Liquor traders slam Excise Commissioner for skipping Tax Week Awareness event
Retail liquor traders expressed frustration after the Excise Commissioner General and other top officials failed to attend an awareness programme…
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SC appointment: AKD withdraws his nominee, SJB to raise issue in House
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has withdrawn the nomination of Court of Appeal Judge M. T. Mohamed Lafar to the Supreme…
CMC mayoral showdown today
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) faces a mayoral showdown today after weeks of political horse-trading, tense negotiations and allegations of…
BTF wants Geneva HR chief to visit Mullivaikkal
The British Tamils Forum (BTF) has written to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urging him to…
Iran-Israel conflict: Lankan woman suffers minor injury
In last Friday’s Iranian retaliation to Israeli missile barrage on Iranian nuclear facilities, one Sri Lankan woman, residing at Bat…
Cardinal slams govt. over Easter Carnage injustice
Colombo Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has found fault with the incumbent government for failing to fulfil its promise to bring…
Army Commander visits Jaipur, holds talks with South Western Command officials
Jaipur, June 13 (IANS) In a significant step towards enhancing military cooperation between India and Sri Lanka, Lieutenant General BKGM…
IMF reaffirms support for Lanka amid economic uncertainty
As global economic instability continues to loom over emerging markets, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reaffirmed its commitment to…
Colombo gears up to host Global Bohra Conference and Spiritual Convention next week
Sri Lanka is preparing to host the Global Bohra Conference and Spiritual Convention scheduled to take place from 27 June…
3,451 Wildlife assistants appointed to mitigate human-elephant conflict
As part of a plan underway to strengthen human-elephant conflict mitigation efforts, 3,451 individuals have been given permanent appointments as multi-purpose development…