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LocalSubhashini Senanayake and Shavini MadharaTags: Print EditionThe Private Bus Owners’ Association has filed a complaint with the Human Right Commission in Sri Lanka (HRCSL), with regard to the buses that were torched on May 9 after…

Local Jayasiri MunasingheTags: Print EditionFocus has been laid on nine areas including reducing the issuance of new currency by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to cover government expenses and bringing state ventures to a profitable…

LocalGayan Kumara Weerasinghe and Anuradha PriyadarshanaTags: Print EditionAn accomplice of underworld kingpin Kosgoda Sujee narrowly escaped a shooting aimed at him at Ahungalla area yesterday.  An unidentified gunman on a motorcycle…

LocalShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionColombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela yesterday recalled the arrest warrant issued against Social Media activist Dr. Pathum Kerner, after he surrendered to court.  A warrant was…

LocalDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe case filed against former UNP Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra for alleged involvement in the abduction of a youth using a Defender, was re-fixed for trial on November 16 by the Colombo…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe import of over 300 items has been temporarily suspended with effect from August 23  under the Import and Export Control Act through a government notification by the Finance Ministry. President Ranil…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe as Finance Minister will present the inaugural speech of the Second Reading of the Appropriation (Amendment) Bill on August 30. Acting Secretary General of Parliament Kushani…

LocalTags: Print EditionInspector General of Police C. D. Wickramaratne met President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President’s Office yesterday (23). This customary meeting was held after the President assumed office as…

LocalSandya KarunaratneTags: Print EditionA 13 year old student from a leading boys school in Colombo was yesterday shocked to find a young cobra hiding inside his shoe when he removed it at school. The boy from a suburb in Colombo who…

LocalAmali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionSri Lanka has been ranked fifth among 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the world in the latest World Bank assessment. According to the World Bank food security update,…