The Junior National Law Conference 2017 got underway in Galle yesterday (September 29). The event will continue over the weekend with the pa...
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Ceylon Petroleum Corporation in trouble while IOC decides to increase fuel prices
Lanka IOC has decided to increase the prices of Petrol and Diesel with effect from October. The price increase percentage is yet to be decid...
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Sixty-five Katugastota police officers transferred
Sixty-five police officers at the Katugastota police station have been transferred. The police said that the group had been transferred base...
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Number of inmates sentenced to death increases
The number of inmates who were sentenced to death have increased to 1,158. Prison Media Spokesman ,Thushara Upuldeniya, said 826 of them wer...
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Joint Opposition reaches out to the divine in bid to topple govt
The Joint Opposition commenced a journey from Devi Nuwara, carrying an epistle from Lord Vishnu. The journey of the epistle carrying an orde...
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Govt Information Dept DG Ranga Kalansooriya resigns
Director General of the Government Information Department, Ranga Kalansooriya, has resigned from his position. Deputy Minister of Finance an...
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US health secretary Tom Price quits after private plane controversy
US Health Secretary, Tom Price, has resigned after coming under fire for using chartered flights costing hundreds of thousands of dollars at...
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Journalists thrown out of event after signing ‘media registration’ -ttempt to restrict public release of information
The Daily Mirror reported today that the Chairman Acting CEO of the National Public Private Partnership Agency and Thilan Wijesinghe had mem...
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World Bank to finance new $125m project to develop road infrastructure in Sri Lanka
The World Bank issuing a release, announce that the Transport Connectivity and Asset Management Project was signed today, by Idah Pswarayi-R...
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Geological Survey and Mines Bureau takes decision on sand-mining as river-beds deteriorate
The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau has decided to suspend sand-mining from the rivers of Kalu, Kelani, Gin and Deduru oya. Director Gene...
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Passengers experience ‘manual check-in’ as online systems fail – BIA among airports affected
The Bandaranaike International Airport’s online computer check-in systems had crashed yesterday. Due to this situation, passengers have had...
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Met Dept predicts a change in prevailing weather conditions
A gradual improvement in the recent weather conditions is expected, according to the Met Department advisory issued today. The prevailing wi...
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Mumbai railway station stampede kills 22 amid heavy rain
A stampede at a Mumbai railway station during the morning rush hour has left 22 people dead and injured about 30, Indian officials report.Th...
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State Min. Vijayakala interrupted to free suspect wanted in the rape and murder of Vidya
Seven involved int he gang rape and murder of Sivaloganathan Vidya, a school girl, were sentenced to death in the final verdict delivered ye...
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Did the Sandaruwan Senadeera run website attempt to influence the Vidya murder court case?
Sandaruwan Senadeera is still on the run and evading court. However, the case against senadeera was taken up in Supreme Court again today (S...
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Wasim Thajudeen homicide investigation takes a new turn
There is a new twist to the homicide investigation of Wasim Thajudeen. On the day of Thajudeen’s murder, multiple calls have been made from ...
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When will SL utilize it’s oil and natural gas in the Mannar Basin?
Sri Lanka is blessed by nature in many ways which makes her, in all her glory, the island paradise and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. Anothe...
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Just In: Prices of rice and sprats to drop tonight at midnight
The prices of eight types of rice and sprats are to be reduced tonight at midnight (September 28). According to the Lanka Sathosa Chairman T...
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All Island Restaurant Owners Association revise prices of rice packets, tea…
The All Island Restaurant Owners Association has decided to increase the prices of food items owing to the increase in the price of gas. Acc...
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President orders price reductions – weekly meetings to be held on essential food items
President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed the subject minister Rishad Bathiudeen to reduce the price of rice. The president gave these ...
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Holocaust survivor dies at 90
One of the world’s leading harpsichordists, Zuzana Ruzickova, who survived three Nazi concentration camps including Auschwitz, has died aged...
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The rape and murder of Sivaloganathan Vidya: Justice Served – WHAT WE KNOW
The Sivaloganathan family, displaced from Pungudutive in 1990 following the Civil War, ended up in Mallavi, close to Mankulam, Vanni. Six ye...
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Over 92% of Iraq’s Kurds vote for independence
People living in northern Iraq voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence for the Kurdistan Region in Monday’s controversial referendum....
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One country, two contrasting conditions – heavy rains wreck havoc in multiple areas
Sri Lanka is facing two contrasting problems in different parts of the island. To some areas – There is heavy rain, which area creating floo...
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More protests over the Central Expressway construction
The construction of the Central Expressway has sparked more protests across Sri Lanka. Another one of such protests took place today (Septem...
