23% of Lankans living below poverty line: World Bank
Over 23% of Sri Lanka’s population is living below the poverty line, a World Bank report titled “World Development Indicators…
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Kotakethana double murder: AG appeals
The Attorney General (AG) appeals against the High Court order acquitting the accused in the Kotakethana murder, Fast News sources…
Rohingya’s relocation plan in Bangladesh raises concerns
The remote Bangladeshi island of Thengar Char disappears completely under several feet of water at high tide, and has no…
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Written request from UNP to dissolve house: Dy. Min Perera [video Inc.]
The United National Party (UNP) would make a written request to President Maithripala Sirisena to dissolve the Parliament, a Deputy…
Sujani, Damitha and Chandani go back to school
Milagiriya St.Paul’s Balika Vidyalaya recently held an event for alumni. Many recognized actresses were present for this event. Sujani Menaka,…
Two men enter house and gang-rape woman unsuspecting woman
A woman has lodged a complaint with the Police stating that two men had entered her home gang-raped her and…
Muslim who saved Jews during Paris supermarket attack honoured in New York
Hailed as “the Paris kosher supermarket hero,” Lassana Bathily, a Muslim employee who saved 15 French Jews during a terrorist…
Sinhala Ravaya calls for the arrest of Minister Rishad
It is sad to note that efforts being made by the government and peace loving people of this country to…
Special measures to prevent MERS virus in SL
The Ministry of Health says that special steps are in place to ensure the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, universally known…
Schoolboy’s body found in Udawalawe area
A corpse of a Seventeen-year-old school boy has been discovered from the teak wood forest within the Udawalawe Reserve. The…
New era has dawned for state employees: Uva CM
Chief Minister (CM) of the Uva Province Harin Fernando says that an epoch has dawned where state employees can engage…
Suicidal monk or expert cover up?
A burnt body was located from a heavily forested area in Madunagala Buddhist sanctuary yesterday (14). The body has been…
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World’s biggest hotel to open in Mecca [Video Inc.]
It’ll have 10,000 bedrooms and 70 restaurants. The world’s biggest hotel is set to open in Mecca in 2017, offering…
Wame Kendraya to Election under ‘hand’ symbol
The Wame Kendraya has finalized to contest the upcoming general election on the ticket of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party…