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75 years of non-democracy in our democratic nation

Many debate if democracy suits all countries, if democracy should be uniquely tailored to each country or if democracy should be a universal panacea as there மேலும் படிக்க...

School uniforms will be distributed by March 15: Minister

Education Minister, Susil Premajayantha, said that necessary steps are being taken to achieve the goal of distributing uniforms to the students by March மேலும் படிக்க...

Election Commission to go to court if funds not provided

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has noted that in the event the relevant authorities fail to comply with their fund request required to cover the basic மேலும் படிக்க...

SC hears FR petitions against Duminda Silva’s presidential pardon

Several Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed demanding the annulment of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s decision to pardon former MP Duminda Silva, மேலும் படிக்க...

Paris Club provides financing assurances to support IMF bailout for Sri Lanka

The Paris Club of creditor nations have provided the required financing assurances to support the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) approval for the Extended மேலும் படிக்க...

Bankrupt Sri Lanka celebrated independence, but now it is back to hard economic realities

Sri Lanka celebrated the 75th anniversary of independence from Britain last Saturday. This was done at a time when Sri Lanka had been bankrupted economically மேலும் படிக்க...

CID asks British HC for Diana’s citizenship info

Following the order issued by the Colombo Magistrate's Court in January 2023, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has requested a report from the மேலும் படிக்க...

Billonaire Onesh Subasinghe found dead in Jakarta; police investigation underway

 Billionaire businessman Onesh Subasinghe has been found dead in an apartment in Jakarta Indonesia.This was confirmed to News1st by Sri Lanka's Ambassador to மேலும் படிக்க...

Huge 7.5 aftershock hits. Death toll now over 1,400 in largest earthquake in Turkey-Syria region in over a century

A massive aftershock measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale struck areas of Turkey and Syria that were devastated by a 7.8 quake this morning (6th). The death toll மேலும் படிக்க...

Father Chandra Schaffter speaks his heart out about Dinesh’s death

Senior and highly respected business leader Chandra Schaffter yesterday spoke his heart out about his youngest son Dinesh and his untimely death on 15 மேலும் படிக்க...