Poson devotees
LocalTags: Print EditionA large number of devotees gathered in the sacred city of Anuradhapura yesterday for the Poson festival. The picture shows devotees at the Ruwanweli Maha Seya.
Picture by Amila Prabhath Wanasinghe in…
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Private bus owners want diesel before Friday
LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionPrivate bus operations countrywide will have to be stopped by Friday (17) unless the authorities take steps to provide them with diesel within the next two days, Lanka Private Bus Owners’…
Body of missing British journalist found in Amazon
LocalTags: Print EditionBRAZIL: A body has been found in the search for a missing British journalist in the Amazon rainforest.
Dom Phillips’ wife Allesandra is said to have shared the tragic news with the Brazilian media. A second body…
No Litro Gas distribution today
LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionLitro Gas announced that there will be no gas distribution today for the seventh consecutive day due to the inability to pay the dues to the gas ship that arrived on the island.
The ship…
Nabbed for driving at 196 KMPH on Expressway
LocalBimal Jayasinghe Bandaragama Corr.Tags: Print EditionThe Southern Express Traffic Police yesterday arrested a man for driving a luxury car at a speed of 196 Kilometers Per Hour (KMPH) on the Southern Expressway.
Police said that…
Fuel prices to be revised on June 24
LocalP.K.BandaraTags: Print EditionFuel prices were last revised on May 24 and June 24 will mark a month since the last fuel price revision.
Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy Mapa Pathirana said that after reviewing several…
Arson Attack
LocalTags: Print EditionHousing and Urban Development Minister Prasanna Ranatunga visited his torched house in Minuwangoda for the first time after the May 9 incidents triggered countrywide acts of arson on houses of MPs.
Monday, June…
Bullet in man’s lung taken out at Galle Surgery Unit
LocalMahinda P.LiyanageTags: Print EditionA bullet which had been stuck in the lung of a man who was admitted to the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit of Galle Karapitiya Teaching Hospital after being seriously injured in a shooting was…
Another trawler arrested with 38 off Okanda
LocalTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Navy apprehended a local multi-day fishing trawler with 38 individuals, suspected to be on an illegal migration attempt to Australia via sea.
This trawler was detected during a search operation carried…
COPE tells Auditor General to report on CEBs
Rs.3.1 bn 50 faulty generator purchaseLocalTags: Print EditionThe attention of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) was drawn to an incident of 50 generators purchased in 2017 and 2018 at a cost of Rs.3,100 million which…