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Transport back to normal

[April 17 2016]

Transport services will return to normal after the New Year. Chairman of the National Transport Commission M.A.P. Hemachandra said transport arrangements for the New Year ending on April 25, will continue as planned.

 

Nepal resumes direct flights to Lanka

[April 17 2016]

Himalaya Airlines operated its maiden commercial flight from Katmandu to Colombo on April 12, to mark the Sri Lanka- Nepal New Year.

 

96 Indian and nine Lankan fishermen repatriated

[April 10 2016]

The Sri Lanka Navy assisted the repatriation of 96 Indian fishermen, released from Sri Lankan custody by providing them with safe passage on board the Ranavijaya and Sri Lanka Coast Guard Vessel CG 43 yesterday.

 

Port City: A venture open to all

[April 10 2016]

The Port City is not a Sri Lanka-China venture as it will be open to everyone and several Indian investors too have expressed their willingness to invest in the Port City, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

 

PM to visit China

[April 03 2016]

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is shcheduled to make an official visit to China from April 6 to 9, at the invitation of Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang. Premier Wickremesinghe will meet Chinese leaders,

 

Lasantha’s murder probe to speed up

[April 03 2016]

The murder investigation of Lasantha Wickrematunge, the founder editor of the Sunday Leader is to be completed in the coming weeks, after several snags that delayed the process.

 

O/L results out

[March 20 2016]

GCE Ordinary Level 2015 results were out yesterday. Commissioner General of Examinations stated Results could be accessed on the internet on www.doenets.lk.

 

Errant food vendors under scrutiny

[March 20 2016]

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) as placed vendors of sweetmeats, cakes, rice, dhal, canned fish, spices, flour, dairy products, cooking oils and other popular consumer products under scrutiny, ahead of the New Year.

 

More Sri Lankan workers for South Korea

[March 13 2016]

Sri Lanka has agreed to send more workers to South Korea. Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Thalatha Atukorale made the offer during talks with South Korean,

 

Sri Lanka has won back international community- Minister Samarasinghe

[March 13 2016]

Sri Lanka has succeeded in winning back the international community and this was clearly shown by the way the country was treated at the recent UN Human Rights Council sessions, said Skills Development Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe.

 

Impartial inquiry into Rajagiriya accident

[March 06 2016]

The statements to the Inspector General of Police by two eye-witnesses to the accident and the three MPs urging the police to conduct an impartial inquiry into the accident where Minister Champika Ranawaka

 

Prof. Wiswa Warnapala no more

[February 28 2016]

General Secretary of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and former Cabinet Minister Prof. Wiswa Warnapala passed away at a private hospital in Colombo yesterday. He was 79 at the time of his demise.

 

 

Appeal Court Judge S. Sri Skandarajah took oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa last week as President of the Court of Appeal at Temple Trees. Judge Skandarajah was appointed President following the elevation of the former President Sathya Hettige PC to the Supreme Court. Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga looks on. Pic: Sudath Silva

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Film described as ‘misleading and misrepresentative’:

UK’s Ofcom to probe Channel 4 documentary

The UK Government’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) is to investigate the veracity of Channel 4’s recent documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s killing Fields’ following complaints that it was misleading and misrepresentative. British-based TV website TV Pixie, in a report filed by Alex Guest, disclosed that Ofcom would probe the program, presented by Jon Snow and produced by Callum Macrae.

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ABC urged to stop screening of CH 4 film

Sri Lanka’s High Commission in Australia, which protested the screening of Channel 4 video “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” on ABC’s Four Corners Program, has written to the Executive Producer Sue Spencer requesting to avoid telecasting the documentary, as it is completely biased and contains unsubstantiated allegations against the Government of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka taken off US human trafficking watch list

An annual US State Department Report on Trafficking in Persons that grades each country, elevated Sri Lanka’s status in 2011, noting increased prosecutions of human traffickers and more aggressive efforts by the government to protect trafficking victims.

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Minister denies reports of Rizana’s execution

The reports published by a certain section of the media on carrying out the death sentence on Sri Lankan housemaid Rizana Nafeek by the Daw Admi High Courts in Saudi Arabia were denied by Foreign Employment Promotion Minister Dilan Perera yesterday.

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Police warn negligent trishaw drivers

The City Traffic Police has warned trishaw drivers countrywide to refrain from overloading passengers following a series of road accidents during the past two weeks due to the negligence of trishaw drivers.

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