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Domestic gas prices have been reduced in Sri Lanka with both Litro and Laugfs slashing prices. Litro said that the price of a 12.5 kg domestic gas cylinder has been reduced by Rs.175 and will now be sold at Rs.3,940. Litro also said that the price of a 5 kg domestic gas cylinder has been […]
- Domestic gas prices slashed in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Domestic gas prices slashed in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Litro reduces price of domestic gas (Category: Breaking News)
- Litro domestic gas prices reduced (Category: Breaking News)
Press freedom in Sri Lanka has been rated as “very serious” in the latest annual World Press Freedom Index produced by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The report, released to mark World Press Freedom Day 2024 on 3rd May, says Sri Lanka’s ratings in 2024 had dropped when compared to 2023. No country in the Asia-Pacific […]
- Government questions media role during Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- US says free press isn’t an adversary to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Black January' marked amidst rival protests (Category: Breaking News)
- PRESS FREEDOM IN US DROPS TO 47TH PLACE (Category: Breaking News)
General Secretary of the Lanka Jathika Estate Workers’ Union, Vadivel Suresh, emphasized that both the Government and the Plantation Owners bear the responsibility of providing wage increases to plantation workers as it is they who play a pivotal role in sustaining the esteemed reputation of ‘Ceylon Tea’ whilst contributing significantly to the national economy. MP […]
- WA's largest mango plantation up for sale (Category: Western Australia)
- Plantation Product (Category: Business)
- Rubber Boost (Category: Business)
- Estate Land (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka s rupee, which suffered severe depreciation because of the island nation s unprecedented economic crisis since 2022, has started to make gains in comparison to other currencies, State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said on Friday.
Sri Lanka has dropped fifteen places and ranks 150th in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index, published annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Mr. Vadivel Suresh, General Secretary of the Lanka Jathika Estate Workers’ Union, emphasized that both the Government and the Plantation Employers’ Association bear the responsibility of providing wage increases to plantation workers. These workers, who play a pivotal role in sustaining the esteemed reputation of ‘Ceylon Tea’, contribute significantly to the national economy of Sri Lanka.
- Unions say estates paralysed by token strike (Category: Breaking News)
- Tea traders call for a wage cut (Category: Breaking News)
- Pay hike for plantation workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Plantation companies submit fresh proposal to end daily wage dispute (Category: Breaking News)
Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, revealed plans to start a ferry service from Nagapattinam to Kankesanthurai in just two weeks if all preparations go well.The post India-Sri Lanka ferry service ready for launch in two weeks appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Bow Wave (Category: Business)
- India, Sri Lanka to launch passenger ferry service next month (Category: Breaking News)
- Ferry service between Sri Lanka and India to commence from February (Category: Breaking News)
- Ferry service between Sri Lanka and India to commence next month (Category: Breaking News)
At least 33 individuals including schoolchildren have been injured and hospitalised following a head-on collision involving a Sisu Sariya bus and a bus belonging to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) near the E.C.C. Junction in Ampara.
Forty-four Sri Lankans, who were in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates, have been pardoned by a Royal order.The post Royal Pardon for Forty-Four Sri Lankans in UAE appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Royal pardon for 44 Sri Lankan prisoners in UAE (Category: Breaking News)
- Forty-four Sri Lankans in different jails across UAE pardoned by Royal order (Category: Breaking News)
- 44 Sri Lankans in prisons in UAE pardoned on National Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Forty Four Sri Lankans in UAE pardoned (Category: Breaking News)
Forty-four Sri Lankans who were in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been pardoned by a Royal order, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi said.
State Minister of Finance Dr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says that the Sri Lankan rupee has now become one of the fastest growing currencies in the world.
[…]The post Media Freedom In Sri Lanka; Why Are Journalists’ Murder Investigations Being Avoided? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
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- Hague Tribunal: ‘MiG Deal Revelations The Main Motive For Lasantha’s Murder’ – Ex IP Nishantha S... (Category: Breaking News)
- Journalists Killed & Missing In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President to pardon bailed journalist Tissainayagam (Category: Breaking News)
Sports Minister Harin Fernando has signed a regulation today (03) in a move to depoliticise sports in Sri Lanka.
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[…]The post Multiple Choice Or A Binary Option? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Voice Of The Voiceless (Category: Breaking News)
- Black & White; No Shades? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil & Sajith Running Out Af Alternatives (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Vs. AKD: Who Will Blink First? (Category: Breaking News)
The United States has once again assured their fullest support to Sri Lanka in the debt restructuring process, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said.
Laugfs Gas PLC has reduced the prices of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, effective from May 4, 2024.The post Laugfs gas prices reduced appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Laugfs Gas reduces prices of domestic gas cylinders (Category: Breaking News)
- Laugfs Gas reduces domestic gas cylinder prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Laugfs Gas reduces domestic gas cylinder prices from tonight (July 06) (Category: Breaking News)
- Laugfs Gas reduces domestic gas cylinder prices (Category: Breaking News)
The Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) will open its head office in Battaramulla and several provincial offices tomorrow (May 4) specifically for G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L) candidates to obtain their National Identity Cards (NICs).The post G.C.E. O/L candidates can obtain National Identity Cards tomorrow (May 4) appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri L...
