The government is sending a delegation of top officials to Brussels, Belgium on March 15 to discuss the GSP Plus export concession and other relations with the European Union, announced trade min...
Raids from today to nab errant traders
[Mar 10, 2010 12:45 PM]
Raids will begin to be conducted from today (Mar. 10) to nab traders who do not sell commodities, especially rice, at reduced prices, said trade minister Bandula Gunawardena. Speaking ...
CID to trace Danuna through IP addresses
[Mar 10, 2010 12:44 PM]
The CID has obtained the Internet Protocol addresses used by Danuna Tillakaratne, the son-in-law of Gen. Sarath Fonseka, in recent days in a bid to trace him. Police made submissions i...
Attack on UNF organizer Upulanganie Malagamuwa
[Mar 10, 2010 11:45 AM]
UNF electoral organizer and candidate Upulanganie Malagamuwa and her supporters had come under attack in Galgamuwa in Kurunegala yesterday (Mar. 09). Speaking to 'Colombo Today,' she s...
India to set up consul general's office in Jaffna
[Mar 10, 2010 10:41 AM]
Sri Lanka has agreed that Jaffna will have an Indian consul general's office, PTI reported. This office will help the people of the peninsula and fully restore connectivity to South In...
2 suspected underworld members die in shooting with police
[Mar 9, 2010 5:15 PM]
Two men said to be underworld members died in a shootout with police at a forest area in Kurunegala in the early hours of this morning (Mar. 09), police said. The duo had been arrested...
Year one admissions blown out of proportions
[Mar 9, 2010 4:12 PM]
An expert on education has said that parents, officials, politicians and the media have sensationalized the issue of year one admissions to popular schools despite the existence of far more serio...
Nuwan Zoysa, the left-arm fast bowler, was a surprise inclusion in Sri Lanka's provisional squad of 30 for the ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean in May, despite moderate success in the recently...
Wayamba retained the Inter-provincial Twenty20 title for the third time after a clinical performance in the final, outplaying Ruhuna in all three departments of the game at Moratuwa. ...
An international panel of experts has strongly endorsed evidence that a space impact was behind the mass extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs.
Practising Zen meditation may help people reduce pain sensitivity, according to a recent Canadian study. Read more on www.hc...
Sri Lanka has signed up 290 million US dollars in financing from China's Exim Bank to build an airport in the south of the island and expand railways, the foreign ministry said.
Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank in which state ownership increased to 28 percent following a 1.1 billion rupee capital injection has retained its 'BBB+(lka)' with a 'stable' outlook, Fitch Ratings said.<...
Rapper Lil Wayne has been sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to gun possession. Read more on BBC News
Rajarata farmers will be able to produce the country's entire requirement of maize which is about 200,000 mt in two years, said Petroleum Resources Minister Duminda Dissanayake.
The Government will set up three food storage complexes with modern facilities at Galewela, Hambantota and Dambulla shortly. Read ...
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