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Ayomal and Lakshika Best Hurdlers at National Athletics

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- Ayomal Akalanka the 19-year-old athlete from Ambagamuwa MMV representing Nuwaraeliya DAA and Lakshika Sugandi of Sri Lanka Army have won the best men and women hurdler awards at t... Read More


Arafa National School soccer champions of Southern Province

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- At the Southern Province School Games Football Tournament, Arafa National School, Weligama clinched the overall football champion title of the Southern Province after its Under-20... Read More


Over 120 temporary driving licences issued to tourists at BIA

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- At least 120 temporary driving licences have been issued to foreign tourists at the on-arrival service counter at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Department of Motor Tra... Read More


'Import American vehicles duty-free' U.S. tells Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- The United States (U.S.), in its tariff negotiations, requested Sri Lanka to grant duty-free access to American vehicles, including Electric Vehicles (EVs), in its bid to narrow t... Read More


Over 2,000 vehicles stuck at ports amid import dispute

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- More than 2,000 newly imported vehicles remain stuck at the Colombo and Hambantota ports for over two months, causing serious logistical challenges for unloading additional shipme... Read More


11 Indian nationals arrested for online gambling in Thalangama

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- The Thalangama Police have arrested 11 Indian nationals including three women for engaging in online gambling. The arrests were made during a raid conducted in Akuregoda, Thalang... Read More


Cardinal skipped Easter service on divine warning: Wimal Weerawansa:

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- National Freedom Front (NFF) leader and former Member of Parliament Wimal Weerawansa claimed that the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, may have skipped the Easter ... Read More


Teaching will be made one of the highest paid jobs in Sri Lanka before long: Deputy Minister

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- In response to a statement by MP Ravi Karunanayake that Office Assistants of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka are drawing a higher salary than that of some categories of teachers, De... Read More


President's fund misused by two sitting MPs, several others: Deputy Minister

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- The President's Fund has been used to assist relatives of politicians in the past, Deputy Minister Anura Karunathilaka told Parliament today. Accordingly, late MP Sarathchandra R... Read More


Debate to remove Deshabandu kicks off in Parliament

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- The debate on the resolution to remove IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon from office in terms of Section 17 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002, commenced in Parliame... Read More