Category: LOCAL

Sri Lanka to Commence European Union Fisheries Exports Today

Sri Lanka to Commence European Union Fisheries Exports Today

Jun 22, 2016

First consignment of fish has been shipped to Amsterdam today (22), after the ban lifted by European Union. Sri Lanka’s ... Read More

GL  Severely Increased in Comparison to 2015

GL Severely Increased in Comparison to 2015

Jun 22, 2016

MP Bandula Gunawardena Participating at a joint opposition media briefing held in Colombo yesterday (21) the MP levelled this charge ... Read More

Five Fundamental Rights Petitions Against  VAT and  Nation Building Tax

Five Fundamental Rights Petitions Against VAT and Nation Building Tax

Jun 22, 2016

The 5 Fundamental Rights petitions filed at the Supreme Court, challenging the government’s decision to impose Value Added Tax and ... Read More

Rauff Hakeem’s Meeting Led CP Councilors Boycotted

Rauff Hakeem’s Meeting Led CP Councilors Boycotted

Jun 21, 2016

A special meeting headed by Minister Rauff Hakeem and Deputy Provincial Health Minister Mohammed Kasim was held yesterday (20) without ... Read More

Elections Commission Predicts 2 Party System With Electoral Reforms

Elections Commission Predicts 2 Party System With Electoral Reforms

Jun 21, 2016

Chairman of the , Mahinda Deshapriya said special attention will be paid to the distribution of the enumeration form in the ... Read More

Jayalalithaa Vows To Retrieve Kachchateevu From Sri Lanka

Jayalalithaa Vows To Retrieve Kachchateevu From Sri Lanka

Jun 21, 2016

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha assured the state assembly on Monday that her government would retrieve the Katchatheevu Island, ... Read More

Bus Unions Failed to Reach Consensus and one Union Poised to Strike

Bus Unions Failed to Reach Consensus and one Union Poised to Strike

Jun 21, 2016

A discussion on bus fare increase was held yesterday between Minister of Transport Nimal Siripala de Silva and bus unions. ... Read More

Proposed New Constitution Committee Operations Meets Today

Proposed New Constitution Committee Operations Meets Today

Jun 21, 2016

The 21 member Operations Committee appointed to formulate a new Constitution to the country will convene at the Parliamentary Complex ... Read More

Another Top Police Brass in the Net in Thajudeen Murder Case

Another Top Police Brass in the Net in Thajudeen Murder Case

Jun 21, 2016

Senior Superintend of Police, who was in charge of Colombo Crime division then during the murder of Wasim Thajudeen now ... Read More

Protest  Demonstration Against Mahaweli Authority at  Moragahakanda

Protest Demonstration Against Mahaweli Authority at Moragahakanda

Jun 21, 2016

Mahaweli project  employees are staging the protest as they were not provided with promised compensation and facilities by Mahaweli Authority ... Read More

Mahindanada Aluthgamage Summoned by the Presidential Commission

Mahindanada Aluthgamage Summoned by the Presidential Commission

Jun 21, 2016

During Mahinda's regime Former Minister, Mahindanada Aluthgamage grabbed land belongs to the Department of Railway and put up building on ... Read More

Rapid Rise in Sugar Price

Rapid Rise in Sugar Price

Jun 21, 2016

A few weeks back  whole sale price of  1 Kg  sugar in the Pettah market was between  Rs 85-90. It ... Read More

Customs Officers Threaten Indefinite Strike

Customs Officers Threaten Indefinite Strike

Jun 21, 2016

Customs officers are warning of an indefinite strike if the draft customs ordinance is not withdrawn immediately. Convener of their ... Read More

Mt Lavinia Police OIC Remanded Until 27 th June 2016

Mt Lavinia Police OIC Remanded Until 27 th June 2016

Jun 21, 2016

The OIC of the Special Crimes Investigation Unit of the Mt Lavinia Police has been arrested by the Commission to ... Read More

Bail Granted to Thilina Gamage  (UPDATE)

Bail Granted to Thilina Gamage (UPDATE)

Jun 21, 2016

The Colombo High Court on Tuesday (21) granted bail to former Additional Magistrate Thilina Gamage who has been charged for ... Read More