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In what could be seen as a bid to woo Tamil voters ahead of the 2024 LS elections, BJP national president JP Nadda on Saturday released a stamp commemorating 200 years of Indian-origin Tamils living in Sri Lanka now.
As part of the sequence of religious programmes held in view of the 73rd Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Navy, a spiritual event was conducted at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya on 29th December 2023, with the attendance of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera and the President of Navy Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Mala Lamahewa.
- Sri Lanka New Navy Commander (Category: Breaking News)
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- Military Moves (Category: Business)
- Another boat arrives off WA coast (Category: Western Australia)
මාලඹේ කහන්තොට පාර ප්රදේශයේ නිවසක අභිරහස් ලෙස මිය ගොස් සිටි මවක පුතුන් දෙදෙනකු සහ දියණියගේ සිරුරු අද (31) අලුයම සොයා […]The post මවක සහ දරු තිදෙනෙකු මාලඹේ අභිරහස් ලෙස මියගිහින් appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
An employee of SriLankan Catering has been arrested by the officers of Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Control Division, at the exit terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake along with smuggled gold biscuits worth over Rs. 170 million.
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by Amal Jayasinghe The controversial arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who should benefit from the valuable offerings to the gods. Somipala Ratnayake, the chief “Kapuwa” at the Kataragama Maha Devale was taken into custody on Wednesday over a missing gold tray […]
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ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka is expecting 1,400 billion rupees from Value Added Tax in 2024, after broadening the base and raising the rate, Director of the State Revenue Unit of the President’s Office K K I Eranda has said. Though 600 billion rupees was expected from VAT in 2023 only about 450 billion had been collected […]
- Harsha finds many drawbacks in VAT system, ‘including lot of confusion even at highest echelons’ (Category: Breaking News)
- VAT 18% from next year (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government revenue surges by 43.5%, yet expanding budget deficit spurs VAT hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s state revenue increases by 25% in January following VAT increase (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed Justice Neil Iddawala, retired Judge of the Appeal Court, as the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and two other members of the Commission, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The other members are Chethiya Goonesekera PC, previously in the Attorney-General’s Department and K. Bernard […]
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Sri Lanka’s inflation rose to 4.0 percent in December, the third consecutive monthly rise as the cash-strapped nation was set to increase taxes from the New Year.The benchmark Colombo Consumer Price Index jumped by 1.7 points to reach 195.1, or a 4.0 percent increase compared to a year ago when inflation was 57.2 percent. The […]
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by Rex Clementine The Boxing Day Test match has become an integral part of the game of cricket as during the festive season people are hooked onto their televisions from morning to evening watching the proceedings at MCG before switching their channel to find out what’s happening at Centurion. The Boxing Day Tests are […]
- Sri Lanka told to raise game (Category: Breaking News)
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- Australia finalise summer schedule (Category: Sports)
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Sri Lanka’s pay as you earn (PAYE) tax registrations have increased from 41,636 in 2022 to 242,679 in 2023, Commissioner of the Department of Inland Revenue, A. M. Nafeer, said during a press conference at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) on Thursday (28). He added that in 2022, a total of 73,444 companies were registered […]
- VAT 18% from next year (Category: Breaking News)
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- Entertainment tax on local cinema waived off for 2 years (Category: Breaking News)
By Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London A momentous Christmas tradition took an extraordinary turn this year as King Charles III’s annual holiday message was followed by the enchanting voice of 15-year-old Binu Tennakoon, London-born of Sri Lankan descent, leading the carol choir in a heartwarming rendition of a beloved carol. In an exclusive interview with […]
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රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ අගමැති ලෙස සිටි 2015 වර්ෂයේ සිට මේ දක්වා ක්රියාත්මක කර ගත නොහැකි වූ ජනවාරි මාසය සැනකෙළි මාසයක් කිරීමේ […]The post ජනවාරියේ සැනකෙළිවලට රනිල් ලඟම ගෝලයෝ දෙදෙනෙක් පත්කරයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
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India’s BJP chief JP Nadda released a postal stamp here on Saturday commemorating 200 years of Indian origin Tamils in Sri Lanka. The stamp was received by the Governor of Eastern Province Government of Sri Lanka Senthil Thodaman at an event organised for its release at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, the BJP’s Tamil […]
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Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka crossed the 200,000 mark in December, the highest arrivals for the last four years in one month. Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said that total arrivals for 2023 will be almost close to 1.5 million which was the original target set in Jan 2023. Sri Lanka’s tourism sector has been on […]
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Forty four Sri Lankans who were in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by a Royal order. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates has formally conveyed to the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi that these Sri Lankan prisoners received pardon by the Royal order on […]
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ජාතික ගොඩනැගිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානය විසින් දිස්ත්රික්ක 05ක හඳුනාගත් ප්රදේශ සඳහා නිකුත් කර ඇති නායයෑමේ අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් නිවේදන අද (30) ප.ව. […]The post දිස්ත්රික්ක 05කට නායයෑමේ අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් නිවේදන… ! appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
A total of 44 Sri Lankans who were detained in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been pardoned by a Royal order.
