Parcel of drugs: Two CME employees arrested

01 Apr 2016

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Two employees of the Central Mail Exchange (CME) have been arrested in connection with the recent discovery of a parcel of narcotics received from Pakistan, Post Master General Rohana Abeyratne said today.

People should be told the truth about security: MR

01 Apr 2016

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While ruling a country it is important to consider the physical, social development of the country in addition to national security.

Missing people in Maldivian jail: Paranagama

01 Apr 2016

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Missing Persons Commission Chairman Maxwell Paranagama had stated that four of those who had gone missing had been found while two or three of them were languishing in Maldivian prisons responding to a question raised by media personnel after the hearings ended in Vavuniya.

Wigneswaran’s behaviour hindrance to reconciliation

30 Mar 2016

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Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today charged that the Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran was acting on a separatist and racist agenda and his conduct was a hindrance to national reconciliation.

Indian national arrested with Rs.7.4 mn at BIA

25 Mar 2016

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An Indian national who attempted to smuggle out Sri Lankan currency worth around Rs.7.4 million to Shajahan was arrested by the customs officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport this morning.

Gem of great price lost and found

24 Mar 2016

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A disturbance had occurred when a gem said to be worth Rs 500,000 worn by Minister S.B. Dissanayake was found to be missing during a function held at Lunugama.

Power outage in Southern province

23 Mar 2016

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Power outage was reported in several areas in Southern province due to the tripping of powerline carrying electricity to Balangoda from Lakshapana this evening, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said.

Presenting Virusara privilege cards

23 Mar 2016

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Govt. will investigate claims about Ven. Sobitha Thera’s death

22 Mar 2016

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Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday the government would discuss about the rumours behind the death of Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera and do everything needed to reveal the facts.

JVP to go to FCID against Uva CM

22 Mar 2016

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JVP Uva Provincial Councilor Samantha Vidyarathna had said he would lodge a complaint against Uva Chief Minister Chamara Sampath Dassanayake with the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) over several fraudulent acts committed by him within the council.

PRECIFAC announces deadline to submit complaints

19 Mar 2016

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The time given by the Presidential Commission to the public to submit their complaints and petitions regarding inquiries into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC) will end on March 24, 2016.

Jeffrey Vandersay to replace Malinga

19 Mar 2016

5

Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay has been named for the Sri Lanka squad in the T-20 World Cup as the replacement for Lasith Malinga, who returned to Sri Lanka due to his knee injury, sources said.  

12 Indians arrested in Kattankudy

19 Mar 2016

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Twelve Indian nationals including seven women, who were staying in the country violating immigration and emigration laws, were arrested yesterday in Kattankudy, Police said.

Power crisis likely if drought continues: CEB

19 Mar 2016

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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said yesterday if the prevailing drought continued for the next few months, the country might be in the throes of a power crisis and that currently priority had been given to thermal and coal power generation.

Lunar eclipse on March 23

19 Mar 2016

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The first penumbral lunar eclipse for the year will occur on March 23, 2016, a day after the Medin Full Moon Poya Day, Board Member Arthur C. Clarke Institute of Modern Technologies Professor Chandana Jayaratne said yesterday.

Airliner crashes in Russia: 55 aboard reported dead

19 Mar 2016

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A Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed as it was landing at the Rostov-on-Don airport in southern Russia, the country's Southern Regional Emergency Center said today.

Hyde Park meeting: SLFP CC to decide on errant members

19 Mar 2016

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The SLFP Central Committee (CC) will meet shortly to decide on the action to be taken against SLFP parliamentarians who participated in Thursday’s joint opposition rally at Hyde Park, General Secretary and Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayaka said yesterday.

CEB violated the transmission license: PUCSL

19 Mar 2016

4

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has told the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) that the latter has violated the Transmission License on maintaining an uninterrupted power supply throughout the country three times in the last 6 months since September 27, last year, by way of islandwide power failures.

Similarity between two transformer explosions: Ministry

18 Mar 2016

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The Power and Renewable Energy Ministry said there appeared to be a similarity between the two unusual explosions that broke out at the Biyagama Grid Sub Station last week and the Kotugoda CEB Grid Sub Station today.

Knee injury forces Malinga to return home

18 Mar 2016

3

As feared, Lasith Malinga will return home from the World Twenty20 after failing to recover sufficiently from his knee injury, Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Friday (March 19).