Minister Kabir Hashim remarked that if there are shortcomings regarding the efficiency of the CEO of the Information and Communication Techn...
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Attorney-at-law Jayanthi Vinodhan inducted as Midtown Inner Wheel Club President
Attorney-at-law Jayanthi Vinodhan was inducted as the President of the Midtown Inner Wheel Club. She was a former legal personnel in The Cap...
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Controversial EPF transfers revealed at Presidential Commission into Bond Scam
Did staff transfers in the Employees Provident Fund lead to a complicated situation within the division in 2015? More on this situation was ...
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SriLankan Airlines’ cabin crew members avert disaster
A major disaster was averted yesterday, on SriLankan Airlines’ flight UL 166 due to the immediate action of alert by members of the airlines...
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Final rites for Senerath Kapukotuwa to be held at 4 p.m.
The final rites for late Senerath Kapukotuwa, Group Director of The Capital Maharaja Organisation Ltd. will be conducted at the Borella ceme...
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Angelina Jolie denies ‘cruel’ Cambodia child auditions
Angelina Jolie has fiercely denied playing tricks on Cambodian children while casting for a film. The actress and UN special envoy recruited...
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Russia’s Putin orders 755 US diplomatic staff to leave
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 755 staff must leave US diplomatic missions, in retaliation for new US sanctions against...
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Over 175 migrants found abandoned in trailer in Mexico
Mexican authorities rescued 178 Central American migrants found abandoned in a trailer in Veracruz state, the country’s National Institute f...
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Australia police ‘foil terror plot to bring down plane’
Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. He...
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11-hour water cut to hit Kelaniya and Gampaha
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says the water supply to several areas in Kelaniya and Gampaha will be interrupted for a period...
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Hambantota port agreement signed under auspices of PM Wickremesinghe
The agreement regarding the Hambantota port as a Public Private Partnership was signed a short while ago. The agreement was signed at the Mi...
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Hambantota port agreement to be inked shortly
All preparations are underway for signing of the agreement regarding the Hambantota port as a Public Private Partnership. The agreement will...
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Dengue cases increase by 9,635 in one week: Epidemiology Unit
Within the course of the past week, the number of Dengue cases have spiked by another 9,635 cases.According to the Epidemiology Unit at the ...
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DMC issues warning over landslides – Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Kurunegala among areas at risk
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has informed residents living in areas prone to landslides in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya to be vigilant owi...
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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns
Nawaz Sharif has resigned as Prime Minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to disqualify him from office. T...
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North Korea conducts new intercontinental ballistic missile test
North Korea has conducted a new intercontinental ballistic missile test, South Korea and the Pentagon say. The missile reached an altitude o...
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Sri Lankan teacher Gethsie Shanmugam emerges winner at Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2017
Gethsie Shanmugam, a Sri Lankan teacher who counseled war widows and orphans to overcome their nightmares, has emerged a winner at this year...
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Perpetual Treasuries investments become focus of Presidential Commission investigations
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry on July 28, issued a number of instructions to Perpetual Capital Holdings, Perpetual Treasuries Limit...
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Warning issued to Badulla residents over landslide risk
Badulla District Secretary, Nimal Abeysiri said steps have been taken to make people who live in several areas aware of an impending risk. A...
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Parliament adjourned as tensions flare
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya adjourned parliament until August 4, as tensions flared in the House. A heated argument broke out in parliament when...
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TCMOL’s Group Director and former GS of the UNP Senerath Kapukotuwa passes away
It is with great sadness that we announce today, the passing of Group Director of The Capital Maharaja Organisation, Senerath Kapukotuwa. Se...
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Ferrari driver writes off new car
A driver lost control of his new £200,000 Ferrari and careered off a motorway before it burst into flames – after owning it for just an hour...
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Cases over Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s vehicle usage, Basil’s land purchase, Wellawatte building taken up
Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa has sought more time to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department. Shiranthi Rajapaksa was ...
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SL govt receives document from World Bank on Draft Audit Bill
The government has received a document from the World Bank on the Draft Audit Bill. The World Bank review of the draft indicates that the Au...
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Repairs continue on Norochcholai’s third generator
The Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy has announced that an additional Rs. 31 billion had been incurred for the production of electrici...
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Madonna and twin girls accept damages over ‘invasion of privacy’
Madonna and her adopted twin daughters have accepted undisclosed damages from Associated Newspapers over a “serious invasion of privacy”. Ma...
