Yahoo to be named Altaba

10 Jan 2017

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Yahoo Inc said Monday that it would rename itself Altaba Inc and Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board after the closing of its deal with Verizon Communications Inc.

51 Indian, 3 Sri Lankan fishermen repatriated

10 Jan 2017

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Fifty-one Indian and three Sri Lankan fishermen were yesterday repatriated to their respective countries in line with the decision taken at recent ministerial-level talks held in Colombo, a Fisheries official said.

Wimal arrested

10 Jan 2017

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Wimal Weerawansa remanded

10 Jan 2017

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Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa, who was arrested by the FCID, was remanded till January 24 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.

Tear-gassed...

07 Jan 2017

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Opening of H’tota Industrial Zone

07 Jan 2017

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China to invest US$ 5 billion in Sri Lanka: Ranil

07 Jan 2017

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China would invest US$ 5 billion in Sri Lanka within the next two to three years, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinge said today.

Protest against Hambantota Industrial Zone

07 Jan 2017

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Four killed in two separate accidents

07 Jan 2017

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Two women were killed and another one injured when the three-wheeler they were traveling in veered off the road and crashed onto a tamarind tree at Padawgama on the Mattala airport road last evening, Police said.

A/L best results in the Island

07 Jan 2017

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R.A. Nisal Punsara of Rahula College, Matara has topped the Island rankings in Biology stream while K.D.M. Amaya Darmasiri from Maliyadeva Girls’ College, Kurunegala has topped the island rankings in Physical Science stream at the 2016 Advanced Level examination.

President rejects foreign judges

07 Jan 2017

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In the wake of the Consultative Task Force calling for foreign judges to hear war crime charges, a government minister said yesterday that President Maithripala Sirisena categorically ruled out the participation of foreign judges to hear or inquire into war crime allegations.

A/L results released

07 Jan 2017

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The results of the GCE Advance Level Examination 2016 were released, the Examinations Department announced. Results could be obtained through www.doenets.lk/exam or www. results.exams.gov.lk

Wele Suda’s mother arrested with heroin

06 Jan 2017

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The 60-year-old mother of Samantha Kumara alias Wele Suda, who was sentenced to death for possessing heroin, was arrested by the Excise Department Officers on charges of possessing 10 grams of heroin in Wellawatte.

Protest against selling of H’tota port

06 Jan 2017

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Unidentified person travelled in Thajudeen’s car: DSG

06 Jan 2017

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Deputy Solicitor General Dilan Ratnayake today told court today that investigations had revealed that an unidentified person had travelled in the back seat of Wasim Thajudeen's vehicle on the day he was found dead.  

Female patient falls off ambulance

04 Jan 2017

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A female patient who was being transported to the Karapitiya Hospital is reported to have fallen off the ambulance on the Southern Expressway this morning after its back door was suddenly opened, police said.

Udayanga’s 16 bank accounts suspended

04 Jan 2017

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Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today ordered to suspend the transactions of 16 bank accounts of one-time Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga over the inquiry conducted into the huge financial loss caused to the Government in the purchase of Ukraine-built MIG-27 aircraft in 2006.

NGOs more powerful than Govt. service today: Nimal Siripala

04 Jan 2017

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Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said that the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) had become more powerful than government service in the country today where activities of government servants and politicians were monitored by NGOs and media.

SL to renegotiate oil tanks deal with India

03 Jan 2017

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The Government will re-negotiate with India the agreement signed in 2002 with the hope of reacquiring at least 50 tanks for use by Sri Lanka, Petroleum Resources Development Minister Chandima Weerakkody said.

Probe refusal by two members to sign delimitation report: JVP

03 Jan 2017

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The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today called for an inquiry into refusal by two of the five committee members to sign the delimitation report.