of […]
- When Jackals Bark At Lions – The Case Of General Fonseka & Harin Fernando (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘BARK Air’ the world’s first doggy jet service will take off on May 23 (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilmah owners establish 830 acres of cinnamon on Kahawatte estates (Category: Breaking News)
- PETA opens Echo Park headquarters with bark and bite (Category: USA, California)
When it came to jewellery, 2023 saw a rise in Y2K-inspired designs like we saw in apparels as well. There was an influx of bold colours, playful designs and patterns that elicited a general sense of happiness in the wearer. Loops the simple, round earrings that have hung from women’s lobes since times immemorial has […]
- Jumping through old hoops to get fit (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Mangas Records 3,000 Points In Latest Hoops Achievement (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Mangas Records 3,000 Points In Latest Hoops Achievement (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Mangas Records 3,000 Points In Latest Hoops Achievement (Category: USA, Indiana)
BBC reported that Search and rescue efforts are under way after one of the deadliest tornadoes to have ever hit the US state of Mississippi. At least 24 people have died following Friday night’s tornado, with more thought to be trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The twister caused devastation in several rural towns, […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
During a visit to the Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex on Saturday (25) morning President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the Minister of Sports and officials, to establish an expert committee to assess the development of Sri Lanka’s sports sector and its future strategies. In addition, the President instructed that the committee should comprise ministers in charge […]
- Give man hugs a shake (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- MLSE top boss Peddie pegs retirement date (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- President stops musical shows (Category: Breaking News)
- President Invited for the official inauguration of South Asian Beach Sports Festival in Southern... (Category: Breaking News)
Russia has struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory, President Vladimir Putin says. Putin made the announcement on Saturday as tensions grow with the West over the Ukraine war and as some Russian commentators speculate about possible nuclear strikes. The deal with Belarus would not violate nuclear nonproliferation […]
- N. Korea threatens to build more nukes, cites U.S. hostility (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- N. Korea threatens to build more nukes, cites U.S. hostility (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- N. Korea threatens to build more nukes, cites U.S. hostility (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- N. Korea threatens to build more nukes, cites U.S. hostility (Category: USA, New Mexico)
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- $640 million Powerball drawing up next as big jackpots grow (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- $640 million Powerball drawing up next as big jackpots grow (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- $640 million Powerball drawing up next as big jackpots grow (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- $640 million Powerball drawing up next as big jackpots grow (Category: USA, South Dakota)
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- Electing A New Parliament & Ending The Old Presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- May Day Politics: A Pregame To Presidential Election (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF & LG Elections: Presidential Machinations & Opposition Myopia (Category: Breaking News)
- National Reconciliation, Criminal Accommodation & Election Juggling (Category: Breaking News)
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- Ranil’s Economic Strategy: Will His Prioritisation Of Targets Misfire? (Category: Breaking News)
- How Lanka Can Benefit From A Global Recession (Category: Breaking News)
Senior lawyer Kaushalya Navaratne assumed duties today (25 March) as the 27th President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) for the year 2023'24.
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