- Notice for O'L exam candidates from Dept. for Registration of Persons (Category: Breaking News)
- Department opened for issuance of ID’s for students (Category: Breaking News)
- Department for Registration of Persons opened for O'L students today (Category: Breaking News)
- National ID compulsory for A/L Exam (Category: Breaking News)
Laugfs Gas PLC, one of the main suppliers of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas in Sri Lanka, has also decided to revise the prices of its domestic LP gas cylinders with effect from midnight today (03).
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- Mining Fear (Category: Business)
- Analysts: High Gas Prices Will Last Into 2011 (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Tragic chemistry (Category: Technology)
Sri Lankan actress Damitha Abeyratne has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), alleging that her human rights were violated during an unlawful arrest.
Litro Gas Lanka has reduced the prices of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders with effect from midnight today (May 3).The post Litro gas prices reduced appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Litro gas prices to reduce from midnight today (May 03) (Category: Breaking News)
- Litro gas prices reduced from today (April 1) (Category: Breaking News)
- Litro gas prices increased from tonight (November 04) (Category: Breaking News)
- Laugfs Gas reduces domestic gas cylinder prices from tonight (July 06) (Category: Breaking News)
Mr. Lohan Ratwatte, the State Minister for Plantation Industries and Mahaweli Development, emphasized that the Mahaweli Authority will not tolerate any illegal activities on its land. The State Minister also noted that efforts to address issues concerning the lands owned by the Mahaweli Authority have been prioritized alongside the implementation of the “Urumaya” program. State Minister Mr. Lohan ...
- Boat service in Reservoirs for tourists (Category: Breaking News)
- No illegal cultivations in lands owned by Sri Lanka Irrigation Department (Category: Breaking News)
- High grade milch cows to be imported (Category: Breaking News)
- No illegal activities permitted on lands owned by Mahaweli Authority - State Minister (Category: Breaking News)
Former Sri Lankan cricket captain and former minister Arjuna Ranatunga has dismissed recent reports claiming that he has joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).
West Indies cricketer Devon Thomas has been handed a five-year period of ineligibility from all cricket after admitting to breaching seven counts of the anti-corruption codes of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The ICC announced the period of ineligibility in its capacity as the Designated […]
- ICC suspends Devon Thomas on corruption charges (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC bans Devon Thomas for five years under Anti-Corruption Code (Category: Breaking News)
- Nasir Hossain handed two year ban for corruption (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy found guilty of breaching ICC Code of Conduct (Category: Breaking News)
Professor Nalin de Silva has passed away at the age of 79.The post Professor Nalin de Silva passes away appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
- Prof. Nalin de Silva passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Faculty members of Sri Lanka's Kelaniya University to protest against the Science Faculty Dean (Category: Breaking News)
- SL professor nominated for BMJ Award (Category: Breaking News)
- SL professor nominated for BMJ Award (Category: Breaking News)
Friday 3rd May, 2024 Much is being spoken these days in Sri Lanka about voting intention surveys. Their findings are flaunted by some presidential aspirants in a bid to bolster their claims and counterclaims. But even those with a nodding acquaintance with psephology will see that it is too early to gauge popular support for […]
- People don’t vote rationally at general election held after presidential polls (Category: Breaking News)
- Gallup polls and G-strings (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil favours earlier parliamentary election and RW as presidential candidate (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil asks President to hold general election first (Category: Breaking News)
TV news, much of newspapers, conversations at gatherings; even at invited dinner or lunch tables, very soon lead and land in the quagmire of Sri Lankan politics. This in spite of a likely change in the bigger picture being so many months hence – October 2024 the earliest -when an election will be held, most […]
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- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Cass County sheriff's office investigates latest ATM theft (Category: USA, North Dakota)
by Dr B.J.C.Perera Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. John Fitzgerald Kennedy or JFK was the 35th President of the United States of America. He served as President from 20th January 1961, until his assassination on 22nd November 1963. Though his presidency lasted only a […]
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- Crocs relocated before kovil festival (Category: Breaking News)
- Tanks run dry due to sand mining! (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita A tense situation prevailed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Wednesday night, with visitors having to wait in queues for hours to obtain arrival visas because a foreign-owned company had been tasked with handling the on-arrival visa counter. The Sri Lankan government introduced the on arrival visa facility in 2012 and […]
- VFS Global issues clarification on Sri Lanka E-Visa system (Category: Breaking News)
- Visa controversy: SJB alleges Tiran Alles misled Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Visa scandal exposed after airport chaos (Category: Breaking News)
- VFS Global responds (Category: Breaking News)
President’s decision to increase daily wage of plantation workers By Rathindra Kuruwita The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PAC) said yesterday (02) that they were not in a position to raise the daily wage of tea plantation workers to Rs 1,700 despite President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s declaration during a May Day rally that the minimum daily wage […]
- Monthly basic salary to be increased by Rs. 5,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021- Daily wage of estate workers increased to Rs 1,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021- Daily wage of estate workers increased to Rs 1,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Budget 2021- Daily wage of estate workers increased to Rs 1,000 (Category: Breaking News)
The Police yesterday detected 13 kilos of heroin worth 400 million rupees during anti-drug operations carried out at Kottawa and Nugegoda. They also arrested two suspects. The consignments of narcotics belonged to an underworld gangster named Dubai Kapila, police said.The police also said the suspects had distributed about a tonne of drugs in the country […]
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