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120 bus route employees on strike over attack
Bad news for anyone travelling along the 120 bus route from Horana to Colombo, the buses are on strike. Employees of the 120 bus route launc...
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Fuel shortage to be resolved by evening -three million liters of fuel on distribution
Fuel is getting back in the flow, as claimed by the Ministry of Petroleum Resource Development. They say that Three Million liters of petrol...
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Pakistan village council orders ‘revenge rape’ of girl
Some 20 people from Multan, Pakistan, have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl, in revenge for a rape her brother allegedl...
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Trump: Transgender people ‘can’t serve’ in US military
US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in “any capacity” in the military. He tweeted that he had consulted with mili...
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CEB warns of interruptions to electricity supply
The supply of electricity to a number of areas in the country has been disrupted due to the failure in meeting the electricity demand for th...
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LTTE continues to be listed as a terrorist organisation: EU
The European Union says the LTTE continues to be listed as a terrorist organisation. Earlier today, the Reuters reported that the European U...
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Petroleum workers strike fizzles out as armed forces step in
Employees of the Petroleum Corporation reported to work once again this afternoon after having launched a trade union action yesterday. Repr...
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Min Karunanayake fails to appear before the Presidential Commission – Arjuna Mahendran’s digital devices to be scrutinised
Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake failed to appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry today, even after being issued with summon...
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Bond Scam: Ravi Karunanayake is a no show for the inquiry at the Presidential Commission
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake has failed to appear before the Presidential Commission of inquiry citing unavailability due t...
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BREAKING NEWS: Fuel destribution named and Essential Service from Midnight
BREAKING NEWS: Destributing and unloading fuel has been declared an Esential Service from midnight, tonight. According to the Gov. Printer, ...
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Crucial piece of evidence comes to light in Perpetual Treasuries inquiry
Monday, July 24 – A crucial piece of evidence was revealed at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Arjun Aloysious of Perpetual Treas...
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Presidential Commission into alleged Bond Scam: Witness says Aloysius rented penthouse for key minister and family
Testifying at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the alleged bond scam, a witness was questioned on a Penthouse she had owned, whi...
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Petroleum Trade Unions to strike from midnight
The Petroleum Trade Unions Collective held a media briefing this evening. It was announced at this briefing that they will launch a strike a...
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Protests staged against shooting attempt at Jaffna High Court Judge
The two suspects arrested over the shooting allegedly targetting Jaffna High Court Judge, M. Illenchilliyan in Nallur, Jaffna are due to be ...
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GMOA warns of strike – requests centre around investigation
The Government Medical Officers’ Association warns that they will launch another strike action tomorrow morning. One of the main requests ma...
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Maldivian parliament on lockdown after orders from President Abdulla Yameen
The Maldivian opposition said that the military locked down parliament on Monday on the orders of the country’s president in a bid to preven...
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Dengue statistics soar – 1,416 more patients in two days
The number of Dengue patients in the country has increased by 1,416 within the past two days. This year’s number of Dengue cases is the hig...
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Fifty-four-year-old beaten to death in Anuradhapura
A person died after an attack was launched against a group of gypsies in Kumbichakulama, Anuradhapura on Sunday night. The 54-year-old was b...
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Cumhuriyet journalists face terrorism trial
A Turkish opposition newspaper itself is the story as 17 of its employees are about to go on trial on charges of aiding a terrorist organisa...
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Texas human smuggling incident – death toll rises to nine
Police in the US state of Texas have arrested a truck driver whose vehicle was found in a Walmart car park with eight people dead in the bac...
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Israeli embassy in Amman: Shooting leaves two dead
Two Jordanians have been killed and an Israeli wounded in a shooting incident at the Israeli embassy in Jordan’s capital Amman, according to...
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UPDATE: Two suspects arrested in Jaffna High Court Judge shooting attempt
Two persons have been arrested following the failed assassination attempt on the life of Jaffna High Court Judge, M Ilancheliyan. This happe...
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Foreign and local experts working to stop Uma Oya leakage
Work has begun to stop the water leakage at the Uma Oya Multi-Purpose Project.When News 1st made inquiries in this regard, a senior official...
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Authorities hint of a decrease in rice prices in the coming weeks
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce says that there is a possibility for the prices of rice to reduce in the coming weeks. Secretary to th...
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Police officer injured in Jaffna High Court Judge shooting succumbs to injuries
The Police Sergeant who was injured in the shooting carried out targetting Jaffna High Court Judge, M. Ilancheliyan, has died. Police said t...
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