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President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, a prisons official said Monday. Among the 1,004 freed on Monday were Sri Lankans jailed for not being able to pay outstanding fines, Prison Commissioner Gamini Dissanayake said. Sri Lanka is majority Buddhist […]
- President to pardon 779 prisoners for Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Category: Breaking News)
- Three convicted of attempting to murder Chandrika pardoned (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan secures release of 43 prisoners in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil gives Lohan a new portfolio (Category: Breaking News)
The Human Trafficking, Human Smuggling, and Maritime Crimes Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has initiated two special investigations into the incident of cyber slavery involving a group of Sri Lankans in Myanmar, said Sri Lanka Police.
Video: Sri Lankan born film producer Jason Rajasinghe wins Emmy Award (English)
- 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)
Video: Sri Lankans across the island welcome the dawn of Christmas (English)
- 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)
Video: Minimal spread of new Covid-19 variant in Sri Lanka – Health Ministry (English)
- 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 Ministry of Health says that according to data presently available, the pandemic spread of the new Covid-19 sub-strain JN-1 is minimal in Sri Lanka.
[…]The post Soma Munasinghe – Versatilist-Journalist, Passionate Writer & Prolific Translator appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Two Toronto-Based Writers Short-Listed For Top Literary Award In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- The Past Is Never Dead (Category: Breaking News)
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ලංකාවේ සමුපකාර ව්යාපාරයට කීර්තිමත් ඉතිහාසයක් තිබුණි. එහෙත් 70 දශකයෙන් පසු සමුපකාරයට “ඌරු මීයන්” රිංගුවේය. ඒ ඒ දේශපාලන පක්ෂවල ප්රවර්ධන කාර්යාල […]The post සමුපකාරයේ “මීයන්” පැන්නූ මාලිමාවේ අලුත් අධ්යක්ෂකලා… appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
A new programme to raise awareness about tsunami dangers will commence from tomorrow in view of the National Safety Day, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) announced.
Match tickets for the upcoming Zimbabwe Tour of Sri Lanka can be purchased now via www.srilankacricket.lk Ticket counters will be opened on January 4, 2024, and tickets will be issued from the RPICS in Colombo and the SLC counter at Vidya Mawatha. Tickets SEATING PRICE (LKR) Grand Stand 5000 A-B Upper 1500 A-B Lower 1000 […]The post Zimbabwe Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 | Online Match Ticket Sales...
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ඒ 2009 මැයි මාසය තරම් ඈත දශක එක හමාරකට ආසන්න අතීතයේය. යුද්ධය නිමා කිරීමේ අවසන් මෙහෙයුම් පිළිබඳ ප්රචාර ඉහළින්මය. ජාතික […]The post සන්නස්ගලගේ ගෝලයෙකු මෙහෙයවූ මහා රන් කොල්ලයක සුලමුල හෙළිවේ appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
The authorities of the Réunion Island of France have repatriated 14 Sri Lankan nationals who were apprehended during an attempt to migrate to the Réunion Island illegally via sea routes.
අසාධාරණය ප්රශ්න කරන හා කැපකිරීම්වලට ඉදිරිපත් වන මිනිසුන්ගෙන් සමන්විත සමාජයක් වෙනුවෙන් වූ අදිටන ශක්තිමත් කර ගන්නා දිනය බවටද නත්තල් දිනය […]The post අනුර දිසානායකගේ නත්තල් දින පණිවිඩය appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
නත්තල ප්රීතිදායක එකක් වන්නේ ජේසුස් ක්රිස්තුස් වහන්සේ ගෙනා ආදරයේ, සහෝදරත්වයේ හා අසරණයන්ට පිහිට වීමේ පණිවුඩය තුළ ජීවත් වුවහොත් පමණක් බව […]The post විපක්ෂනායකගේ නත්තල් දින පණිවිඩය appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
රට හමුවේ ඇති අභියෝග සැබෑ ලෙසම හඳුනා ගනිමින් තම වගකීම් ඉටු කිරීමට සියලුදෙනා එක්වෙමු යැයි ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා සිය […]The post ජනාධිපතිගේ නත්තල් දින පණිවිඩය appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
Christmas Messages from Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.The post Christmas Messages appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Government’s aspiration to present joy of Christmas to entirety of society – President (Category: Breaking News)
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The bodies of two people who were shot dead were found in a deserted land at Tunnana in Padukka, Police said.The post Underworld leader ‘Manna Roshan’ and accomplice found shot dead appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
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The UK is preparing to send a warship to Guyana in a show of diplomatic and military support for the former British colony, the BBC has learned. It comes after neighbouring Venezuela renewed its claim for a disputed part of Guyanese territory that is rich in oil and minerals. The Ministry of Defence confirmed HMS […]
- House votes to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenneth Eugene Smith faces first nitrogen execution in US after losing last-minute appeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Huge ancient city found in the Amazon (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Police has implemented a special security programme in and around all churches across the island, in view of Christmas festivities and masses.
