News Room : Urban poverty triples in Lanka – The Island

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By Meera Sirinivasan As Sri Lankans continue braving their worst economic crisis since Independence, urban poverty on the island has tripled in the last year,...

News Room : Executive presidency needed to deal with terrorism? Balderdash...

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Seeks rehabilitation of cabinet Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday came under a scathing attack in parliament during the debate on the 22nd constitutional amendment...

News Room : Government lost majority! First time since Prez. elected...

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It has been confirmed that the government led by President Ranil Wickramasinghe has lost the majority of 113 MPs for the first time in...

News Room : Mother remarried! Dad refused! A 15-year-old served a...

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An incident where a child was brutally beaten and tortured for 4 years was reported from Kelaniya Dippitigama area. During the police investigations, it was...

News Room : Power sector reform proposals to Parliament next month:...

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COLOMBO (News 1st) – Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera says that proposals for the restructuring of the power sector are expected to be...

News Room : Open verdict on the death of the university...

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The body of Sabaragamuwa University Kabaddi team captain Lasanta Harsha Dhananjaya, who was in his last year studying in the Department of Sports Science...

News Room : One dead after house collapsed in Grandpass

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COLOMBO (News 1st) – One person has died after a wall collapsed into a house down St. Joseph's Street in Grandpass. Police said a 55-year-old...

News Room : Showers over 75mm predicted for evening

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COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Meteorology Department says that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western and Northern provinces...

News Room : Report on restructuring energy sector within two weeks:...

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COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera informed the National Council that the report of the committee on to...

News Room : Chicken prices down by Rs. 250

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COLOMBO (News 1st) – The All Ceylon Poultry Businessmen's Association says that steps have been taken to reduce the price of one kilogram of...