News Room : Enthusiasm of voters and candidates at low ebb:...

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By Rathindra Kuruwita More than 8,800 candidates were contesting this year’s general election, but fewer than 1,000 of them were actively campaigning, Rohana Hettiarachchi, Executive...

News Room : SC halts Magistrate’s orders on release of unregistered...

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…assumes jurisdiction over case By A. J. A. Abeynayake The Supreme Court issued an order yesterday (07) directing the immediate transfer of a case regarding the...

News Room : Ranil’s coterie at passport office misleading current Minister:...

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By Rathindra Kuruwita Senior officials at the Department of Immigration and Emigration, appointed during the Ranil Wickremesinghe administration, are misleading Minister Vijitha Herath regarding issues...

News Room : President Dissanayake promises PAYE tax reduction via 2025...

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By Rathindra Kuruwita The misuse of state property has decreased drastically compared to the situation prior to the 21 September presidential election, Rohana Hettiarachchi, says...

News Room : Govt. planning to shut down Thriposha Company –...

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By Rathindra Kuruwita The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (07) said the government was planning to shut down the state-owned Thriposha Company, and such a...

News Room : Trump’s comeback – The Island

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Thursday 7th November, 2024 The NPP’s victory in the September presidential election has catapulted the JVP to the limelight. An otherwise camera-shy JVP General Secretary,...

News Room : Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in...

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The Natural Hazards Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organization has issued land slide early warnings to the districts of  Badulla, Galle,...

News Room : Bangladesh lose 8 for 23 as Ghazanfar spins...

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Substitute wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil had dropped Najmul Hossain Shanto on 21, Mohammad Nabi had put Mehidy Hasan Miraz down on 1, Gulbadin Naib had...

News Room : Dollar and Bitcoin soar – The Island

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Text and pic By Shamindra Ferdinando UNP National Organiser Sagala Ratnayake said that in spite of winning the presidential election the NPP government was yet...

News Room : Trump takes North Carolina in first swing state...

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Donald Trump is projected to win North Carolina in the first result from one of the seven key battleground states Democrats had hoped to flip...