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PNB intercepts over 15 million Tramadol pills en route to Libya
LOCAL

PNB intercepts over 15 million Tramadol pills en route to Libya

The Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) has detected a container at the Colombo Harbor containing high-dose Tramadol pills. Police have found…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/09/2018
JUST IN: More than 900 kilos of Cocaine went up in flames
LOCAL

JUST IN: More than 900 kilos of Cocaine went up in flames

A stock of more than nine hundred kilos of Cocaine, taken into custody by the Police Narcotics Bureau is destroyed…

byFaraz Shauketaly15/01/2018
JUST IN: Two killed in Dewundara sea collision
LOCAL

JUST IN: Two killed in Dewundara sea collision

Two people have died following a collision between a container and a multi-day fishing trawler off the Dewundara seas. One…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/01/2018
Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka up by 3.2 percent in 2017 despite set-backs
BUSINESS

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka up by 3.2 percent in 2017 despite set-backs

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka reached an all-time high of 2,116,407 in 2017 according to the latest data released by…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/01/201807/01/2018
Fertilizer stock arrives from Pakistan, shortage ends
BUSINESS

Fertilizer stock arrives from Pakistan, shortage ends

Sri Lanka has received the stock of 40,000 metric tons of fertilizer from Pakistan, and the fertilizer shortage prevailed in…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/01/2018

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