Archives 2020-11-26
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news1 day agoForeign force behind Easter Sunday attacks – Sirisena
By Rathindra Kuruwita A powerful foreign country or an agency was behind the Easter Sunday bombings and the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) leader Zaharan Hashim, former...
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news1 day agoBathiudeen granted bail
Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen was released on bail by the Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage released Bathiudeen on cash bail of Rs. 100,000...
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news1 day agoZahran supported Sirisena and SLMC at 2015 elections, Hizbullah tells PCoI
By Rathindra Kuruwita National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) and its leader Zahran Hashim supported Former President Maithripala Sirisena and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) at the...
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news1 day agoPart of Kandy market closed after detection of coronavirus case
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE KANDY- The Kandy Municipal Council yesterday closed a section of the Kandy central market after a vegetable seller tested positive for COVID-19. Following...
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news1 day agoSabry denies Withanage’s allegation that he bent law to allow Muslim COVID-19 victim to be buried
By Saman Indrajith Justice Minister Ali Sabry and Ratnapura District SJB MP Hesha Withanage had a heated argument on Tuesday over an allegation that one of...
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news1 day agoGovt. intimidates media by pulling out advertising – SJB MP
The Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration was trying to intimidate media institutions by threatening to pull out government advertisements, SJB MP Manusha Nanayakkara yesterday told Parliament. Tabling a...
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news1 day agoArtificial toddy manufacturers deprive govt. over Rs 80 billion in revenue annually – Pathirana
Minister Cabraal thanks MP for constructive criticism, promises action By Saman Indrajith The state coffers lost over Rs 80 billion a year owing to tax evasion...
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news1 day agoBlack Mare unaware her bronze turned silver
Madrid IAAF World Cup 2002: ‘I can’t understand why I wasn’t informed’– Susanthika Olympic medalist, Susanthika Jayasinghe, had been unaware, until yesterday, that her IAAF World...
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news1 day agoSirisena fired me after I warned him of intelligence lapses – SDIG Lewke
By Rathindra Kuruwita President Maithripala Sirisena had stripped him of his position as a national security advisor a week after he told the former president that...
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news1 day agoNorochcholai environmental impact affects entire country – COPE
Chairman of the COPE (Committee on Public Enterprises), Prof Charitha Herath, on Tuesday, said the entire country was affected by the Norochcholai Lakvijaya coal power plant...
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Business1 day agoWurth Lanka makes strategic appointments in pursuit of Vision 2025
Wurth Lanka (Pvt) Ltd – the leading German based automotive car care partner recently promoted two of its long two standing employees Suranga Kekulawalage and Tharindu...
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Business1 day agoDipped Products’ share price surges
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The share price of Dipped Products in the CSE surged following the world’s largest maker of latex gloves shutting more than half of its...
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Business1 day agoDialog Axiata’s Genie partners Eat Me Global to facilitate customers with secure e-payments
In light of the health and safety mandates given by government health authorities to minimise the public’s exposure to COVID-19, Genie, Sri Lanka’s first PCI-DSS-certified payment...
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Business1 day agoHNB SOLO links up with Lanka QR
Sri Lanka’s most innovative bank, HNB PLC, announced that it had successfully linked its increasingly popular digital Payment App, SOLO, with the newly launched Lanka QR...
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Business1 day agoSovereign Bond opportunity is “too good to miss”
The new chairman of Ceylon Asset Management (CAM), Malaka Bandara highlighted “this is a rare opportunity to invest in SL Sovereign Bonds at discounted prices” after...
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Business1 day agoUnion Assurance empowers its policyholders by introducing free COVID-19 life coverage
Union Assurance PLC being one of the largest insurance solution providers in Sri Lanka has further established their commitment towards the nation by staying true to...
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Business1 day agoSampath Bank improves ranking to 4th place in Business Today Top 30
Sampath Bank PLC recently announced that it has improved its position in the Business Today Top 30 for the year 2019-2020, reaffirming its status as one...
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Business1 day agoAIA Wealth Planner Krishan Dassanayaka is MDRT-MCC Country Chair for Sri Lanka
AIA Insurance proudly congratulates Krishan Wasantha Dassanayaka, who has been honoured by the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) with an invitation to serve on the Membership...
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Business1 day agoEnglish Nursing Care focusing on ‘Nurses Make the Difference’ on World Diabetes Day 2020
English Nursing Care a Sri Lankan home nursing care service is advocating this year’s campaign for World Diabetes Day as per the World Health Organisation (WHO):...
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Business1 day agoNSB records again its dominance in raising funds in the debt capital market
National Savings Bank (NSB), the premier most savings bank in the country furthering its dominance, successfully issued yet another debt capital bond to raise Rs.5 Bn....
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Opinion1 day agoHector Francis Campbell Fernando
A tribute to a father on his 110th birth anniversary When my youngest brother, Gihan (GAF), as a boy of six years, was interviewed by Canon...
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Opinion1 day agoBudget 2021: Need for ‘National Reading’
Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, presented the nation’s 75th Budget, for the Year 2021, to Parliament, last week. Now we can witness...
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Opinion1 day agoAlternatives in the Transition from Capitalism
Sumanasiri Liyanage (“Transcending Capital-Labour Relation:A Note on Social Entrepreneurship”, 10 November) makes an interesting point about “social enterprises”, co-operatives, worker-co-operatives and the like. He argues that...
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Features1 day agoHair Growth and Thickness
LOOK GOOD – with Disna * Oil: Oiling is an old home remedy for hair growth and thickness. Oiling is also used for the strength,...
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Features1 day agoFun-loving, but… sensitive
This week, my chat is with Nilu Vithanage. She is quite active, as a teledrama actress – having done four, already; her first was ‘Pavela Will...
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Features1 day agoSnail-napping sets the stage for CGI road trip
The SpongeBob Movie:Sponge on the Run By Tharishi hewaviThanagamage Based on the famous and one of the longest-running American animated series that made its debut on...
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Features1 day agoLikely changes in US foreign policy
‘America is ready’, US President-elect Joe Biden is quoted as saying and supporters of democracy the world over are likely to breathe a sigh of relief...
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Features1 day agoUnjustified hype on coming COVID-19 vaccines
by Dr B. J. C. Perera Specialist Consultant Paediatrician Many portals of information of various types of media are agog, enthusiastic and terribly excited with the...