ලොව පුරා කිතුනු බැතිමතුන් ජේසුස් ක්රිස්තුස් වහන්සේගේ උපත සමරන අසිරිමත් නත්තල ඊයේ මධ්යම රාත්රියෙන් උදා විය. ශ්රී ලාංකික කිතුනු භක්තිකයෝ […]The post අසිරිමත් නත්තල අදයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
මෙරටට සර්වජන ඡන්ද අයිතිය ලැබීමෙන් පසුව ලෝකයේ අනික් රටවල්වල මෙන් විපක්ෂය තහනම් කර නැතැයි ජනාධිපති රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ පැවැසූ බව සිළුමිණ […]The post රනිල් වසා තබන රනිල්ලා ගෙනා මාරකය… appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his Christmas day message called upon all Sri Lankans to “Forgive those who oppose us, those who have wronged us and to relinquish all feelings of animosity and resentment” President Wickremesinghe’s Christmas Day Message: Christmas represents the celebration of hope. “The individuals who traversed in obscurity, burdened with tears and sighs, [...
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BBC has reported that Police in Sri Lanka have claimed to have arrested almost 15,000 people during a week-long drive against drug traffickers across the country. The police also say the operation led to the seizure of almost 440kg of various types of narcotics, including heroin. Local media showed footage of officers using sniffer dogs […]
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
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- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards (Category: Breaking News)
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Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena says Christmas is an occasion for a new beginning towards creating an economically prosperous Sri Lanka that is abundant with harvest.
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- 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)
Lanka receives drugs worth over USD 1 mn from Bangladesh Amidst continuing controversy over waste, corruption, irregularities in the health sector and high-profile CID investigation into the procurement of fake Immunoglobulin, the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government was seeking assistance from the international community to meet medical needs of the public, official sources said. Over the past two...
- Sri Lanka given more time to repay Bangladesh s $200m loan (Category: Breaking News)
- 17 bodies recovered after Bangladesh train collision - local police (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to boost collaboration with Bangladesh in shipping, maritime sectors (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladeshi banks asked to stop ACU transactions with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
SLPP MP Dayasiri Jayasekera has denied reports that he switched his allegiance to the SJB.The former SLFP General Secretary said that he remained with the SLFP. Jayasekera was among 13 SLFPers elected on the SLPP ticket at the last general election conducted in August 2020. Contesting under its symbol, the SLFP only won one seat […]
- Virtually impossible to remove Maithripala constitutionally: Dayasiri (Category: Breaking News)
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- Dayasiri will not be made a minister – President (Category: Breaking News)
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Wijeyadasa pushes for suspension of Parate executions: ‘Country paying heavy price for not having proper tax regime, favourable treatment to some’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, has assured the local business community, troubled by parate executions, that laws will be brought in to regulate the practice. The [̷...
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- Amendment to Parate Law expected in future parliament session - Wijeyadasa (Category: Breaking News)
- Justice Minister: State outfits disregard parliamentary control over public finance (Category: Breaking News)
- Wijeyadasa: Presidential election will be held in 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
Head of Mission to the European Union, Ambassador Grace Asirwatham, has requested that Sri Lanka, too, be included in the Global Gateway Strategy to develop emerging markets in the fields, such as digital technology, energy and the environment. Launched in late 2021, under the French Presidency of the European Union (EU), the Global Gateway Strategy […]
- National Foundation Day celebrations of the Republic of Korea (Category: Breaking News)
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By Harim Peiris The last couple of weeks witnessed a flurry of activities which brought to light a quiet initiative which had been progressing during the past year in terms of the post-war reconciliation process in the country. For close upon a decade and a half, after the end of the fighting in 2009, neither […]
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