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News Room : Crisis-hit Sri Lankan hotelier buys restaurant next to...
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A top local hotel chain owner who faced an enormous financial crisis during the Covid 19 lock down period and left Sri...
News Room : Sri Lanka on China-IMF agenda – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Cabinet spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardena yesterday (06) said Sri Lanka wouldn’t be in a position to be part of the international trading...
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More than 200 Venezuelans alleged by the White House to be gang members have been deported from the US to a supermax prison in...
News Room : MP resigns from Parliament to contest LG polls...
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday rejected the Batalanda Commission report in its entirety.
“I wholly reject the report. No one can say the report was...
News Room : ‘I Reject Everything Except Crimes Committed by JVP...
Issuing a special statement on 16 March, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe categorically rejected the findings of the ‘Batalanda’ Commission report.
Wickremesinghe made this statement after...
News Room : Man Shot Dead in Ambalangoda Over Suspicion of...
Police suspect that the fatal shooting of a 45-year-old man in Ambalangoda last night (14) was carried out due to suspicions that he was...
News Room : PM Says Government Committed to Breaking Barriers for...
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya highlighted that while women play a crucial role in Sri Lanka’s economic and social development, structural barriers still restrict their...
News Room : US had productive talks with Putin over Ukraine...
US President Donald Trump has praised talks held with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the US-proposed ceasefire deal in Ukraine as “good and productive”.
This...
News Room : Cop had stolen 9mm police pistol and given...
By Norman Palihawadane and Hemantha Randunu
Police officers from the Matara Division Criminal Investigation Unit recovered a 9mm pistol, a magazine, and 10 bullets from the home...
News Room : They come, they shoot, they vanish – The...
We have heard of power stations being retired when they outlive their efficiency and usefulness and/or become redundant or potentially dangerous. But Sri Lanka...
News Room : Surveillance Failure: Anuradhapura’s CCTV System Has Been Inactive...
The CCTV surveillance system installed to enhance security in Anuradhapura has been inactive for nearly a year, raising concerns about security.
Although 47 cameras...
News Room : Sri Lanka’s Pekoe Trail Named Among TIME’s 100...
Sri Lanka’s Pekoe Trail has been named one of TIME magazine’s 100 greatest places to visit in 2025, earning recognition as a must-explore destination...