Category: The Short News

1. Local Government election campaigns gather momentum: UNP breakaway groups say they decided to contest independently because they cannot go…

1. Sri Lanka meekly succumbs: lifts Asbestos ban on Russia, notwithstanding President Sirisena’s earlier strong assertion that the Asbestos ban…

1. Sri Lanka sets two records for 2017: Highest number of Dengue cases at 180,988; Highest-ever traffic fines collected from…

1. Government to relax laws against “bottom-trawling” fishing practice which is considered one of the most destructive and inhumane fishing…

1. Shortage of fertilizer all over the island continues: farmers pushed to take desperate measures 2. Major cracks appear in…

1. PM Wickremesinghe says two “major” development projects, the Transport Terminal at Kottawa and Rajagiriya flyover will be opened on…

1. Ruins of a Cheitiya of the Anuradhapura era discovered in the Sampur area by an Archeological Department Team a…

1. Government eats humble pie and relents on Asbestos import ban, enabling Russia to export Asbestos, which was earlier considered…

1. Sri Lanka’s ranking in the “Global Competitiveness Index” has shocking crash: from 68th in 2014 to 71st in 2016…

1. President Sirisena says he will request Russian President Putin to lift tea ban, said to be because of a…