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Govt. doubles up measures for deal with Qatar for petroleum purchases Energy Security

Colombo, March 3 -- In a bid to avert any energy crisis in the future, the government is hurriedly taking measures to purchase both petroleum products, including LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) from Qatar... Read More


Sri Lanka open for renegotiation with Adani on tariff rates

Sri Lanka, March 1 -- Despite Indian conglomerate Adani Group's announcement that it withdrew from the US $ 442 million wind power project in Mannar, the Energy Ministry has requested the company to i... Read More


Singapore declines to extradite Arjuna Mahendran implicated in bond scam

Srilanka, Feb. 27 -- The Singaporean authorities have cited inability to extradite former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran to Sri Lanka in terms of the legal system of that country, posing a fres... Read More


"Governments should govern, not Compete in business" - Amitabh Kant

Srilanka, Feb. 25 -- Amitabh Kant-the key driver of Made in India, Startup India, Incredible India, and God's Own Country-shares his views with Daily Mirror in an interview during his visit to the cou... Read More


Famous Yala tusker Sando dead?

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- In the wake of reports that the famous tusker called 'Sando' in the Yala National Park has not been spotted for days, the Wildlife Conservation Department has initiated investigat... Read More


Govt. seeks report from NGO Secretariat on USAID funding

Sri Lanka, Feb. 15 -- In the midst of controversy over USAID funding in Sri Lanka, the government has sought a report from the National NGO Secretariat in this regard, a Minister said yesterday. Publ... Read More


Ranil, Maithri once again in common political discussion

Sri Lanka, Feb. 15 -- Former Presidents Maithripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe, along with other party leaders in the opposition, have met to discuss the current political situation of the coun... Read More


Third anniversary of Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia hails Sri Lanka's neutral position

Srilanka, Feb. 13 -- On the occasion of the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian Ambassador Levan S. Dzhagaryan commended Sri Lanka's neutral, non-aligned policy in this regard an... Read More


Regular powercuts for next few days because of Norochcholai breakdown

Srilanka, Feb. 10 -- The country will experience constant power cuts for the next few days because of the breakdown of the Norochcholai coal power plant as a result of yesterday's blackout. As a resu... Read More


NPP Govt. heading for political appointments to key overseas missions

Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- Colombo, February 7 (Daily Mirror) - Despite past criticism of politicisation of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, the National People's Power (NPP) government is in the process of m... Read More