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Development projects fail set targets
BUSINESSMain Story

Development projects fail set targets

By Chathuri Dissanyake Almost half of the Government’s development projects and programs managed under 47 line ministries have not reached…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/08/2018
Gnanasara Thero sentenced 6 years of rigorous imprisonment
LOCALMain Story

Gnanasara Thero sentenced 6 years of rigorous imprisonment

Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero has been convicted of four Contempt of Court charges and sentenced by the Appeal Court to…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/08/2018
Decision on Opp. leader this week
LOCALMain Story

Decision on Opp. leader this week

Speaker to announce determination before Friday  P’ment heats up over JO demand to make Dinesh new Opposition leader  Dinesh slams…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/08/2018
PM says that no proposal was made to him on MP salary hike
LOCALMain Story

PM says that no proposal was made to him on MP salary hike

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that there was no proposal presented to him or the Cabinet regarding a salary increment…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/08/2018
Committee appointed to inquire into the train accident
LOCALMain Story

Committee appointed to inquire into the train accident

A special committee has been appointed to look into the train accident in Panaliya, Polgahawela, Sri Lanka Railways Additional General…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/08/2018
CB downgrades 2018 growth forecast
BUSINESSMain Story

CB downgrades 2018 growth forecast

Now expects 2018 to end with 4% growth lower from 4.5% forecast earlier 1H growth 3.5%; expects second half to…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/08/201806/08/2018
Salary Increase for MPs
LOCALMain Story

Salary Increase for MPs

It was reported that the salaries of all Parliamentarians were to be increased by approximately 215 per cent to be…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/08/2018
Two top officers of Perpetual Treasuries arrested for bond scam to become state witnesses
LOCALMain Story

Two top officers of Perpetual Treasuries arrested for bond scam to become state witnesses

Two officers of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) arrested for the Central Bank bond scam will be produced as state witnesses,…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/08/2018
Mass grave in Mannar in Northern Sri Lanka unearths 62 human skeletons
LOCALMain Story

Mass grave in Mannar in Northern Sri Lanka unearths 62 human skeletons

Skeletal remains of 62 people and human bones have been unearthed so far from the mass grave found in Mannar…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/08/2018
Mass grave in Mannar in Northern Sri Lanka unearths 62 human skeletons
LOCALMain Story

Mass grave in Mannar in Northern Sri Lanka unearths 62 human skeletons

Skeletal remains of 62 people and human bones have been unearthed so far from the mass grave found in Mannar…

byFaraz Shauketaly02/08/2018

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