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UN Special Rapporteur meets Foreign Minister
The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Ahmed Shaheed acknowledged the difficulties and sensitivities faced...
Campaign Finance Bill held up at AG’s office, says PAFFREL Chief
The Campaign Finance Bill prepared by the National Election...
2019-08-10 18:30:00 0
‘Hippo charm,’ the drawcard at Dehiwela Zoo
A mother who has gone through the pains of bringing forth a child...
2019-08-10 18:30:00 0
Loopholes in election law obscure true mandate-Polls monitors
Election monitors said that in the absence of clear cut laws to stop...
2019-08-10 18:30:00 0
Cabinet approval for non-career diplomats
The latest list of non-career diplomats to be posted to Sri Lankan...
2019-08-03 18:30:00 0
Elections to cost billions this year
The Presidential Election to be held in December will cost the...
2019-08-03 18:30:00 0
Batticaloa Campus
The founders of the Batticaloa campus (Pvt) Ltd last week declared...
2019-08-03 18:30:00 0
Do not undermine progress that has been hard-fought – UN Special Rapporteur
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly...
2019-07-27 18:30:00 0
Kadirgamar assassination: Foreign Ministry supports case in German court
The Foreign Ministry said they were closely following the case in a...
2019-07-27 18:30:00 0
Amendments to the Universities Act before Cabinet
In the backdrop of a high profile parliamentary subcommittee pointing...
2019-07-27 18:30:00 0
‘Remaining alert on all terrorism manifestations, a challenge’
In the aftermath of the Easter attacks, many countries stood in...
2019-07-20 18:30:00 0
Wheat flour price hike
The controversy over the arbitrary price hike by wheat flour...
2019-07-20 18:30:00 0
Will this be an election year ? : Elections Commission awaits go-ahead
With the countdown to December narrowing and the election heat...
2019-07-13 18:30:00 0
Mannar mass grave report postponed
The release of artifacts of the Mannar mass grave to prepare a...
2019-06-29 18:30:00 0
PC elections not possible before Presidential polls – Election monitors
Independent election monitors have ruled out the possibility of...
2019-06-22 18:30:00 0
CIABOC indictments on former top state officers
President’s former Chief of Staff, Dr.H.I.K.Mahanama, the top most...
2019-06-22 18:30:00 0
Ruhuna University VC confronts Student Union raggers : From rag to radicalism
The administration of the Ruhuna University has locked horns with the...
2019-06-15 18:30:00 0
Sri Lanka is safe - Speaker Nasheed
A top Maldivian delegation visited Sri Lanka yesterday in a show of...
2019-06-15 18:30:00 0
No transitional period for new President
The new president is expected to be sworn in office shortly after the...
2019-06-01 18:30:00 0
India’s National Investigation Agency officials arrive
The team from India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) is here to...
2019-06-01 18:30:00 0
Facebook to use AI to flag bad content
Facebook said it was investing heavily in Artificial Intelligence to...
2019-05-25 18:30:00 0
No provision to delay Presidential polls – PAFFREL
The independent polls monitors said there were no legal provisions to...
2019-05-25 18:30:00 0
China to share social media surveillance technology with Sri Lanka
President Maithripala Sirisena during his recent visit to Beijing...
2019-05-25 18:30:00 0
Report on Batticaloa campus in early June
The Subcommittee on Education, an extension of the Parliamentary...
2019-05-18 18:30:00 0
Batticaloa campus: Did Hizbullah misuse his office?
Members of the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Higher Education led by...
2019-05-18 18:30:00 0
US extends counter-terrorism support to Lanka
United States has offered to continue to expand counter-terrorism and...
2019-05-18 18:30:00 0
Beyond the call of duty
Oblivious to the harsh realities of life around them, three sisters...
2019-05-11 18:30:00 0
Far-reaching changes vital to dismantle terrorist network, says Prof. Gunaratna
Prof. Rohan Gunaratna said one of the bombers, Abdul Lathief, the...
2019-05-04 18:30:00 0
Paradise lost for 40 foreign nationals
The terror attacks on Easter Sunday in Colombo snatched the lives of...
2019-04-27 18:30:00 0
Many countries revise travel advisories
In the aftermath of the series of suicide attacks in Catholic...
2019-04-27 18:30:00 0
Foreign media personnel cover Easter Sunday carnage
Immediately after the suicide attacks last Sunday, Sri Lanka saw a...
2019-04-27 18:30:00 0
Int’l investigators here to crack down on IS extremists
International investigators have been arriving in the island to...
2019-04-27 18:30:00 0
Meetotamulla garbage tragedy : Passing the buck continues
The blame game over the Meetotamulla tragedy was renewed last week...
2019-04-20 18:30:00 0
Meetotamulla garbage dump: A scenic leisure park soon
The first phase of the leisure park being built on the Meetotamulla...
2019-04-20 18:30:00 0
Short-term power cuts likely islandwide
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is likely to impose short-term...
2019-04-20 18:30:00 0
Purchase of emergency supply to end power cuts – Ravi K.
Power Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday denied reports that his...
2019-04-13 18:30:00 0
US lawsuits won’t affect Gota’s candidacy - SLPP Chairman
Signaling that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP )is ready to...
2019-04-13 18:30:00 0
Chunnakam power station: Eco activists hail landmark judgement
Environmentalists welcomed last week’s landmark judgement on...
2019-04-06 18:30:00 0
Anandians felicitate outstanding teacher
A ceremony was held last week, to felicitate an outstanding teacher,...
2019-04-06 18:30:00 0
UNHRC chief contradicts Northern Province Governor
In the backdrop of a statement supposed to have been made by the...
2019-03-30 18:30:00 0
Femme at the helm
Four ships from the Royal Australian Navy arrived in Sri Lanka a week...
2019-03-30 18:30:00 0
BASL new chief pledges to look into legal delays
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) will review all pieces of...
2019-03-30 18:30:00 0
Lanka co-sponsors UNHCR resolution after ‘setting record straight’
The United Nations Human Rights Council 40th session ended last week...
2019-03-23 18:30:00 0
Supporting documents: The hurdle in Mahendran’s extradition
Certain supporting documents for the extradition of former Central...
2019-03-23 18:30:00 0
20th Amendment: JVP, TNA team up on common agenda
In a bid to muster support for the JVP’s private motion on the 20th...
2019-03-16 18:30:00 0
Australia-SL in defence engagement
Australia’s largest ever defence engagement with Sri Lanka which is...
2019-03-16 18:30:00 0
‘March 12 Movement’ campaign to elect ‘Dream President’
Marking the fourth anniversary the ‘March 12 Movement’ (M12M)...
2019-03-16 18:30:00 0
Defence Attache case : Magistrate overturns conviction
The Chief Magistrate of London and Wales, has overturned the earlier...
2019-03-16 18:30:00 0
Two small countries, large ocean states – Norwegian State Secretary
Visiting Norwegian State Secretary Marianne Hagen says private sector...
2019-03-09 18:30:00 0
Borella Police Traffic OIC struggles for life : Brutal hit and run victim crushed on impact
Through a mesh of ventilator tubes in the Intensive Care Unit, the...
2019-03-02 18:30:00 0
Defence Attache’s case : Counsel wants case re-opened
The counsel for Sri Lanka’s former Defence Atache who was convicted...
2019-03-02 18:30:00 0

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