A pioneer of location-tracking technology has been appointed OBE in the King s New Year Honours in the United Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia has ranked first in providing work opportunities to Sri Lankan expats in 2023, as more than 63,000 of them found employment in the Kingdom.
අපේක්ෂා පිරුණු සතුටු පිරුණු මුහුනු දකිනවිට 2024 වසරේ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ජයග්රහනය පිළිබඳව බලාපොරොත්තුවේ නව වසර වේලාසනින්ම මාතරට පැමිණ තිබෙන […]The post නව අවුරුදු උදාව වේලාසනින්ම මාතරට ඇවිල්ලා – අනුර දිසානායක appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
අද 2023 දෙසැම්බර් 30 වෙනි දින ලාංකේය ඉතිහාසයේ පමණක් නොව ගෝලීය දේශපාලනයේද හැවුම් ලක්ෂයක් වන බවට මෙන්ම 2024දී ශ්රී ලංකාව […]The post ජයග්රහණයෙන් තොරව අපි මේ ගමණ නතර කරන්නේ නැහැ – ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
Dasun Shanaka’s reign as Sri Lanka’s white-ball captain has come to an end as Sri Lanka’s new selection committee appointed Kusal Mendis and Wanidu Hasaranga to lead the ODI and T20I sides, respectively. With Dimuth Karunaratne currently leading the Test side, this is the first time Sri Lanka have three different captains in the three […]
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Sri Lanka has seen more than 200,000 tourist arrivals in the month of December alone, marking the highest monthly arrivals recorded over the past four years.
මෙතෙක් රට පාලනය කළ පාලකයන් යටතේ රට බන්කොලොත් කර ඇති තරම මෙරට තරුණ පරපුරට වඩාත් හොඳින් දැනෙන බවත් වැඩි හිටි […]The post වැඩිහිටි පරපුර අලුත් පරපුර වෙනුවෙන් කිසිවක් කර නැති බවට තිබෙන චෝදනාව අද පිළිතුරු ලැබී තිබෙනවා – මල්ෂා අමාෂා appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
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ලෝකයේ බලවත්ම දේශපාලන තීන්දු ගැනීමේදී කාන්තාවගේ මූලිකත්වය ඉතා ඉහළින්ම තිබූ බවත් මේරටේ ප්රගතිශීලී දේශපාලනයේ කුමාරී ජයවර්ධන වැනි අයද ප්රේමවතී මනම්පේරී […]The post අපේ දේශපාලනය වෙනුවෙන් ජීවිතය කැප කළ මනම්පේරී සහෝදරිය වැනි අයගේ උණුසුම අපි ගන්න ඕනෑ – සුනිල් හඳුන්නෙත්ති appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
අද (30) පෙරවරුවේ සුනාමි අනතුරු ඇඟවීම් නිවේදන නිකුත් කර තිබියදී පවා නවතාලිය නොහැකි වූ සුවිශාල කාන්තා ජණ ගඟක් මාතර කොටුව […]The post සුනාමි අනතුරු ඇඟවීම්වලින් පවා නවත්වන්න බැරි වූ මාලිමාවේ ජන සුනාමිය මේ ඉන්නේ – සරෝජා පෝල්රාජ් appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
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