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Former Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, General (Retd) Mahesh Senanayake has joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).
Armed Forces personnel from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal will embark on a bike expedition from Lumbini to Colombo, along the Buddha circuit, to strengthen ties and foster goodwill among south Asian nations.
A British town’s new mayor is a refugee from Sri Lanka who will be the first Hindu to hold the position.The post Sri Lankan refugee makes history as mayor in British town appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Refugee from Sri Lanka becomes mayor of British town (Category: Breaking News)
- Refugee from Sri Lankan now Labour Party Mayor of UK town (Category: Breaking News)
- Refugee from Sri Lanka becomes Mayor in UK town (Category: Breaking News)
- 'We want broadband too' (Category: Australia, Queensland)
The Indian Navy detained 14 Sri Lankan fishermen and confiscated five boats for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and engaging in sea cucumber fishing on Thursday, May 16, 2024, as reported by The Hindu.The post Indian Navy apprehends 14 Sri Lankan fishermen for illegal fishing in Indian waters appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka |...
- Navy apprehends four Indian fishermen on SL waters (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy apprehends 18 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy apprehends 21 Indian fishermen poaching off Sri Lankan waters (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy apprehends Indian fishermen poaching in Lankan waters (Category: Breaking News)
Published on May 17, 2024 1:03:51 AM by ITN Sri Lanka
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Published on May 17, 2024 1:00:29 AM by ITN Sri Lanka
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Published on May 17, 2024 12:30:11 AM by ITN Sri Lanka
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
මෙරට ජනගහනයෙන් 45%ක් අධි රුධිර පීඩනයට ගොදුරු වී ඇති බවත් අධි රුධිර පීඩනය මෙරට බෝ නොවන රෝග අතර ජනතාව තුළ […]The post මෙරට ජනතාවගෙන් 45%කට අධි රුධිර පීඩනය… appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
- මෙරට ජන ගහණයෙන් 54.7%ක් අධි රුධිර පීඩනයෙන් පෙළෙන බව හෙළිවෙයි (Category: Sinhala)
- සෑම ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින් තිදෙනෙකුගෙන් එක් අයෙකුටම අධි රුධිර පීඩනය ! (Category: Sinhala)
- සෑම ශ්රී ලාංකිකයින් තිදෙනෙකුගෙන් එක් අයෙකුටම අධි රුධිර පීඩනය ! (Category: Sinhala)
- අධි රුධිර පීඩන රෝගීන් සංඛ්යාව සීඝ්රයෙන් ඉහළට (Category: Sinhala)
Reuters reports that Sri Lanka will send a high-level delegation to Russia to investigate the situation of hundreds of nationals allegedly fighting in the Ukraine war, according to a top official on Thursday.The post Sri Lanka to repatriate nationals trafficked into Russia-Ukraine war appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Russia says no evidence to back claims Sri Lankans involved in Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 16 Sri Lankans killed fighting in Russia-Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Dayasiri urges Parliament to appoint committee to probe Lankans fighting in Ukraine-Russia war (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to deploy special delegation to Russia over mercenary issue (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Hiru TV Tharu Walalla | අද දවසේ ලග්න පලාඵල | 2024-05-17
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
ඩයනා ගමගේගේ මන්ත්ර ධුරය අහෝසි කිරීමට ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය ලබා දුන් තීන්දුවත් සමඟ සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ ඇතැම් මන්ත්රීන් ක්රියා කළ ආකාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් […]The post ඩයනාගේ තීන්දුවෙන් පසු සජිත් වැඩේ අතට අරගෙන appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ මහ ලේකම් රංජිත් මද්දුම බණ්ඩාර සහ හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා අතර ගැටීම ප්රසිද්ධ මාධ්ය හමුවලදී පවා එකිනෙකාට එරෙහිව […]The post “මොකක්ද අයිසේ… ලැජ්ජා නැද්ද?“ – හර්ෂ පරල වෙයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
පසුගිය වසරේ මුල් මාස 4 තුළ සංචාරක කර්මාන්තයෙන් උපයා ගත් රුපියල් ආදායමට වඩා මෙම වසරේ එම කාලය තුළදී ලැබී තිබෙන රුපියල් […]The post සංචාරක කර්මාන්තයට මොකද වෙන්නේ? appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළඳපොල සම්බන්ධ කර ගනිමින් කළ ප්රකාශය දේශපාලන ආන්දෝලනයකට හේතු වූ අතර එයට ඍජුව ප්රතිචාර දැක්වූ මහින්ද […]The post “පිස්සුනේ…“ – මහින්ද කෙලින් ම කියයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
Video: "Derana Aruna | දෙරණ අරුණ | Sri Lanka's Breakfast Show - 2024.05.17 -TV Derana"
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
State Foreign Affairs Minister Tharaka Balasuriya yesterday (16) disclosed that a high level delegation would be soon leaving for Moscow to inquire into ex-military personnel serving with Russian Army on Russia-Ukraine front lines. The delegation would be led by Defence Secretary General (retd.) Kamal Gunaratne. Balasuriya said that they had received instructions in this regard […]
- Indo-Lanka tie up on the cards to undertake small arms production (Category: Breaking News)
- Police tighten security for Easter Sunday (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarath Fonseka’s stars and medals would be snatched (Category: Breaking News)
- China and Russia take aim at US at Chinese military forum (Category: Breaking News)
Nominee to be US Amb here let the cat out of the bag before Senate Foreign Relations Committee Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (16) said that nominee to be the next US Ambassador to Colombo Elizabeth K. Horst had revealed that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government announced a ban on foreign research vessels’ entry […]
- Foreign research vessels: Cabinet to discuss how to handle them (Category: Breaking News)
- US nominee to Sri Lanka committed to counter Chinese investments (Category: Breaking News)
- German research ship allowed Sri Lanka port call after Chinese-protest led clarification (Category: Breaking News)
- US Ambassador nominee pledges to support marginalized populations, accountability, truth and rec... (Category: Breaking News)
Published on May 16, 2024 8:48:52 PM by TV Derana
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
The US embassy yesterday (16) announced the launch of what it called the Creative Catalyst Fellowship (CCF) meant to foster interdisciplinary collaboration. The embassy said that the programme sought to form a community of creative professionals capable of pioneering sustainable solutions to local challenges. The fellowship is supported by the Promoting Positive Information (PRO-INFO) activity, [&...
