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By Emantthi Marambe Caterers, who maintain canteens in institutions attached to the Health Ministry will be instructed not to add salt to cooked rice in the future.The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the National Council on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCNCD).A member of the NCNCD said that algthough human body needed a small amount […]
- Iodine content in salt to be strictly monitored (Category: Breaking News)
- Public urged to minimize consumption of excessive salt, sugar and fat (Category: Breaking News)
- Iodzed salt without Iodine (Category: Breaking News)
- Iodied salt without Iodine (Category: Breaking News)
India finally won its independence on 15 August 1947. Power was transferred by the British to the two Dominions, India, and Pakistan. By ARUN KUMAR BANERJI India finally won its independence on 15 August 1947. Power was transferred by the British to the two Dominions, India, and Pakistan. It has often been suggested that Britain’s […]
- Two Challenges: Economic Recovery, Political Devolution – V (Category: Breaking News)
- India Celebrates 77th Independence Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Implications of India – Sri Lanka connectivity (Category: Breaking News)
- India, Pakistan foreign ministers trade heated barbs on ‘terror’ (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reiterated that the Indian Ocean should not be an area of conflict, or the “playground”, for world military powers. “This Ocean, as a vital channel of sea communication, facilitates a large volume of energy, raw material and food supply, between the East and the West, thus it is imperative that we keep […]
- President wants power rivalries out of Asian region (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Ocean should not be playground of world military powers- Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- RW: Final settlement with Tamils in a few months (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian media hyping Chinese research ship docking in Sri Lanka a sensational claim: Chinese expert (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Hospitals were experiencing a shortage of 160 essential medicines, Deputy Director General – Medical Supplies, Dr. D. R. K. Herath , told the media in Colombo, yesterday. There were 383 drugs in the essential category, he said. “We use 383 essential medicines and there is a shortage of 160. We hope wellwishers […]
- Myanmar donates medicines and medical supplies worth over USD 1.48 Mn to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh sends emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- USD 100 Mn from AIIB to procure essential medicines, supplies for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Austria donates consignment of essential medicines to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Norman Palihawadane Police are investigating the assault of a drug dealer and the rape of his wife in Colombo.Police said that a drug dealer in Keragala had obtained heroin worth Rs 300,000 from a distributor from the Bloemendhal Road area in Colombo, sometime back, and failed to settle the dues. The distributor invited the […]
- Two Lankan car firms fight over Mazda car dealer rights (Category: Breaking News)
- CPA man on the mat for graft (Category: Breaking News)
- New Dealer (Category: Business)
- Steel Grip’s Convention felicitates 125 dealers (Category: Business)
By Anuradha Hiripitiyage The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) would not contest the coming elections as a constituent of a coalition led by the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), FSP Propaganda Secretary, Duminda Nagamuwa, told The Island yesterday.Nagamuwa said that a concerted effort had to be made to secure the release of Inter-University Students Federation (IUSF) leaders […]
It was decided at the National Council Sub-Committee on Identifying Priorities in Formulating Short, Medium and Long Term Policies held recently (26) under the chairmanship of theMember of Parliament Hon. Namal Rajapakse to introduce Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the performance of government institutions.
- Titans snap losing streak (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Rio: Rating the environmental stars (Category: Technology)
- Athletes who break toes to perform better (Category: Technology)
- Best face masks for exercise sessions in 2020 - CNET (Category: Technology)
The first meeting of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Trade considered six annual reports at its committee meeting held last week (21) under the chairmanship of Hon. Nalin Fernando, the Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security.
