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Defence Secretary visits crew onboard Ex-USCGC ‘Sherman’ in Hawaii

Defence Secretary Kapila Waidyaratne PC and Navy Commander Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe visited and addressed the Sri Lanka Navy crew on board Ex-USCGC மேலும் படிக்க...

Priyanka and I were not happy after Prabhakaran was killed: Rahul

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were not happy after his father’s (Rajiv Gandhi) killer, LTTE chief மேலும் படிக்க...

Sri Lanka to get military ships from US and Japan

Sri Lanka is to get military ships from the US and Japan, President Maithripala Sirisena said. He said that Sri Lankan officials were in the US this week to மேலும் படிக்க...

Palai student abduction and rape case: Two arrested

Two persons were arrested yesterday in connection with the abduction and rape of a 19-year-old student in the Palai area, according to the Police Media மேலும் படிக்க...

Police order more tear gas and batons

The police have ordered 5,000 tear gas canisters and 2,000 high tech protective helmets for policemen deployed to disperse protests. "There is a rumour about a மேலும் படிக்க...

Sri Lanka Stops Cigarette Sales In Over 100 Towns

Over 100 towns across Sri Lanka have boycotted the sale of cigarettes with the aim of making the country tobacco-free, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. மேலும் படிக்க...

Injustice due to Mahinda not ETCA- Suresh

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa resettled a large number of Sinhala families in Mulaithivu and Vavuniya without any agreement, said the former MP and EPRLF மேலும் படிக்க...

Vigneswaran asks president to dismantle war memorials

North’s chief minister C.V. Vigneswaran has asked president Maithripala Sirisena to dismantle or recreate the war memorials in the province, which the CM says, மேலும் படிக்க...

Sri Lanka briefs Solheim on ongoing reconciliation process

Sri Lanka has briefed Norwegian peace envoy and now United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim on the ongoing reconciliation மேலும் படிக்க...

MR's brother Chandra Rajapaksa passes away

Chandra Tudor Rajapaksa, one of the brothers of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, passed away at the age of 70 in Tangalle today, family sources மேலும் படிக்க...