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LNP - Local canned fish manufacturers allege Sathosa trying to buy imported tinned fish despite self-sufficiency

2022-09-06 | Business

Urge govt. to consider including canned fish in temporarily banned list of imported goods into country Despite the country reaching self-sufficiency i...

LNP - Troops arrest duo with 10.4 kg of ICE worth Rs. 150mn in Mannar

2022-09-01 | Crime

Two men were arrested by the Army with 10.4 kg of ICE (methamphetamine crystals) which has a street value of more than Rs. 150 million at a Mannar roa...

LNP - President denies allocating Rs. 400 Mn to renovate MR’s residence

2022-09-01 | Politics

President Ranil Wickremesinghe today denied reports which said a sum of Rs. 400 million has been allocated out of state funds to renovate the residenc...

LNP - SriLankan Airlines celebrates 43 years of flying

2022-09-01 | Technology

SriLankan Airlines has been the fabric of commercial aviation in Sri Lanka since the dawn of the airline 43 years ago. It was launched on 1 September ...

LNP - Colombo Lotus Tower to open doors to public on September 15

2022-09-01 | Uncategorized

The Colombo Lotus Tower, which was constructed with the aim of making it a symbolic landmark of Sri Lanka, will open its doors to the public on Septem...

LNP - Man transporting over 5 tonnes of stale fish in lorry arrested in Negombo

2022-09-01 | Crime

One person was taken into the custody with a lorry while transporting 5,670 kg of stale fish which are unfit for human consumption in Kochchikade, Neg...

LNP - Circular permitting migrant workers to import electric vehicles issued

2022-09-01 | Business

A circular allowing migrant workers to import an electric vehicle was issued yesterday (August 31) by the Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry. Mini...

LNP - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes staff-level pact with IMF on loan

2022-09-01 | Uncategorized

Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on an emergency loan to the crisis-hit country and a formal a...

LNP - Security forces should be equipped with technological knowledge - President

2022-08-26 | Politics

President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that in the future war may occur not only on land, air and sea but also in cyberspace, adding that Sri Lanka...

LNP - Fairly heavy rainfall possible in parts of the island

2022-08-26 | Weather

Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy ...