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  • Sacred Bodhi Sapling to temple in Germany
    Atamasthanadhipathi Ven. Pallegama Siriniwasa Nayaka Thera presented a sapling of the Sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, which is to be planted at a Buddhist Temple in Berlin,...
  • Eight SLFP electoral organisers appointed
    President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday appointed eight new Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) electoral organisers by removing the electoral organisers who failed to support...
  • Delimitation Review Committee Report further delayed
    The Delimitation Review Committee has informed Speaker Karu Jayasuriya that its report would be delayed by another two months, the Speaker’s media division said in press...
  • GCE O/Ls and A/Ls to be held in December
    The Education Ministry is planning to hold both the Advanced Level Examination and the Ordinary Level Examination in December aiming at increasing the number of school days,...
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  • SLMC ORDERED TO REGISTER SAITM DOC
    The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Court of Appeal judgment dated January 31, 2017 regarding a legal issue pertaining to the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine Limited (SAITM).Court...
  • Ekneligoda disappearance case; Lt. Colonel remanded
    Army Intelligence Officer Lt. Colonel Eranda Radeesh Peiris arrested in connection with the disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda was ordered to be remanded till September 28 by the...
  • Most NPC recommendations not implemented
    The National Police Commission (NPC) said that most of the recommendations made by it had not been implemented. The NPC said that around 50 of the recommendations made by it had been implemented by...
  • House suspends Wimal and Ranaweera
    Joint Opposition MPs Prasanna Ranaweera and Wimal Weerawansa were suspended from Parliament for four weeks and two weeks respectively following a disciplinary inquiry on their misconduct in the House...
  • The Colombo International Book Fair
     The Colombo International Book Fair organised by the Sri Lanka Book Publishers’ Association for the 20th year in succession was inaugurated by Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam at the...
  • A couple gets married.
    Jaffna living-together couples tie the knot
    Over 100 young couples living together in Jaffna registered their marriages led by the Home Affairs Ministry recently.Home Affairs Minister Vajira Abeywardena said the couples were not married...
  • Court temporarily suspends CID probe against Ravi
    Colombo Chief Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake yesterday temporarily suspended all orders given on the request made by Senior State Counsel Lakmini Girihagama regarding the case filed against MP Ravi...
  • ‘NE under representation caused ethnic issue’
    Governments that came to power since 1947 used people’s representatives in the North and East to secure their power and did not take action to create an environment for appropriate political...
  • Residents protest land excavating
    Residents of the Mugunuwatawana, Udayandaluwa and Diulwatha in Halawatha staged a protest yesterday against a mass-scale sand removal from their areas causing a severe environmental issue and...
  • Steering Committee Report to be presented in House on Oct. 25
    The report of the Steering Committee containing draft constitutional proposals, would be presented to the Constitutional Assembly on October 25.The Steering Committee, which met yesterday at the...
  • World Carrom Champions felicitated in Parliament
    World Carrom Champions visited Parliament yesterday on the request of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya.The House felicitated the champions who appeared at the gallery to witness the Parliamentary sessions....
  • ‘Construction field booms despite material shortages’
    The construction field has developed immensely even though its stakeholders lack raw materials and bear prices increases in the field, Geological Survey & Mines Bureau (GSMB) Technological...