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COPE recommends Govt to take over SLIIT citing unlawful privatization

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) recently recommended that legal steps be taken to take over the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), which previously... Read More


Public officials to face fines for failure to submit asset declarations - CIABOC

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has announced that fines will be imposed on public officials who fail to submit their assets and liabi... Read More


Ex-State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera further remanded

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- Former State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera has been remanded until July 28 by the Mahara Magistrate's Court, Ada Derana reporter said. Ranaweera and several others were arrested a... Read More


GovPay can be used to pay all traffic spot fines from Sept - ICTA

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- Measures will be taken to facilitate the payment of spot fines issued by Police for traffic violations through the use of GovPay application from September, Harsha Purasinghe, a ... Read More


Programme to provide allowance to street children and those under institutional care to commence tomorrow

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- The programme to grant a monthly allowance of Rs. 5,000 to children held in detention homes, child development centers or with a guardian and street children will commence tomorr... Read More


Ex-DMT Assistant Commissioner and two others granted bail

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- A former Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Motor Traffic and two other officials who were arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption... Read More


CID questions MP Sujeewa Senasinghe for three hours

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- Member of Parliament Sujeewa Senasinghe has appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this morning (14) to provide a statement regarding an incident involving a... Read More


6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands Region

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- A strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has confirmed. The USGS r... Read More


NPP now following Ranil's path after reversing its stance on taxes - Dilith

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- The present government-led by the National People's Power (NPP) has changed its stance on taxes and is now following the path taken by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, lead... Read More


Info on 26 Sri Lankans arrested in Malaysia for various offences received by Police

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- Sri Lankan authorities have been officially informed about 26 Sri Lankans who have been arrested in Malaysia for various offences, according to Police Spokesperson Assistant Supe... Read More