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Death Threat to Ranil WickremasingheOpposition Leader (UNP) Ranil Wickremasinghe says that he has a death threat from the owner of a private media institution. Addressing the media at his office in Colombo yesterday, Wickremasinghe displayed a large stone and claimed that it was one of the stones used to attack the UNP headquarters Sirikotha. He said that every person [...]
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NATO Sponsored Black Genocide in Libya
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Jaffna in just over 1 hour with ExpoAir
ExpoAir, the pioneering domestic aviation company in Sri Lanka in operation since 1997 announced the resumption of regular flights from Colombo to Jaffna on Wednesday 25 January. Offering a unique service based on value for money, with stringent service standards, ExpoAir stands out as the only domestic airline to have continued operations from Colombo to [...]
Plastic crates – not a hasty decision Co-operatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando told Parliament yesterday that the decision to introduce plastic crates was not a hurried decision and the subsequent gazette notification which was issued in January this year. Winding up the committee stage debate on his ministry, Minister Fernando said though the gazette was issued in January, the President [...]
Vaiko condemns Indian Coast Guard’s stand
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader Vijayakant and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko on Sunday condemned the Indian Coast Guard’s suggestion that the area up to five nautical miles from Indo-Sri Lankan International Maritime Boundary Line could be proclaimed a “no fishing zone” and fishermen violating the ban should be made to face [...]
Army men among 6 arrested for treasure hunting
Six individuals including three army soldiers were arrested while engaged in illegal excavations in search of hidden treasures. Police said the suspects were arrested at a land in Kelegama, Thambuththegama last night following information received from area residents. Five of the suspects are from Gampaha while the other is a resident of Eppawala, according to [...]
Sri Lanka’s 2018 CWG bid hurt by India Sri Lankan officials think their bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games may have been doomed because of the deeply flawed games held last year in neighbouring India. Hambantota was defeated by the Gold Coast in Friday’s polling in St. Kitts, with members of the Commonwealth Games Federation voting 43-27 in favor of the Australian [...]
Second natural gas well discovered
The Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat has received a further discovery notice over the weekend from Cairn Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, the operators of Sri Lanka’s second exploration well in the Mannar Basin. Three petroleum bearing formations were encountered between 4067 and 4206m, comprising a gross pay of 24m and containing gas with further indication of liquid [...]
Expropriation bill applies to listed businesses only
The proposed Revival of Under-performing Enterprises and Under-utilized Assets Act will only be applied to businesses and properties listed in the bill and will not affect those outside it, President Rajapaksa told a group of organization heads representing the private sector. The government will not take over any business ventures or assets of the private [...]
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