Hakeem responds to controversial video with Zahran
Minister Rauff Hakeem stated that he was checking on his supporters over harassment by M.L.A.M. Hizbullah, back in 2015, when the ringleader behind the Easter Sunday terror attack, Zahran Hashim, attended the meeting. MORE..
- Number of prez poll-related complaints received by EC exceeds 930
- Gotabaya promises to fulfil Cardinal’s request
- SLPP lodges complaint against State media for being partial
- Dutch foreign minister commends Sri Lanka’s commitment to restore democracy
- Sri Lanka removed from FATF’s Grey List
- Aussie politician settles defamation dispute over terror tweets against Lankan student
- Hakeem responds to controversial video with Zahran
- BIA Duty Free employee caught smuggling out gold
- Galle Dialogue 2019 commences in Colombo tomorrow
- Sri Lanka calls on UN to utilize resources in impartial and transparent manner
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Sri Lanka calls on UN to utilize resources in impartial and transparent manner
Asserting that despite many domestic priorities Sri Lanka has discharged its obligations in paying its assessments to date, the Sri Lanka delegation to the UNGA this week called on the United Nations Secretariat to utilize the available resources received from the Member States in a more effective, impartial and transparent manner. MORE..
Galle Dialogue 2019 commences in Colombo tomorrow
Galle Dialogue 2019; the International Maritime Conference organized by the Sri Lanka Navy under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence, is all set to begin in Colombo on 21st October 2019. MORE..
BIA Duty Free employee caught smuggling out gold
An employee of the Duty-Free complex at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been caught while attempting to smuggle out gold biscuits. MORE..
Aussie politician settles defamation dispute over terror tweets against Lankan student
Australian politician Mark Latham has settled a defamation suit with a Sri Lankan student studying at the University of NSW, Australia, whom he accused of “plotting to kill senior federal MPs”. MORE..
Sri Lanka removed from FATF’s Grey List
Sri Lanka has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of countries at risk for money laundering. MORE..
Dutch foreign minister commends Sri Lanka’s commitment to restore democracy
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok says many democracies in the world have commended Sri Lanka for being able to maintain the free and democratic electoral system despite challenges. MORE..
SLPP lodges complaint against State media for being partial
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the biased nature of State media and misusing State resources. MORE..
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October 20, 2019 3:39 am
Gotabaya promises to fulfil Cardinal’s request
Presidential hopeful of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Gotabaya Rajapaksa says, under his administration, he would appoint the presidential commission that His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith had been requesting for, to uncover the persons responsible for the Easter Sunday terror attacks. MORE..
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October 20, 2019 2:41 am
Number of prez poll-related complaints received by EC exceeds 930
The Election Commission has received a total number of 938 complaints concerning the forthcoming Presidential Election. MORE..
Being well-spoken leader not enough, if he’s not competent - PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that every sector in the country requires youth leadership. MORE..
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October 19, 2019 9:16 pm
Sri Lanka urges UK to ‘honour’ Brigadier Fernando’s diplomatic immunity
Sri Lanka reiterates that it continues to maintain that Brigadier Priyanka Fernando as a diplomat, who was attached to the Sri Lanka High Commission in London, is entitled to diplomatic immunity as per the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961. MORE..
18-hour water cut for parts of Colombo tonight
An 18-hour water cut is to be imposed for several areas in Colombo today (19), the National Water Supply & Drainage Board said. MORE..
Prevention of Corruption in Sports Act to be tabled in Parliament in November - Harin
The Prevention of Corruption in Sports Act will be tabled in the Parliament in November, says Minister of Sports Harin Fernando. MORE..
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October 19, 2019 4:41 pm
Three nabbed with over 220kg of Kerala Cannabis
Three persons have been apprehended along with 221.8kg of Kerala Cannabis in Jaffna early this morning (19). MORE..
Would not undermine trust SLFP placed on me - Gotabaya
Presidential hopeful of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would not undermine the trust that the SLFP has placed on him even after they form a new administration in the future. MORE..
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October 19, 2019 2:22 pm
Galle Dialogue 2019 commences in Colombo tomorrow
Galle Dialogue 2019; the International Maritime Conference organized by the Sri Lanka Navy under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence, is all set to begin in Colombo on 21st October 2019. MORE..
