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Sri Lanka to publishes bill to give amnesty to undisclosed income, tax arrears

Will not apply to persons who are investigated on convicted under money laundering, bribery

July 19, 2021 2 min read

Watch: Covid-19 in Sri Lanka and business: What next?

#Restart21 (Episode 1) Kasturi Chellaraja, Hilmy Cader, Chanakya Dissanayake, and Kenneth De Zilwa

July 16, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka underage sex-trafficking ring: Cardiologist, Maldivian politico busted

The arrests so far include the girl’s mother and the deputy chairman of the Mihintale Pradeshiya Sabha.

July 6, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka former PM Wickremesinghe back in p'ment; receives warm welcome from govt MPs

His former colleagues in the now main opposition the Premadasa-led Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) seemed unmoved.

June 23, 2021 2 min read
IMF asked to tax all Sri Lankans with above 41,667 rupee monthly income - sources

Sri Lanka's tax-to-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world

Sri Lanka's shares slip in mid day trade

Top losers at 1130 hours were Commercial Bank, Aitken Spence and Expolanka.

Police failed to prevent violence - HRCSL

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) is saying that the police failed to take ‘preventive measures’ to s...

May 27, 2019 2 min read

Baby dies in a head-on collision in Naiwala

A three-month-old infant was killed in a head-on collision on the Hakmana-Matara road in Naiwala last (26) evening.

May 27, 2019 1 min read

Monthly national security meeting - President

President Maithripala Sirisena will summon a monthly meeting to review national security while obtaining the ideas and s...

May 26, 2019 3 min read

"Upon a Sleepless Isle" - A delightful journey

Fans of Andrew Fidel Fernando will be surprised, and those who are new to his writings, delighted.

Arjuna Ranawana
May 25, 2019 4 min read

Thajudeen case: High Court issues summons to former SDIG Senanayake

Colombo High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige today (24) issued summons to former Senior DIG Anura Senanayake for his all...

May 24, 2019 1 min read

Negombo man sets fire to building owned by mother-in-law

A man has set fire to a five-storey building owned by his mother-in-law in Kochchikade, Negombo, last night (23) causing...

Imesh Ranasinghe
May 24, 2019 1 min read

AG directs acting IGP to take action against three senior DIGs

Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera has directed acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana Wickramaratne in ...

May 24, 2019 1 min read

Myanmar apprehends Sri Lankan with possible links to Easter attacks

A 39-year-old Sri Lankan national suspected to be linked to the terror group that carried out the Easter Sunday bombings...

May 24, 2019 1 min read

CID investigating alleged sterilizing report

The Criminal Investigation Department is investigating a news report that a particular doctor had sterilized thousands o...

May 23, 2019 2 min read

Police Constable killed in shootout during a raid in Akuressa

A Police Constable attached to the Akuressa police station is dead after he was hit in a shootout with alleged criminals...

May 23, 2019 1 min read
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Papal envoy visits bombed Kochchikade Shrine

A special envoy of Pope Francis, Fernando Cardinal Filio is in the country and visited the bombed-out St Anthony’s Cat...

May 22, 2019 1 min read

State of Emergency extended by one month

President Maithripala Sirisena has issued a Gazette Extraordinary extending the State of Emergency in Sri Lanka for one ...

May 22, 2019 1 min read

Police charge 22 under ICCPR For Minuwangoda racial riots

Police are charging 22 persons under the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights Act for the racial riots...

Arjuna Ranawana
May 22, 2019 2 min read

DNA tests confirm identities of all Easter bombers including Zahran's - Police

The DNA test report compiled by the Government Analyst’s Department has confirmed the identities of all the suicide bo...

May 22, 2019 2 min read

Forty billion rupees to create new ID regime

The country will invest Rs 40 billion to bring in an integrated system to ensure Sri Lankan will not have ways to obtain...

May 21, 2019 2 min read

Imported onions to cost more

Imported big onions will cost more from tomorrow as the Government is set to impose increased taxes.

May 21, 2019 1 min read

Over 1,400 disposed SIM cards discovered in Kochchikade

Kochchikade police yesterday (20) discovered 1,475 SIM cards hidden in a sack and kept near a wooded area in Ma Oya in N...

May 21, 2019 1 min read

Six arrested in Kurunegala over Easter attacks

Six persons allegedly connected to the Easter Sunday attacks were arrested by the police over the past two weeks from th...

May 21, 2019 2 min read

Army commander requests parents to send children to school

Army Commander Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake yesterday (20) requested all parents to send their children to school starting...

May 21, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka has the capability to deal with global terror - Sirisena

President Maithripala Sirisena is saying that Sri Lanka’s Security Forces are capable of dealing with the new threat o...

May 20, 2019 2 min read