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Man dies after armed officers open fire on car in Bristol
A man has died in a police shooting involving a car near the M5 motorway in the Bristol area, England. BBC has reported that the Avon and So...
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Twitter just doubled the character limit for tweets
Twitter has announced it is trialing a new 280-character limit to allow users to “easily express themselves” – but the site’s users have bee...
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Former Thai PM Yingluck sentenced to five years in jail
Thailand’s Supreme Court has found the former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra guilty of negligence and sentenced her to five years in pri...
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Young Vidya no more, but justice much alive: Suspects get death sentence for rape and murder
Sivaloganathan Vidya, who was brutally murdered, finally got justice today. Verdict: Seven suspects connected to the Vidya rape and murder c...
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Nearly 200 murder suspects remanded annually: Prisons Dept.
The Department of Prisons notes that nearly 200 suspects are remanded in connection to murders annually. Media spokesperson of the Prisons D...
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Hambantota port employees commence strike
Trade unions have reported that port employees in Hambantota have commenced a token strike. The post Hambantota port employees commence str...
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Heavy traffic reported along Ward Place
Heavy traffic was reported along Ward Place in Colombo 7, after a tree fell on to a vehicle.Motorists have been advised to use alternative r...
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Sabaragamuwa PC term comes to an end: Administration under purview of Governor Perera
The term of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council ended at midnight. Thereby, the administration of the Provincial Council falls under the pur...
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President says steps are being taken to stop importation of unhealthy, non-essential food
The National Economic Council is working to take immediate steps to stop importing all non-essential and unhealthy food items into the count...
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Meethotamulla garbage dump collapse report to be presented
The Presidential Commission appointed to inquire into the collapse of the Meethotamulla garbage dump has recorded evidence from twenty indiv...
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Vidya court case: Verdict to be given today
The verdict of the Sivaloganathan Vidya murder case, a murder that horrified the whole country, will be delivered today. The case is to be h...
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Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, state media say. Government ministries are to pre...
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Ben Stokes: England all-rounder arrested in Bristol
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after a nightclub incident in Bristol early on Monday...
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UN report on SL observes “worst drought” and “many houses limiting food intake”
A report published by the United Nations says Sri Lanka has been experiencing a lack of rainfall which has developed into what is believed t...
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Price increase for lunch packets on the menu – canteen owners give reasons
All Island Canteen Owners’ Association reports that the price of lunch packets will be increased due to the price rise of a domestic LP gas ...
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Batticaloa District Secretary appointed SL Customs Director General
P.S.M. Charles has been appointed as the new Director General of Sri Lanka Customs Department with immediate effect, the Finance Ministry sa...
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Galewela accident claims a life – several hospitalised
One person has been killed, and eleven others injured, following a motor accident that occurred in the Kandana area in Galewela. According t...
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Actor Tony Booth dies aged 85
Actor and political campaigner Tony Booth who starred in the hit show Till Death Us Do Part has died, his family announced in a statement. B...
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Science, Technology and Research Ministry and UNDP sign agreement
An agreement was reached on Monday between the Ministry of Science Technology and Research and the United Nations Development Programme to e...
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China disrupts WhatsApp ahead of Communist meeting
The messaging service WhatsApp has been disrupted in China as the government steps up security ahead of a Communist Party meeting next month...
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Wild Elephants storm villages in Thambuththegama
The Human-Elephant conflict is a large threat in certain rural areas of Sri Lanka. People -Adults and children alike, lose their lives in th...
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Group of unemployed graduates attempt to storm into North Central PC
A group of unemployed graduates have attempted to force their way inside the North Central Provincial Council Complex. The incident sparked ...
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New Chief Medical Officer appointed for Welikada Prison Hospital
Dr. J.A. Malwatte has been appointed as the new Chief Medical Officer of the Welikada Prison Hospital. The Director General of Health Servic...
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Plans in action to drive down coconut prices in the market
The price of a coconut in Sri Lanka is on the rise. And there are remedial measures in the works which would eventually drive down the cocon...
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Survey Dept. to create an online map with state owned land and property info
The Survey Department is creating an online map with information on state owned land and property. “The map is being created following a req...
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Gas price of a 12.5kg cylinder to rise by Rs. 110 from tonight
The price of a 12.5kg cylinder of domestic LP gas will be increased by Rs. 110 from midnight tonight. The post Gas price of a 12.5kg cylind...
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Former senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe released on bail
Former Senior DIG of Police, Lalith Jayasinghe, who was arrested by the Police Special Investigation Unit on Monday morning, was released on...
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