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  • CID had no plans to arrest CDS - Information DG
    Government Information Director-General Sudarshana Gunawardhana refuted media reports that said the CID had planned to arrest Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne.The reports...
  • ‘SriLankan transacted six bonds with People’s Bank’
    The SriLankan Airlines (SLA) had six bonds transactions with the People’s Bank and four of them to the face value of Rs. 25 billion were done with the intervention of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation...
  • Airlines,Catering earned interest by REPO transactions - Witness
    SriLankan Airlines and SriLankan Catering earned Rs.93,027,803.84 as interest by the Repurchasing Transactions (REPO Transactions) with the Commercial Bank between April 2014 and January 2018, it was...
  • Navy and Coastguard personnel engaged in minimising the environmental damage caused by the oil slick. Picture courtesy Navy Media
    Oil spill clean-up operations in progress
    A leakage in a fuel pipeline from the tankers to the Muthurajawela Oil Refinery Complex was reported in the Uswetakeiyawa area on Friday night.A Ceylon Petroleum Corporation team (CPC) on patrol...
  • Couple killed in train accident
    A couple had died in a train accident in Ganemulla last Saturday.The victims are said to be two 23 years olds. They had succumbed in a train accident between Bulugahagoda and Ganemulla train stations...
  • Eight robbers arrested
    Nochchiyagama police arrested eight suspects from Oluwewa and Halmillakulama for five robberies on Saturday (8).The suspects in ages between 18 and 38 are residents of Nochchiyagama and Rajanganaya....
  • Eight thieves arrested
    Nochchiyagama Police arrested eight suspects wanted for theft in Oluwewa and Halmillakulama, recently. The suspects are between the ages of 18 and 38, and are residents of Nochchiyagama and...
  • Police log
    Lance corporal murderedA 52-year old lance corporal attached to the Digana Army Camp has been stabbed to death in Helbodagama in the Pussallawa Police area on Saturday evening.A 38-year-old suspect...
  • ‘Process to review SriLankans Strategic Business Plan questionable’
    The process of selecting the International Consultancy Service to review the SriLankan Airlines (SLA) Strategic Business Plan (SBP) 2010/11 to 2014/15 is questionable, the Head of Financial...
  • ‘Govt.to forge ahead with renewed strength’
    The Unity Government should forge ahead with renewed strength as it was formed by a vast majority of the people placing their trust in President Maithripala Sirisena, Minister Duminda Dissanayake...
  • National Tsunami Simulation Exercise today
    The National Tsunami Simulation Exercise will be conducted in parallel to the Regional Tsunami Simulation Exercise at 8.30 a.m today. The National Tsunami Simulation Exercise will cover 14 districts...
  • Company incurred heavy losses since 2008
    It was revealed before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry investigating SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering, and Mihin Lanka, yesterday, that SriLankan Airlines (SLA) had incurred heavy losses...