- Empowerment (Category: Business)
- SLT-MOBITEL introduces mRetail, an innovative platform to digitally empower businesses (Category: Breaking News)
- Hemas partners with Hatch to support Sri Lankan innovation and entrepreneurship (Category: Breaking News)
- govi.ai captures industry attention at Future Harvest Expo 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
A series of events will be held over a period of three days beginning today (17) in the Northern and Eastern regions as well as Colombo to mark the end of war 15 years ago. There would be two major events-one at Mullivaikkal in the Vanni east and Vavuniya on May 18, the day the […]
- Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished (Category: Breaking News)
- No way to celebrate a Jubliee (Category: Breaking News)
- MRG calls for independent international mechanism to deal with issue of accountability in Sri La... (Category: Breaking News)
- Amnesty International head to join M’vaikkal commemoration (Category: Breaking News)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested an accused in an espionage case involving a Sri Lankan and a Pakistani national. The accused, Nuruddin alias Rafi, had absconded after jumping bail, the Indian media reported on Wednesday (15) Rafi was carrying a cash reward of Rs 500,000. He was arrested from the Rajiv Nagar […]
- 9 Sri Lankans arrested from TN camp in arms, drug supply case (Category: Breaking News)
- India s NIA arrests key accused in Sri Lankan human trafficking case - report (Category: Breaking News)
- India s NIA files supplementary chargesheet against four in Sri Lanka human trafficking case (Category: Breaking News)
- India s NIA files charges against three LTTE supporters (Category: Breaking News)
… since 2011 163,090 permanently disconnected Termination of electricity supply to consumers in the wake of 2022 political upheaval caused by an unprecedented economic crisis revealed a pathetic situation, National List MP Gevindu Cumaratunga said. Escalation of power discontinuations against the backdrop of unwarranted tariff increases at a time hydropower generation had been at its […]
- CEB charges Rs 10,000 more than LECO for new connection (Category: Breaking News)
- CEB charges Rs 10,000 more than LECO for new connection (Category: Breaking News)
- Hotlines for power failure during festive season (Category: Breaking News)
- Speaker says he didn’t allege foreign hand in Aragalaya uprising (Category: Breaking News)
SLT-MOBITEL has reported a flat growth in Q1 2024 ending March 31, 2024, amidst a challenging business environment. However, the company’s proactive cost management initiatives have resulted in significant operational cost savings, enabling it to maintain profitability. For the quarter, the SLT Group has recorded consolidated revenue of LKR 26.93 billion, reflecting a marginal 1.4% […]
- SLT ups pre-tax profits by 29% to Rs. 4.8 b in nine months (Category: Business)
- SLT Group annual revenue surpasses Rs. 100 bn amid unprecedented challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT Group annual revenue surpasses Rs. 100 Bn again (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT Group achieves stable revenues for Q1, remaining resilient despite challenges (Category: Breaking News)
Fresh off qualification for the Women’s T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka will host West Indies for three ODIs and three T20Is from June 15-28.For Sri Lanka, the tour will primarily serve as preparation for the T20 Asia Cup, also to be hosted in Sri Lanka, starting July 20. It will be their second bilateral T20I […]
- Sri Lanka cricket team to tour US and Zimbabwe (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka set to play ten Tests next year (Category: Breaking News)
- West Indies cut short Sri Lanka tour (Category: Breaking News)
- SL tour will help in acclimatization - GibsonThu (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 17th May, 2024 A government move to set up ad hoc community level advisory committees to handle election-oriented development work, etc., has run into stiff resistance. Its plan to appoint former SLPP and UNP local councillors to the outfits to be established has gone awry due to a legal snag. There is hardly anything […]
- Patali calls for LG polls (Category: Breaking News)
- US asks Lanka to hold LG polls without further delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Nominations for LG election accepted from today (Category: Breaking News)
- Accepting nominations for LG election ends today (Category: Breaking News)
by Neville Ladduwahetty The question cited above was the title of an article published in Ceylon Today by N. Sathya Moorthy (SM), who identifies himself as a Chennai based Policy Analyst/Political Commentator (Friday 10, 2024).The answer to his question is – NOT YET. For the present, stealing is limited to marine assets and the destruction […]
- Implications of India – Sri Lanka connectivity (Category: Breaking News)
- Jaishankar pledges energy support, says bilateral creditors must be equally treated (Category: Breaking News)
- Renewable energy, India extends hand to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- PM Modi’s comments: ‘Ensure dignity and respect for Tamils’ (Category: Breaking News)
Those who write about other people to the newspapers generally select doctors (benevolent), lawyers, writers, poets, film makers, engineers, etc. Sometimes it would be about foreign personalities or films. For my piece I thought of writing about very little-known persons who have to work in the sun and rain to do their job properly and […]
- New book says Bradman played at CCC in 1930 (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Murali Harmony Cup’ to promote social reconciliation through cricket (Category: Business)
- Wesley to revive sporting heritage and architectural grandeur of Campbell Park pavilion (Category: Breaking News)
- P. de S. Kularatne clinch title (Category: Breaking News)
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