- Iranian Commerce Minister to arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Discussions on ECT a failure -Trade Unions (Category: Breaking News)
- Discussions on ECT a failure -Trade Unions (Category: Breaking News)
- Discussions on ECT a failure -Trade Unions (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Redefining Traitors & Patriots In Relation To Sri Lanka Losing The Shipping Hub Status appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Country Has Fallen Due To The Socialist Thinking (Category: Breaking News)
- Are The IMF & Ranil Wickremesinghe Neoliberal? (Category: Breaking News)
- Collective Consciousness Of Sri Lankans – Is It Constructive Or Destructive (Category: Breaking News)
- Actually, The Foreign Ministry Certainly Seems Foreign Now (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post If Prabhakaran Had Been In Sri Lanka Now….? A Counter-Response To Ranil’s Terrorism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Why Is AKD Of JVP Free Without Imprisonment? [This Is To Clear So Many Clouds Of Confusion] (Category: Breaking News)
- Mythological “Jeromism” & Misleading Religious Formula (Category: Breaking News)
- Voracious Readers Who Killed The Public & Its Wealth (Category: Breaking News)
- How We Came To This Pass – On The “Non-Rule Of Law System” (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Fully Clothed Indian Fakir Is PM In England: In Sri Lanka A Tamil Won’t Have A Chance In His Own Motherland! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Death Of Queen Elizabeth & Conservatives Of Colour In Britain (Category: Breaking News)
- From King Elara To Narendra Modi, Evolution Of A Geopolitical Impasse (Category: Breaking News)
- Review Of The Väddas In Sri Lankan History & Society (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Are Tamils Trying To Remember The Terrorists & Separatists? (Category: Breaking News)
By Sadiq Amini In 1947, Pakistan emerged as an independent country in the wake of the Partition from India. That year, Afghanistan was the only country that voted against Pakistan’s admission to the United Nations. Since that time, the relationship between the two countries has remained strained as deep disputes remain. The undeclared war between […]
- Pakistan Reaps What It Sowed (Category: Breaking News)
- Time for the Afghan Taliban to Delink from Pakistan and Focus on Other Neighbors in the Region (Category: Breaking News)
- Hamid Karzai lambasts Shehbaz Sharif’s remarks about presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
NEW DELHI — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, who’s also the Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Economy and Investment in the Saudi-Indian Strategic Partnership Council, paid a visit on Friday to India. During the visit, Prince Abdulaziz held meetings with the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal; Minister of Petroleum, […]
- Saudi Arabia welcomes the peace initiatives of President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- Saudi Business Delegation calls on Foreign Minister Sabri (Category: Breaking News)
- Crown Prince (Category: Business)
- Foreign Minister Ali Sabry to visit Saudi Arabia (Category: Breaking News)
On October16, a weeklong National Congress of the Communist Party of China began in Beijing with President Xi Jinping comfortably placing himself in the front to become party leader for a third term. But delegates of the 20th National Congress would be reading the tea leaves. As just before the beginning of the once in five-year […]
- Chinese leadership appears to have put restrictive ‘Zero-Covid’ approach on back-burner (Category: Breaking News)
- China at a crossroads: Confronting COVID limitations (Category: Breaking News)
- As China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’, some have had enough (Category: Breaking News)
- Xi Jinping defends zero-Covid as party meeting opens (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Two Men, Two Cultures appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Perilous Authoritarian Alternative (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP’s Popularity & Ranil’s IMF Prop (Category: Breaking News)
- President Should Be Responsible! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post මහජන කවුන්සිල ව්යාපාරය ඔස්සේ වාමාංශික ජනතාවාදී විසඳුමක් appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ලාංකීය දේශපාලනයේ නව සංධිස්ථානමය මොහොතක් (Category: Sinhala)
- පොදු ජන අවබෝධයේ දේශපාලනය ගැන (Category: Breaking News)
- අරගලයේ දීර්ඝ හෙට දවස සඳහා (Category: Breaking News)
- පක්ෂය, මහජන ව්යාපාරය සහ පොදු ජනාවබෝධය (Category: Sinhala)
[…]The post රාජ්ය වියදම් ප්රතිසංස්කරණය සඳහා වැල් පාලමේ ගමන appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ලංකාවේ බැංකු අස්ථාවරද? (Category: Breaking News)
- අතුරු අයවැය 2022: රටේ ආර්ටික දිශානතිය වෙනස් කිරීම (Category: Breaking News)
- ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල අවසාන විසඳුම නොවේ (Category: Breaking News)
- පළමුවෙන් බංකොලොත්භාවයෙන් ගොඩ ආ යුතුය – අයවැය 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
The wait is officially over! All of your The Body Shop favourites are now back in stores across Sri Lanka with new treats for all things skin, hair, and body care. From the ever-popular Tea Tree range to the citrus-sy Vitamin C collection, to the healing Vitamin E line, the British beauty brand has re-stocked […]
- New skin and body care by Christell Luxury Wellness (Category: Breaking News)
- Will by Zac opens second outlet at OGF (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilly & Carlo lights up the holidays with the festive collection (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda appeals for more investments from Norway (Category: Breaking News)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to Union Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar, requesting him to take steps to secure the release of Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody. Referring to the apprehending of seven fishermen from Tamil Nadu along with their boat on October 27 by the Sri Lankan Navy, Stalin said […]
