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The Sri Lanka Navy, in an operation on Tuesday (13 Jan), seized five dinghies loaded with illegally mined sand alongContinue Reading The post Navy seizes five dinghies with illegally mined sand and illicit liquor appeared first on Newswire.

In line with the Government’s plan to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 50-megawatt wind power project being developedContinue Reading The post President AKD flags off construction of Hayleys Fentons’ Mannar wind power project…

Prime Minister and Education Minister Harini Amarasuriya says opposition members who collude with certain groups to attack the Government overContinue Reading The post PM Harini urges opposition to reconsider attacks on education reforms…

Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Jagath Wickramaratne, has engaged on his maiden visit to India to participate inContinue Reading The post Speaker holds bilateral talks in India appeared first on Newswire.

Marking the auspicious Thai Pongal festival, members of Sri Lanka’s Malaiyaha (Hill Country Tamil) community gathered at Liberty Roundabout inContinue Reading The post Malaiyaha community marks Thai Pongal with land & housing rights…

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado visited the White House on Thursday for a closed-door lunch with US President DonaldContinue Reading The post Venezuela: Machado presents Trump her Nobel Peace Prize appeared first on…

Sri Lankan police announced that two high-profile suspects linked to organized crime, along with a woman accused in a stateContinue Reading The post 03 high-profile suspects repatriated from Dubai appeared first on Newswire.

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) communications director, Julie Kozack, has announced that an IMF fact-finding mission will visit Sri LankaContinue Reading The post IMF team to arrive in SL on post-cyclone fact-finding mission…

Two male suspects, for whom Red Notices had been issued and who were overseas, and a female suspect wanted inContinue Reading The post Three wanted suspects brought from Dubai: Full details appeared first on Newswire.

The Sri Lankan Rupee has depreciated further against the US Dollar at commercial banks in Sri Lanka today (16 Jan),Continue Reading The post Dollar rate today : Selling rate holds steady at Rs. 312 appeared first on Newswire.