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The role played by farmers in the food requirement of the people, is invaluable. Issues confronted ..

Jan 19, Colombo: The Government Medical Officers` Association (GMOA) in Sri Lanka today announced th..

Our politicians are birds though they are without wings and plumage. They emulate the flightless ost..

Police say 223 schoolchildren were killed and 4,100 others critically injured in road accidents in 2..

The three judges who have not returned their official vehicles after retirement would be arrested, t..

The Mass Media and Information Ministry has introduced a code of ethics for newscasting websites. A ..

YASARATNE GAMAGE

A woman who posed as a Police criminal investigation officer and demand..

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday issued the arrest warrants again of three a..

Sri Lanka plans to build its first monorail track in the southern port city of Hambantota to link th..

The government has issued Treasury Bonds worth Rs.60 billion to offset a part of the massive Rs.1,00..

The Employees Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill was passed with a majority of 59 votes in Parliament ..

By Shamindra Ferdinando

The JVP yesterday challenged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to e..

It is no exaggeration that animal rights are better protected than those of children on public roads..

Colombo District Deputy Inspector General of Police Anura Senanayake yesterday assumed duties as Col..

The Sri Lankan government has offered 25 percent salary increment for the employees of power, petrol..

India and Sri Lanka yesterday signed bilateral deals worth over $ 703 million, largely involving fin..

The ceremonial release of water into the tunnel of the Upper Kotmale hydro electricity project took ..

UNP s Galle District Parliamentarian Buddhika Pathirana stated that he would not change his stance r..

Anything that the present government touches turns into an unholy mess in next to no time. It, as we..

A political settlement to Tamils in Sri Lanka and a solution that answers the aspirations of the Tam..

Priyadharshani KAHAWALA, Ingiriya central group corr

A man who was allegedly assaulted wi..

Six Sri Lankan fishermen along with their fishing vessels detained in the Andaman Islands of India w..

stl Sri Lanka, the local subsidiary of the world s leading nutrition, health and wellness company, ..

The much awaited announcement which kept the stock exchange jittery for weeks was finally made y..

In a bid to ensure a quality education to all students, the government is to develop 1,000 National ..

The United States has granted Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa immunity from a law suit filed ..

Some US Marines have got into hot water, having urinated on dead Taliban combatants in Afghanistan. ..

Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya yesterday paid a courtesy call on People`s Repub..

Sri Lanka`s peacetime Navy not only comes to the aid of stranded Indian fishermen off the coast in S..

At least 2,500 new rooms needed to meet targeted arrivals, only 200 new rooms in 2010, Govt. fast-tr..

Government expenditure grew faster than revenue which saw the fiscal deficit for the first ten month..

The law pertaining to the transport of vegetables and fruit in plastic crates came into effect from ..

The countrywide admission of Grade 1 children to schools would transpire today. Education Minister B..

If there is anything that makes former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga stand out from t..

Whilst politics and cricket talk take most of our time as Sri
Lankans,one good news is that our..

The Police Department will reward outstanding police officers who show more commitment to maintainin..

`What s all this about dogs attacking the health services?` asked Kamal Sunakharatne, who ..

The Colombo bourse lost some steam yesterday although the market was up most of the day and eased of..

Indo-Sri Lanka bi-lateral trade is likely to cross $4 billion in 2011, up from $ 3 billion in 2010, ..

Colombo District Judge G A D Ganepola in an order restrained the UNP leadership, Party Secretary and..

First year students of the Jaffna University had started jeering at Higher Education Minister S.B. D..

Arrogance of power has been the undoing of most governments in this country. The present dispensatio..

JVP dissidents said yesterday that former LTTE cadres had joined hands with them in political work i..

Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake yesterday warned that a split in the JVP could lead to t..

The Central Bank said yesterday that the credit obtained by the private sector remained robust throu..

Teachers of the University of Sabaragamuwa have withdrawn from their academic duties demanding that ..

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said that the possible re-emergence of the LTTE is one of the ..

Pro-LTTE groups in Tamil Nadu, all out to paint a black picture of President Mahinda Rajapaksa as a ..

The External Affairs Ministry of Sri Lanka has received complaints from over 800 workers employed ov..

Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, yesterday, appointed a five-judge-bench of the Supreme Cour..

Qatar Airways, one of the five star airlines in the world, has consented to operate flights to the c..

President Mahinda Rajapaksa had told Minister Mervyn Silva, that he was unable to intervene in the p..

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that the country was not yet free of the threat..

Thirukumaran Nadesan, husband of Sri Lankan Member of Parliament Nirupama Rajapaksa, was attacked on..

The slide on the Colombo bourse continued for the sixth straight day yesterday on a turnover of Rs.5..

Respected blue chip Aitken Spence pulls out of biggest FDI project the $ 500 m Colombo South Conta..

The Sri Lankan government today said it is ready to implement the recommendations of the intended Pa..

The government is under pressure to review a controversial formula under which four key state instit..

While the continued unrest in some local universities is a matter for deep concern, considerable sat..

A suspect produced before court by Ingiriya Police, for allegedly stealing at a fabric shop, told th..