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  • Speaker needs to act sombre for House to be in order
    Cabinet Spokesperson Mahinda Samarasinghe addressing a media briefing immediately after the fracas at Parliament said that Speaker Karu Jayasuriya should take the sole...
  • The proper way to pass a No-Confidence Motion
    The following is the procedure that should be adopted to legally pass a No-Confidence Motion against the Prime Minister in Parliament.1. The No-Confidence Motion against the...
  • Will not prorogue Parliament - President
    President Maithripala Sirisena says that he will not prorogue Parliament under any circumstances.He also urged all parliamentarians to uphold the principles of democracy and...
  • The National Dairy Farmers summit
    The National Dairy Farmers summit organised by the Milco company coming under the purview of Fisheries and Acquatic Resources and Rural Economy Ministry was held in...
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  • Masses urge political parties to end chaos
    Legal luminaries, prominent members of the Maha Sangha, Hindu and Muslim clergy, leaders of social organizations, intellectuals and various societal reference groups, yesterday blamed MPs for not...
  • Road Traffic Victims Remembrance day falls tomorrow
    The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year in remembrance of the millions of people killed and injured on roads and their families...
  • GCE O/L from December 3-12
    The Department of Examinations will hold the GCE (O/L) Exam 2018 from December 3 to 12.About 656,641 candidates will sit for the exam at 4,661 centres. Of them, 422,850 are school candidates....
  • Major I. J. Wickramasinghe signs the documents releasing the land.
    Army releases 23-hectares in Mullativu
    A 23-hectare land in the Mundirrippu Forest Reservation of the Mantei East Divisional Secretariat in Mullativu that the Army had been occupying was handed over to the Mullativu District Secretary....
  • Gem and jewellery exhibition and competition
    A gem and jewellery trade exhibition and competition organized by gemologists of Sri Lanka will be held at the Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo from November 17 to 19. The National Gem and Jewellery...
  • Distillery raided, suspect arrested
    Police found two trap guns and barrels of illegal liquor and distilling equipment in a raid at Ginnaliya, Urubokka.A suspect was arrested.Police raided the area on a tip off that wild animals were...
  • An inundated paddy field.-A damaged house.
    Gaja wreaks havoc in Jaffna
    The cyclonic storm 'Gaja' triggered over the Bay of Bengal has displaced over 400 members of 205 families in the Jaffna district, the Jaffna Disaster Management Centre said yesterday.The Disaster...
  • NCCSL wants all parties to act with restraint
    he October ordeal which plunged our country into a political crisis has now with the intervention of the Supreme Court brought about a glimmer of hope and light, creating necessary breathing space in...
  • Suspect nabbed for stealing jewellery, cash
    Payagala Police arrested a suspect for stealing jewellery and cash from a house at Pothuwila,Payagala.He was arrested at Gonahena, Kadawatte on November 14 and brought to Kalutara South Police.He was...
  • Heroin worth Rs 23.3 mn detected from Wellampitiya
    Two suspects transporting close to two kilos of heroin valued over Rs 23.3 million was nabbed by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) on Thursday evening.The arrest was made near the Galwana Junction on...
  • One dead, two injured in three wheeler accident
    A three wheeler skidded off the Panadukka Ingiriya Road and crashed into a wall on November 13.Three passengers including the driver were in the vehicle and one of them, Rathumanage Piyadasa Thampo (...
  • Respect peace, democracy and Standing Orders
    President Maithripala Sirisena called on all factions in Parliament to abide by the norms and traditions of Parliament and go for a vote by name to show their majority when Parliament meets today.A...