5.5 Billion Rupee Customs Fraud By Vehicle Importer »
State loses billions of Rupees By Nirmala Kannangara Credible evidence has now emerged to reveal that Chairman of Vehicles Lanka (Pvt) Ltd Harsha de Silva has misrepresented facts of a…
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Snowballing Responsibility »
Whose responsibility was it anyway? By Camelia Nathaniel While the Fisheries Department and the Meteorology Department keep palming off the blame of failing to inform the fishing folk of the…
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Code Of Ethics: A Move To Make The Sword Mightier? »
By Easwaran Rutnam In journalism there is a popular quote which states that “the pen is mightier than the sword”. In other words it means that, as far as the…
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Minister Susil Orders Full-Scale Probe »
Leader Expose On Illegal Gem Mining By Nirmala Kannangara Following last week’s The Sunday Leader expose on illegal gem mining licences issued by the National Gem and Jewellery Authority to…
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Milk Production In A Quandary? »
Dearth of hybrid cattle varieties a key obstacle Wrong decision to import cows – Unions By Camelia Nathaniel Sri Lanka is heavily dependent on imported milk, as the domestic production…
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Farmers Hit By The Lack Of Subsidized Fertilizer »
Govt fails to uphold pledge By Nadine Mariah The shortage of subsidized fertilizer has caused immense problems to the farmers, the All Ceylon Farmers’ Association claimed. Farmers note that they…
12:25 am / No Comment / Read More »Raffles Colombo Misleading Students! »
By Nirmala Kannangara Accusations have been levelled against a higher education institute in Colombo for misleading students to get them to sign up for courses at its design school. Raffles…
12:20 am / No Comment / Read More »Polls On September 7 »
By Indika Sri Aravinda Elections for the Northern, North Western and Central Provincial Councils will be held on September 7,…
12:30 am / No Comment / Read More »UNP To Boycott PSC »
By Indika Sri Aravinda The main opposition United National Party (UNP) has decided to boycott the Parliament Select Committee which…
12:29 am / No Comment / Read More »Fishermen Face Huge Losses »
By Camelia Nathaniel The fishing community is facing huge losses with the Department of Meteorology issuing weather advisories since last…
12:28 am / 1 Comment / Read More »Diplomats To Be Briefed »
By Camelia Nathaniel and Indika Sri Aravinda The External Affairs Ministry is to brief the diplomatic community in Sri Lanka…
12:27 am / No Comment / Read More »Fuel Shortage Likely »
By Indika Sri Aravinda Trade Unions of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) have warned that a fuel shortage may arise…
12:25 am / No Comment / Read More »French Envoy Briefed On Land Issue »
Christine Robichon, the Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, has been briefed on land issues in the…
12:24 am / No Comment / Read More »New Laws For Websites »
By Indika Sri Aravinda Following the announcement by the government that a Code of Ethics will be introduced for the…
12:24 am / No Comment / Read More »New Stroke Unit At Central Hospital »
By Nadine Mariah The Central Hospital in Colombo is initiating a 24-hour ‘hyper acute stroke unit’ for stroke victims. This…
12:23 am / No Comment / Read More »Tighter Laws On People Smuggling »
The government is looking at strengthening laws against people smuggling by amendments to the Immigration and Emigrants Act. Top officials…
12:22 am / No Comment / Read More »‘Eelam PM’ Wants Ties With India »
Former LTTE member and peace negotiator V. Rudrakumar, who is now the self appointed ‘Prime Minister’ of the Transnational Government…
12:21 am / No Comment / Read More »Lanka Concerned Over Gaza Situation »
Sri Lanka last week informed the UN Human Rights Council it was concerned over the situation in Gaza. The Sri…
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