Month: August 2018

Scrapping Airbus deal: Cabinet kept in the dark

The Cabinet of Ministers had not been informed of the decision to cancel four Airbus A350-900 leases in 2016, Secretary…

6 years ago

‘BIMSTEC must establish rules-based system’

State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake says the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation should…

6 years ago

SLFP govt. by next Sinhala-Hindu New Year: Dilan

Badulla District Parliamentarians, Dilan Perera said today that the 15 SLFP group of rebels are determined to form an SLFP…

6 years ago

President appeals to BIMSTEC leaders to take collective steps against drug menace

President Maithripala Sirisena called upon the leaders of the states in the Bay of Bengal Region to take collective steps…

6 years ago

Family stealing from supermarket caught on CCTV

https://youtu.be/CHX6hH6YGdQ?t=5 A family has been caught on CCTV camera when were stealing from a supermarket in Parakaduwa-Eheliyagoda area. A family…

6 years ago

Over Rs. 5.5 b losses incurred by Mahapola Trust Fund

The two fund management companies set up to handle Mahapola Higher Education Trust Fund are to be liquidated after incurring…

6 years ago

Schools are dying fast

433 of them have not received a single application for Grade One admission Over 1100 schools have received fewer than…

6 years ago

Convicted Gnanasara Thera to appeal: CA to consider application on Friday

The Court of Appeal today deferred for Friday (31) to consider for granting of permission to file an appeal in…

6 years ago

SLC anti-corruption unit arrests two Indians

On match-fixing suspicion: Sri Lankan cricket’s anti-corruption unit detained two Indian spectators on suspicion of match-fixing during a domestic Twenty20…

6 years ago

Crypto-currency a serious threat to CBSL: Former Deputy Governor

The proliferation of crypto-currencies poses a serious threat to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), warned former CBSL Deputy…

6 years ago