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by Shamindra Ferdinando

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that non..

Of late, the grim reaper seems to have been working overtime to snuff out lives on our roads. The la..

The Tamil National Alliance yesterday insisted that land, police and finance powers be included in t..

Fifteen road accidents had claimed 17 persons from Saturday 6am to yesterday 6am, Police Media Spoke..

The government would not accept the demands of Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on Police and Land powe..

With the exchange rate policy currently pursued by the Central Bank heavily criticised by the Treasu..

ans constituted about 20 per cent of the tourists to Sri Lanka in 2011, almost the same as the year ..

The JVP today cited the project for the development of 1,000 secondary schools as a total failure an..

Colombo: Sri Lanka`s main opposition United National Party (UNP) says the government needs to inform..

he government has launched a propaganda blitzkrieg against some foreign-backed elements accused of m..

The Police have commenced a countrywide operation to arrest 50,000 fake doctors who are currently op..

The European Parliament Members (MEPs) have generally agreed that Sri Lanka needs Europe s construct..

Colombo: In a measure to reform the prison administration, Sri Lanka Ministry of Rehabilitation and ..

Jan 27, Moneragala: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he is committed to safeguard the cou..

Fitch Ratings Lanka says that its outlook for the majority of Sri Lankan banks is stable, underpinne..

The Mahinda Rajapaksa government, which included the likes of Minister Wimal Weerawansa, who paraded..

Colombo: The Motor Traffic Commissioner`s Department of Sri Lanka has decided to strictly implement ..

British Prime Minister David Cameron, a knight in shining armour on a much hyped crusade for human r..

The consumption of alcohol has drastically increased in Sri Lanka over the five year period of 2006-..

John Keells Holdings PLC Chairman Susantha Ratnayake in his message of the interim report nine month..

Sri Lanka will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Italy to allow the Italian ..

The government has made a good start to implementing the recommendations of the Lessons Learnt and ..

Prabhakaran is no longer around to trouble us. But, terrorism is far from banished from this country..

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka yesterday appealed to the Supreme Court against the Appeal Cour..

Secretary, Ministry of Technology and Research and Chairperson of the Committee Appointed by the Pre..

Colombo: Sri Lanka`s leading blue-chip conglomerate Aitken Spence has finalized the sale of its stak..

People in the North and East have not demanded for land and police powers and it is only the politic..

Cairn Lanka, a fully owned subsidiary of Cairn India, says it has notified the government that it wo..

An inbound airline passenger who tried to smuggle a stock of gold jewellery valued at nearly Rs 12.5..

Reports from Sri Lanka`s main Welikada Prison in Colombo say clashes have erupted between inmates an..

The Japanese government has granted US$ 223,075 (approximately Rs.25million) for a reconstruction pr..

`The government has initiated a massive road development drive in Anuradhapura and the Deyata Kirula..

Sri Lanka could see a great transformation in the next 15 years with the launching of a trilingual p..

Forced and panic selling wipes off a further Rs. 46 b in value, bringing total in two days to Rs. 90..

Our ministerial worthies are doing their damnedest to cover up the GCE (A/L) results mess-up with th..

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has rapped Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for taking overdrafts ..

The Sri Lanka Navy categorically denies the allegation that Sri Lanka Naval personnel attacked India..

Three persons who had purchased goods worth over Rs five million by forwarding fake electronic telle..

The government of Japan has extended US$ 223,075 (approximately Rs. 25 million) grant aid for a reco..

The Central Bank has sold US$ 1,560.22 million in four months to keep the exchange rate stable amids..

Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka and his personal assistant Senaka Haripriya de Silva were yeste..

The major Tamil political party in Sri Lanka, the Tamil national Alliance (TNA) says President Mahin..

A collective of media rights groups is scheduled to stage a massive protest, Black January, tomorrow..

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption in Sri Lanka has called for a le..

Increased police presence needed for unsupervised, unlicensed guest houses in new tourist zones
..

The Government will spend US$ 6 million (around Rs. 684 million) to overhaul three Chinese-built com..

The indicative lending rate of the banking system has outpaced the fixed deposit rate as dealers say..

The Senate proposed by the government as a solution would be complementary and not a substitute for ..

First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa left the island on Saturday to attend the International Shaffallah Sp..

The government has the habit of going into the denial mode and letting loose its propaganda hounds o..

A new rule has been introduced with immediate effect where drivers transporting schoolchildren shoul..

Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command recovered a stock of LTTE weapons hidden in De..

Governing United People`s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) members of a local government body in Sri Lanka ha..

The Government has invested over Rs 5,547 million in Mihin Air since it commenced operations in Apri..

Sri Lanka is to strengthen its fight against the dengue menace with 1.1 million Euro assistance from..

The government said in Parliament today that certain international elements were grooming some group..

The government is planning to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee on what has come to be known ..

The government proposes a senate as part of its strategy to solve the national question. It will mak..

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) will launch two more luxury buses on the Southern Expressway fr..

Jan 19, Galle: Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna flagging off the first train h..