BIA Duty Free employee caught smuggling out gold
An employee of the Duty-Free complex at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been caught while attempting to smuggle out gold biscuits. MORE..
Aussie politician settles defamation dispute over terror tweets against Lankan student
Australian politician Mark Latham has settled a defamation suit with a Sri Lankan student studying at the University of NSW, Australia, whom he accused of “plotting to kill senior federal MPs”. MORE..
Sri Lanka removed from FATF’s Grey List
Sri Lanka has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of countries at risk for money laundering. MORE..
Dutch foreign minister commends Sri Lanka’s commitment to restore democracy
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok says many democracies in the world have commended Sri Lanka for being able to maintain the free and democratic electoral system despite challenges. MORE..
SLPP lodges complaint against State media for being partial
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the biased nature of State media and misusing State resources. MORE..
Gotabaya promises to fulfil Cardinal’s request
Presidential hopeful of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Gotabaya Rajapaksa says, under his administration, he would appoint the presidential commission that His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith had been requesting for, to uncover the persons responsible for the Easter Sunday terror attacks. MORE..
Number of prez poll-related complaints received by EC exceeds 930
The Election Commission has received a total number of 938 complaints concerning the forthcoming Presidential Election. MORE..
Being well-spoken leader not enough, if he’s not competent - PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that every sector in the country requires youth leadership. MORE..
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UNP supporter stages protest at rally in Laggala
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Sports
New Zealand thrash Ireland to set up World Cup semi-final with England
The forecast rain did not turn up but a big black cloud did. New Zealand are never more menacing than when they are portrayed as vulnerable, which they were in the buildup to this quarter-final, but they left Ireland scattered all over the turf to set up a semi-final with England. MORE..
England beat Australia 40-16 to make Rugby World Cup semi-finals
England are into the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 12 years as they ruthlessly dispatched old rivals Australia. MORE..
Sarfaraz Ahmed sacked as Pakistan captain
Babar Azam has replaced Sarfaraz Ahmed as Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain until next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia, and Azhar Ali has been appointed test captain for the 2019-20 season. MORE..
Sri Lanka announce squad for Australia tour
Batsmen Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Oshada Fernando have been retained in Sri Lanka’s full-strength squad for the T20I tour of Australia. MORE..
Mumbai teenager becomes youngest cricketer to score double ton
Mumbai teenager Yashasvi Jaiswal on Wednesday smashed his way into the record books by becoming the youngest player to score a List-A double century. MORE..
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UNP supporter stages protest at rally in Laggala
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Technology
League of Legends is coming to mobiles, consoles in 2020
After a decade of being available exclusively to PC gamers, the cult multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, League of Legends, is finally coming to smartphones and gaming consoles. MORE..
Payments giants abandon Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
Payments giants abandon Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency
Mastercard, Visa, eBay and payments firm Stripe have pulled out of Facebook’s embattled cryptocurrency project, Libra. MORE..
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for work on lithium ion batteries
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for work on lithium ion batteries
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for their research in improving battery technology. MORE..
Sony’s PlayStation 5 launch set for late 2020
Sony’s PlayStation 5 launch set for late 2020
Sony said on Tuesday its next-generation PlayStation 5 console, with new immersive features giving players the tactile experience of virtual worlds, would launch for the 2020 holiday season. MORE..
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Entertainment
Sesame Street to cover addiction with new muppet Karli
The organisation behind US children’s TV show Sesame Street is set to reveal that one of its muppets’ mothers has an addiction. MORE..
Critics hit out at Peter Handke’s Nobel literature Prize win
Critics hit out at Peter Handke’s Nobel literature Prize win
Critics have hit out at the decision to give Peter Handke a Nobel Prize for Literature. MORE..
Nobel Prize for Literature to name two winners after scandal-hit year
Nobel Prize for Literature to name two winners after scandal-hit year
The Nobel prize in literature will be awarded twice on Thursday, after the Swedish body that selects the laureates was engulfed in a sexual assault scandal that forced it to postpone the 2018 ceremony. MORE..
Spider-Man back with Marvel Cinematic Universe
Spider-Man back with Marvel Cinematic Universe
After briefly breaking up, Sony Pictures and Marvel have found a way to get back in the Spider-Man business together. MORE..
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