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Four regulatory and monitoring bodies will be established under the proposed Quality Assurance, Accr..

Sri Lankan postal department will remove disputed French stamps with pictures of LTTE Leader and log..

A recent visit by British Royals to the country is a boost for tourism, the Sri Lankan government of..

A Sri Lankan court has issued an order to evict all students who are occupying the premises of Sri J..

Leader of Sri Lanka`s main opposition United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremasinghe says that me..

Minister Piyasena Gamage has got into hot water over his statement at a public function that he brib..

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to remove the dirty and worn out currency notes and issue ..

The members of the Kelaniya Pradheshiya Sabha accused Minister Mervyn Silva of extortion and request..

The UNP yesterday demanded that the annual accounts of the Employment Provident Fund for 2010 be imm..

Theoretical physicist of eminence Prof. Stephen Hawking, who has proved medical experts wrong by mir..

Newly elected United National Party Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa will move out of his Sirikotha of..

Thursday s student demonstrations at the Sri Jayawardhanapura University that impacted on traffic in..

Finally, the inevitable has happened in Kelaniya. King Mervyn Silva is faced with a revolt at his ..

The Central Government today informed the Madras High Court that Indian fishermen may have been atta..

Three women suspects who had led an extortion ring and obtained a ransom of Rs 100,000 in two instal..

Apparently inspired by the Southern Expressway SLTB bus service, private bus owners yesterday decide..

A massive scam where petrol is mixed with kerosene at a Lanka Indian Oil Corporation station in Kott..

To revive ailing power projects and to further strengthen the functions of the Sustainable Energy Au..

CIC Agri Businesses commenced the export of banana to Europe recently with the first consignment bei..

The Motor Traffic Commissioner s Department says that five branches would be opened this year with o..

One-time UNP Chairman N. G. P. Panditharatne passed away yesterday morning after a brief illness.
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In a country such as ours, stability of governance depends almost entirely on grassroots development..

Police have deployed teams of the Colombo Crime Division, the Special Task Force and the Army follow..

The 35 Tamil Nadu fishermen who were distressed in rough seas and rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy are ..

The Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday directed the Controller of Immigration and Emigration to preve..

It was when I was drafting this piece that Dr. U. Pethiyagoda expressed his views in his very brief ..

For the first time in Sri Lanka rehabilitated LTTE youth are being offered foreign employment by Lag..

Youth Affairs and Skills Development Minister Dallus Alahapperuma yesterday attributed the GCE (A/L)..

The Criminal Investigation Department yesterday told Additional Colombo Magistrate Prasanna Alwis th..

It was our privilege yesterday to highlight on our main pages a speech by ANCL Chairman Bandula Padm..

Sri Lankan Government spokesman, Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that though the government..

Dejected LTTE activists now have something other than their wounds to lick a controversial stamp Fra..

Twenty eight persons were injured when a bus plunged down a steep slope at Yainna, Koskella on the K..

Another Provincial Councilor of the Sri Lanka major opposition United National Party (UNP) surrender..

For the first time in a decade the Building Material Corporation (BMC) earned a profit 25 times more..

The Colombo stock market showed signs of struggle on the New Year s first day of trading, managing t..

Several Acts and amendments related to the health sector that were long overdue will be presented to..

The Fort police arrested two Indians who attempted to smuggle foreign currency worth around Rs.11 mi..

The authorities have not yet taken a decision to increase domestic gas prices, despite such a reques..

Going in to 2012, the balance of payments (BOP) would continue to come under some stress which would..

The JVP yesterday expelled its dissidents at a special party convention held at Debarawewa in Tissam..

In a defiant move the government has appointed Prof. Carlo Fonseka as chairman of the Sri Lanka Medi..

A new calendar year has opened with the usual expectations in most quarters that the country would c..

The family of a murdered free trade zone worker has accused the Sri Lankan authorities of failing to..

A Presidential pardon for former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka in a widely speculated New Year repri..

Botanical gardens generated revenue of Rs. 229.5 million from foreign visitors, Rs. 67.7 million fro..

The Sri Lankan government has decided to hold annual qualifying examinations to fill the vacancies i..

Amidst speculation that former Army Commander will be released on January 1, UNP reformists led by M..

The government-TNA talks on devolution have been dragging on for months. Whether anything will ever ..

Twelve persons were arrested after an angry crowd pelted stones and other objects at a music group a..

The Police and the Special Task Force (STF) have surrounded the Kumbuka Wanameekanda jungle to nab a..

The tourism ministry instructed all resort hotels across the country`s 1,192 tiny coral islands to s..

Sri Lanka expects to earn 850 million US dollars from tourists in 2011 with annual arrivals expected..

Thieves fleeing in a stolen car abandoned it at Horana, Kumbuka area yesterday when they realized th..

Dec 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka`s Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the party has not ye..

The country s tourism industry is confident of reaching US $ 850 million revenue by end of this year..

Arrangements have been put in place to commence a luxury bus service on the Southern Expressway from..

Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena has warned officials of the Medical Supplies Division (MSD) and..

The UNP yesterday challenged the UPFA to abolish the 13th Amendment to the Constitution if the SLFP-..

The majority of Advanced Level students in this country are likely to take heart from Higher Educati..