SLT Speedup Cycle Tour gets underway

05 Sep 2018

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Wayamba University students in protest

04 Sep 2018

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Fire at Bloemendhal garbage dump

04 Sep 2018

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Tense situation in Parliament

04 Sep 2018

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Parliament sessions ended abruptly today after the joint opposition stormed the Well of the House claiming that the government was trying sabotage tomorrow's 'Jana Balaya Kolambata' protest rally.

UNP challenges JO to topple Govt.

04 Sep 2018

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While saying that the Government was neither scared nor interested in the JO protest scheduled to be held tomorrow, Law & Order Deputy Minister Nalin Bandara challenged JO members to topple the Government.

'Lankan arrested in Sydney: Min.Musthapha baffled by false media accusations'

04 Sep 2018

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Minister Faiszer Musthapha had been perplexed following the false media allegations of connection to a youth who was arrested in Sydney over a document that the Australian Police allege contained plans for terrorist attacks, Deputy Minister H. M. M. Harees said today.  

Commission on SriLankan: 'Cancellation of airbus leases caused heavy losses'

04 Sep 2018

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SriLankan Airlines suffered a loss of Rs. 14.3 billion (USD 90.5 million) due to the cancellation of three Airbus A350-900 leases and it amounted to half of the losses in the financial year 2016-2017, it was revealed at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka yesterday.  

JO protest: No need to close schools - Akila

03 Sep 2018

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There won’t be any need to close schools tomorrow on account of the JO protest march, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said.

Special journeys banned for WP private buses from tomorrow to Sep. 8

31 Aug 2018

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The use of private passenger buses for special journeys has been banned in the Western Province from tomorrow (1) to September 8, Western Province Road Passenger Transport Authority Chairman Thusitha Kularathna said.

Protest by Missing Persons’ association

30 Aug 2018

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MS meets Myanmar President

30 Aug 2018

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Two drown after boat capsizes in Valaichchenai

30 Aug 2018

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Two persons died while two others survived when the boat they were in capsized at Jayanthi Yaya reservoir, Punani in Valaichchenai yesterday night.

Cartoon of the day

30 Aug 2018

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Sri Lanka’s first sanitary landfill in Dompe

30 Aug 2018

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Garbage has been an issue not only for Sri Lanka, but for the entire world. The garbage should be utilised in a useful manner, so that it would no longer be a nuisance to the society. It is evident that different countries have come up with productive methods in their efforts to turn waste into resources. In that perspective, Sri Lanka is far behind.   

Gota arrives at commission on SriLankan and Mihin

29 Aug 2018

5

Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) unit at the Presidential Commission appointed to investigate financial irregularities that had taken place at SriLankan airlines, SriLankan Catering (Pvt.) Limited and Mihin Lanka Airlines, to give a statement a short while ago.

Cartoon of the day

29 Aug 2018

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SF devoid of STF security

29 Aug 2018

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Sustainable Development, Wildlife and Regional Development Minister Sarath Fonseka is reported to have been denied security by the Special Task Force (STF) triggering concerns whether it was linked to his criticism of the elite police force in Parliament last Friday.

Hidden agenda in appointing commission on salary issue: Gammanpila

29 Aug 2018

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The decision to appoint a commission, supposedly for the purpose of solving the salary issues of railway employees, was a tactic to kill time until military personnel sent to India to be trained as train drivers, get back to fill in the void that is created when railway unions go on strike in the future, the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) alleged.

Clinical waste piles up in Colombo National Hospital

28 Aug 2018

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Tense situ. at Galaha Hospital

28 Aug 2018

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