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Sri Lankan Tea faces the bitterness of losing foreign market due to Ditwah damage

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- Due to the damage caused by cyclone Ditwah, Sri Lanka's world-famous tea stands the risk of losing foreign markets and other countries resorting to other suppliers, Colombo's Tea ... Read More


Supreme Court sentence lawyer to three year imprisonment for contempt

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court has sentenced an attorney-at-law to three years' imprisonment after finding him guilty of contempt of court. The Court imposed a three-year term of imprisonment... Read More


Two months after Cyclone Ditwah, thousands remain displaced

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- More than two months after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, causing the most extensive flood and landslide damage in two decades, the country continues to grapple with a com... Read More


'Listen to doctors and professionals, think of patients' - Namal

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- National Organizer and MP of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, Namal Rajapaksa, has urged the government to address the demands of doctors and other professionals, stressing that p... Read More


Proposed counter terrorism law draws more fire

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- The proposed Protection of State from Terrorism Act (PSTA) vastly expands executive and security sector powers, vesting the President with broad powers to the President to proscri... Read More


Constable stabs constable after fight over alcohol

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- A constable of Bogawantalawa Police was arrested on suspicion of stabbing another constable who was fast asleep in the police barracks in the early hours of yesterday. Investigat... Read More


Teacher lands in trouble over assault of female student

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- A Grade Eight students from a school in Nanuoya has been admitted to the Nuwara Eliya District Hospital after being severely beaten by a teacher. The girl who returned home after... Read More


Sritharan publicly declares readiness to resign as MP if accusations are substantiated

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- Member of Parliament S. Sritharan has stated that he is ready to step down from his parliamentary position if the claim made by his party's General Secretary, M. A. Sumanthiran, t... Read More


Badulla among districts with highest child abuse cases, says Minister

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- Badulla District has been identified as one of the areas in Sri Lanka where children are most frequently subjected to abuse by their own parents, largely due to the absence of bir... Read More


CIABOC to probe Speaker

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- The Commission to Investigate Allegations on Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has decided to probe the complaint against Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne lodged by former Deputy Secreta... Read More