Category: LOCAL

Srilanka & South Korea Signed Mutual Training Programme MOU

Srilanka & South Korea Signed Mutual Training Programme MOU

Oct 4, 2016

President of the National Defence University of Korea Lieutenant General Wee Seungho paid a courtesy call to State Minister of ... Read More

IFJ  Request to Ensure Transparency In Re-Investigation Of Lasantha’s  Case

IFJ Request to Ensure Transparency In Re-Investigation Of Lasantha’s Case

Oct 4, 2016

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) issued a statement  welcoming the reopening of the investigation of the murder of editor ... Read More

While  Blaming Government For Pro-India Stance, Gammanpila Seeks Permission To Travel To India

While Blaming Government For Pro-India Stance, Gammanpila Seeks Permission To Travel To India

Oct 4, 2016

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya General Secretary,  Udaya Gammanpila filed a motion in the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court seeking permission to travel ... Read More

Appropriation Draft Bill  Tabled in Parliament on  19th October

Appropriation Draft Bill Tabled in Parliament on 19th October

Oct 4, 2016

Minister Ravi Karunanayake said  the Cabinet of Ministers approved the tabling of the Appropriation Draft Bill for the 2017 Budget ... Read More

Cigarette Price Hike By Rs 7

Cigarette Price Hike By Rs 7

Oct 4, 2016

Finance Minister,  Ravi Karunanayake announced  today (4)  that  the prices of all brands of cigarettes  have been increased by Rs ... Read More

Basil Before Court on 7th October 2016

Basil Before Court on 7th October 2016

Oct 4, 2016

Former minister of Economic Development , Basil Rajapaksha has purchase a land in Malwana for Rs 64 million and carried out ... Read More

Air Traffic Controllers Association launched a Work-to-Rule Campaign

Air Traffic Controllers Association launched a Work-to-Rule Campaign

Oct 4, 2016

 The Air Traffic Controllers Association has launched a Work-to-Rule campaign over salary anomalies. Accordingly, Air Traffic Controllers attached to the ... Read More

Electricity Prices  Not be Increased

Electricity Prices Not be Increased

Oct 4, 2016

Electricity prices will not be increased under any circumstances , Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy announced.  Following the request ... Read More

VAT Amendment Bill  in Parliament Today

VAT Amendment Bill in Parliament Today

Oct 4, 2016

VAT amendment bill was presented to the cabinet on 13th of September 2016. VAT increase act came into operation with effect ... Read More

Mihin Lanka  Decided to Discontinue All its Flights &  Services From 30 th October 2016.

Mihin Lanka Decided to Discontinue All its Flights & Services From 30 th October 2016.

Oct 4, 2016

Mihin Lanka has decided to discontinue all its flights and services with effect from  30th October 2016, a notice sent ... Read More

No Regret For Holding NPC Election – Mahinda

No Regret For Holding NPC Election – Mahinda

Oct 4, 2016

This Government and the  Chief Minister of NPC  has not done anything to the people of the North. I don’t ... Read More

CID Discovered 26  Human Body Parts at SAITM

CID Discovered 26 Human Body Parts at SAITM

Oct 4, 2016

The Criminal Investigations Department has taken into custody 26  body parts which were found at a private medical institute in ... Read More

Weather Forecast For 4th October 2016

Weather Forecast For 4th October 2016

Oct 4, 2016

Light showers will occur at few places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in the Galle and Matara ... Read More

Matara Fishing Boat Met Their Waterloo

Matara Fishing Boat Met Their Waterloo

Oct 3, 2016

Matara fisherman  left  the shores off the Matara fishing harbour  in a small boat on the  evening of Sunday 2nd ... Read More

SAITM  Rounded Up in Thajudeen Case

SAITM Rounded Up in Thajudeen Case

Oct 3, 2016

Controversy existed regarding availability of Rugby player ,Wasim Thajudeen’s body parts in SAITM. There were counter  claims  by different people ... Read More