“No losses at EPF in its entire history”- CBSL
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) announces that the assertion that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Act is to be amended to discontinue the lump sum payment method currently being adopted on...
View ArticleMalaysia gets a new Transport Minister amidst MH370 crisis
Malaysia's premier on Wednesday appointed a new transport minister to replace Hishammuddin Hussein, who took the lead during the search for missing flight MH370.Hishammuddin, who is also defence...
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Prof. Sudarshan, new HC to India
Prof. Sudarshan Senevirathne has been appointed as the new High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to India, announced by the Government Information Department. The High Commission in India confirmed that...
View ArticlePlanetarium closed
The Sri Lanka Planetarium has been closed for modification for one month period with effect from yesterday (June 24), announced by the Ministry of Technology and Research. The renovation process will...
View ArticleGunmen kill three Iranian soldiers near Iraq border
Unidentified gunmen have killed three Iranian police on patrol in the northwest of the country near the border with Iraq, the Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday.Tuesday night's attack comes after...
View ArticleAluthgama unrest: Police nab main suspects in Tamil guard's murder
Sixty-eight suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the violent incidents that took place in Aluthgama and Beruwala, Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said. Addressing a media briefing in...
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ISIS invite Messi to "join jihad call" after goal against Iran
It seems that the Argentinians were not the only ones to celebrate Lionel Messi’s goal last week during a World Cup game against Iran.Sunni militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),...
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Taliban in a five day battle with Afghan troops
More than 800 Taliban insurgents have launched a major offensive in southern Afghanistan to try to gain territory recently vacated by US troops, officials said on Wednesday, with 40 civilians killed in...
View ArticleWatareka Vijitha Thera remanded
Convener of the Jathika Bala Sena (JBS), Ven. Watareka Vijitha thera who was arrested by Police today has been remanded till July 2 by the Panadura Magistrate. Vijitha thera was arrested by Police...
View ArticleEmirates suspends flights to Peshawar
Emirates Airlines has decided to take precautionary measures and suspend its flights to and from Peshawar due to security reasons after unidentified gunmen attacked a PIA aircraft in Peshawar on June...
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SL to seek extradition of convicted LTTE leader in Canada
Law enforcement authorities in Sri Lanka will request Canada to extradite a former Captain in the LTTE’s fleet of vessels that smuggled weapons for the organization, Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana...
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President welcomed with gun salutes in Maldives
President Mahinda Rajapaksa reached in Maldives last evening, June 25. President Rajapaksa and the delegation were greeted on arrival at the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport by President Abdulla...
View ArticleThree sentenced to death for murder
Three defendants who were found guilty of murdering an individual in Logiwatta, Lindula on October 31, 1993, were sentenced to death by the Nuwara Eliya High Court yesterday. The three were among a...
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US welcomes Sri Lanka rights probe panel
The US has welcomed the United Nations’ announcement of experts, who will advise the team probing the alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka during the last months of civil war in 2009. “The US...
View ArticleMinister Rishad given time to file objections
The Court of Appeal (CA) yesterday (June 25) gave a time of almost one full month to file objections to a writ application by an environmental organization which claimed that the Minister Rishad...
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Sri Lanka and Maldives Presidents held discussions
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, along with their delegations, held bilateral discussions yesterday (June 25) in Malé, the capital of...
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Sri Lanka and Maldives sign three bilateral agreements
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, currently on a state visit to Maldives, and President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom presided over the signing ceremony of three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) yesterday...
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Sushma meets Hasina
India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and discussed key bilateral issues this morning, June 26. Swaraj, who arrived in Dhaka late Wednesday...
View ArticleSonia and Rahul summoned to courts over 'funds misuse'
An Indian court on Thursday summoned Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, leaders of the defeated Congress party, over allegations that they misused funds of a newspaper once run by the family.The mother-son duo of...
View ArticleWallapatta thieves arrested in Batti
Six kilograms and 533 grams of wallapatta were found by the Batticaloa police when they searched a motorcycle that was believed to be transporting wallapatta. Police has also arrested two individuals...
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