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Author: Faraz Shauketaly

Too Much Law & Order Leads To Insecurity When The Police Are Communal Gangsters
OPINIONS

Too Much Law & Order Leads To Insecurity When The Police Are Communal Gangsters

By S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole – As a Tamil I take the position that I am better off without the police because…

byFaraz Shauketaly18/01/202018/01/2020
Ukraine asks FBI to help probe suspected Russian hack of Burisma
WORLD

Ukraine asks FBI to help probe suspected Russian hack of Burisma

Ukraine has asked the FBI in the United States for help investigating a suspected cyberattack by Russian military hackers on…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020
General amnesty for civil defense officers
LOCAL

General amnesty for civil defense officers

A general amnesty period has been granted to the civil defense officers who have left the service at the Civil…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020
Sri Lanka President, Prime Minister to visit China, India next month
LOCAL

Sri Lanka President, Prime Minister to visit China, India next month

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa are scheduled to visit China and India with the aim…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020
Green light for civil helicopter flights from Colombo
LOCAL

Green light for civil helicopter flights from Colombo

The government has lifted the ban on domestic passenger flights from Colombo city after 25 years and granted permission for…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020
Sri Lanka Manufacturing sector slows down while Services sector expands in December 2019
LOCAL

Sri Lanka Manufacturing sector slows down while Services sector expands in December 2019

According to the Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the Statistics Department of Central Bank, manufacturing sector slowed…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020
US-China deal helps world growth stabilise; uncertainties persist: Fitch
BUSINESS

US-China deal helps world growth stabilise; uncertainties persist: Fitch

The signing of the US-China “Phase One” trade deal will boost business confidence and supports our view that global economic…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020
Milford Ceylon buys 19-pct of Softlogic Life
BUSINESS

Milford Ceylon buys 19-pct of Softlogic Life

Milford Ceylon Pvt Ltd., a Mauritius-based fund yesterday bought a 19 percent stake in Softlogic Life Insurance PLC for Rs.…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020
Petition of Rohana Wijeweera’s wife dismissed
LOCAL

Petition of Rohana Wijeweera’s wife dismissed

The petition filed by Chitrangani Wijeweera, the wife of the former JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera requesting an order to demand…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020
WEATHER ALERT! Thunder showers in some parts of the country during this evening
LOCAL

WEATHER ALERT! Thunder showers in some parts of the country during this evening

Showers or thundershowers may occur at several places in Sabaragamuwa and Western provinces and in Galle, Matara and Nuwara-Eliya districts…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/01/202017/01/2020

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