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New PM's appointment dilutes Sri Lanka's 'Gota Go Gama' protest

analysts say the site has been drying up since the appointment of New PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe on May 12

May 26, 2022 5 min read

Sri Lanka central bank looks for gym instructor to keep staff healthy amid economic crisis

The central bank has tightened the monetary policy, allowed sharp depreciation in the rupee to attract dollar inflows

May 25, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks down on fuel price hike, CB chief's worst growth comment 

Sri Lanka's 2022 economic growth will see the worst ever contraction in its history - CB chief

May 24, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka raises bus fares 19.5-pct after fuel price hike

Sri Lanka state run and private bus fares will go up by  an average of 19.5 percent

May 24, 2022 1 min read

Final Presidential slate uncertain as another candidate enters the fray

There is still uncertainty as to who the final candidates will be in the forthcoming Presidential Elections, although on...

Arjuna Ranawana
August 18, 2019 4 min read

Tikiri the elephant is back home but conservationists blast maltreatment

Tikiri, the skeletal 70-year-old female elephant which paraded in the Kandy Esala Perahara and whose poor health conditi...

Nisali De Silva with Upeksha Samanthi in Kandy
August 16, 2019 2 min read

Van – Tipper collision kills three

Three persons have been killed and another two have sustained injuries following a van – tipper collision yesterday (1...

August 16, 2019 1 min read

Three arrested over yesterday's double murder.

Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the murders of two underworld figures, who were killed at Madampi...

August 16, 2019 1 min read

Two dead in Madampitiya gang fight

Two gang members died earlier today (15 August) near the Madamptiya-Grandpass cemetery in an underworld clash, police s...

August 15, 2019 1 min read

Prime Minister assures government aid to develop places of worship

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe is promising government financial assistance to develop all religious p...

August 15, 2019 1 min read

AG wants probes into Lasantha murder and 4 other cases expedited

The Attorney General Dappula de Livera has asked the Police to take “serious note” in respect of five “emblematic�...

August 15, 2019 1 min read

Amaraweera issues a veiled threat to MR over SLFP membership

The General Secretary of United People’s Freedom Alliance Mahinda Amaraweera is saying that the only thing preventing ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
August 15, 2019 2 min read

Seven killed in motor accidents yesterday

Six accidents occurred across the island claimed seven lives yesterday (14).

August 15, 2019 2 min read

EU to offer Eur 8.5 mn to Sri Lanka

The European Commission (EC) has allocated 8.5 million euros to support Sri Lanka to prevent extremism, build community ...

August 15, 2019 1 min read
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Ghosts of Gota's alleged victims haunting Ranil

For many of those who suffered the loss of family members, friends and colleagues during the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime th...

Arjuna Ranawana
August 13, 2019 4 min read

JVP to announce candidate on 18 Aug

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will announce its candidate for the upcoming presidential election at the National P...

August 13, 2019 1 min read

Higher number of Career diplomats as Heads of missions

The number of Career Diplomats appointed as Heads of Missions has risen to more than half, a Press Release from the Mini...

August 13, 2019 2 min read

"We will not be in a govt with Bathiudeen"-Gammanpila

"It is the job of the party leaders to decide who to take and who not to take. But we have made it very clear that we wi...

August 13, 2019 1 min read

The return of the king?

If there is one key takeaway from yesterday’s spectacle at the Sugathadasa Stadium is that, no matter who sits on the ...

Himal Kotelawala
August 12, 2019 6 min read

Sajith opens his campaign with a populist speech

The United National Party Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa laid out a vision for the country centred on poverty alleviatio...

August 12, 2019 3 min read

Amnesty welcomes new probe into Trinco 5 deaths

Amnesty International (AI) is welcoming the decision by the Attorney General of Sri Lanka to recommence investigations i...

August 12, 2019 2 min read

Gota and Mahinda will have ‘one plan’ to lead the country – Rohitha

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa will definitely become the next President and former President Mahinda Rajap...

August 12, 2019 2 min read

Boiled or fried the bird is the same-PM

" Baked in milk or fried in oil the dove is the same whatever you do the dove cannot be an eagle," said Prime Minister ...

August 12, 2019 1 min read

Gotabaya is a tainted candidate - Mangala

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera says the selection of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the presidential candidate for the Sri ...

August 12, 2019 5 min read