- Tamil Nadu CM calls for release of Indian fishermen detained in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Stalin accuses Sri Lankans of attacking Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister demands release of Indians detained in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Stalin asks Jaishankar to secure release of fishermen in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
A Police officer has been arrested after he accidentally shot and injured a 15-year-old boy during an altercation in Matara today. The Police said that the weapon of a 55-year-old Sub-Inspector (SI) of the Thihagoda Police had gone off during an altercation. The teen is said to be in critical condition in hospital. The Sub-Inspector […]
- IGP reveals over 4000 cops not in good health (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire tear gas on protesters in Mullaitivu (Category: Breaking News)
- Three more arrested over major cryptocurrency scam (Category: Breaking News)
- Lawyers and civil society protest at Galle Face (Category: Breaking News)
Investors wait for direction from 2023 budget presented to parliament on Nov. 14
- Sri Lanka stocks down for 3rd straight session amid tax hike worries (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka shares gain over 2-pct in mid-day trade on positive interim budget (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks gain with foreign inflows after interim budget announcement (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks end at near 3-wk low after falling five sessions; turnover slumps to 1-mth low (Category: Breaking News)
A 55-year-old Sub-Inspector (SI) attached to Thihagoda Police station has been arrested and interdicted in connection with the shooting of a 15-year old boy in Thihagoda, Matara.The post Police Sub-Inspector arrested after teen boy injured in police shooting appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Policeman killed, Sub-Inspector injured in shooting incident in Weligama (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Police awarded one million rupees to family of person killed in Narammala shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Police launch internal investigation into SI arrested over Thihagoda incident (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Police arrested Excise undercover team for firing at car in Bambalapitiya (Category: Breaking News)
The new ‘environmentally friendly’ US Embassy was declared open by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo today. In a celebration of more than 70 years of U.S.-Sri Lankan friendship, partnership, and bilateral ties, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung, and the U.S. Department of State’s Under Secretary for Management John Bass officially […...
- Dilly & Carlo lights up the holidays with the festive collection (Category: Breaking News)
- Vesak Day at GotaGoGama (Category: Breaking News)
- More reason to love yourself as The Body Shop restocks on all your favourites (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire tear gas on protesters in Fort (Category: Breaking News)
Debt office only raised around 60% of its expected debt through bond auction on Friday
Fuel price hike, forex-shortage led long fuel queues help boost LIOC's profits
- Sri Lanka’s IOC unit reports Rs9.9 bn in June 2022 profits (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s NTB profits down 12-pct in March quarter (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing net down 37-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Sunshine Holdings net up 85-pct in June (Category: Breaking News)
Bidders demanded higher rate for July 2925 bonds
- 2 stuck on Deception Pass Bridge (Category: USA, Washington)
- 4,000 pills through fake prescriptions, state money (Category: USA, Washington)
- Traffic light as tolling begins on the 520 Bridge (Category: USA, Washington)
- Valparaiso postpones second MVC series against Illinois State due to COVID-19 (Category: USA, Indiana)
Syria has started buying tea from India after a gap of 50 years, and because of US and European Union sanctions on the Western Asian country, the consignments are routed through Lebanon, traders said.The post Syria starts buying tea from India in absence of supplies from Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka tea industry to fully recover next year, says minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s crisis powers 22% spike in Indian tea exports (Category: Breaking News)
- Tea export earnings down 5% in dollar terms, but hit record-high in rupee terms amid sharp depre... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka tea prices to stay strong. (Category: Breaking News)
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has recommended the Minister of Public Security to direct the Inspector General of Police (IGP) that regulations made in terms of the Police Ordinance would not be permissible if it reasonably impacts at the exercise of fundamental rights and freedom ensured in the Constitution.
Ministry of Defence declares general amnesty for the Tri-Forces absentees, enabling them to receive a legal discharge from their respective services.
A tense situation is reported at Thihagoda police station in Matara after a police weapon was accidentally fired during a struggle and a 15-year-old boy was injured in a three-wheeler which failed to heed a warning to stop, the police spokesman says.
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