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Decision on bus fare revision tomorrow: Bimal

Sri Lanka, Oct. 1 -- The government will reveal by tomorrow whether the bus fare can be reduced as per the recent fuel price reduction, Transport Minister Bimal Ratnayakae said. He told reporters tha... Read More


Weligama Municipal Council officials protest over alleged threats by Deputy Chairman

Sri Lanka, Oct. 1 -- Officials of the Weligama Municipal Council refrained from performing their duties, claiming that Deputy Chairman Arindra Sanath Kumara had threatened the Municipal Council Accoun... Read More


Crimes like Thajudeen's murder not committed by Siripala or Gnanaratnam in the village: Bimal

Sri Lanka, Oct. 1 -- Crimes like the murder of Wasim Thajudeen were not committed by Siripala or Gnanaratnam in the village, but by rulers who governed the country, Minister Bimal Ratnayake said today... Read More


Public assistance sought to find Pakistani national wanted over drug smuggling

Sri Lanka, Oct. 1 -- The Police have sought public assistance to find a Pakistani national wanted over smuggling of more than 111 kilograms of heroin into Sri Lanka in 2016. Police said seventeen sus... Read More


'Feminist Collective' condemns attack on peaceful protestors in Mannar

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The Feminist Collective for Economic Justice, Sri Lanka has condemned the attack on peaceful protestors in Mannar, claiming that many protestors, including women and children, h... Read More


School van-bus collision injures three children

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- Three schoolchildren and a van driver were injured this morning when a school van collided with a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus on Vauxhall Street, Colombo 02. Police sa... Read More


Two male bodies found in Colombo

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- Police have launched investigations after two male bodies were discovered in separate incidents in Grandpass and Dehiwala yesterday. The first body was found near Ingurukade Ju... Read More


Govt. accused of secret plan to privatise fertiliser imports

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The government is preparing to implement a secret plan to privatise the import of fertiliser and the supply chain, National Farmers' Union Chairman Anuradha Tennakoon claimed. ... Read More


Govt cracks down on illegal 'Hakka Patas' and 'Cheena Patas' explosives

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The Ministry of Defence has today announced strict measures to curb the illegal production and use of banned explosives known as "Hakka Patas" and "Cheena Patas." The Ministry ... Read More


Ministry clarifies Nobel Prize mix-up on tea achievement

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Ministry has clarified that the minister mistakenly referred to the Nobel Prize when speaking about the latest global achievement o... Read More