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Sri Pada pilgrim season ends today

Srilanka, May 12 -- The annual Sri Pada pilgrimage season ends today with the Vesak Full Moon Poya Day, following the fulfillment of religious observances. Hundreds of thousands of devotees have att... Read More


Bimal Ratnayake calls for high alert at ports, airports over Indo-Pak crisis

Srilanka, May 12 -- Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Minister Bimal Ratnayake underlined the critical need for Sri Lanka's ports and airports to operate at peak efficiency in light of the... Read More


Inmate drowns in Mahaweli Ganga during Pallekele prison escape

Srilanka, May 12 -- An inmate held at the Pallekele Open Air Prison has drowned while attempting to escape from custody, police said. The 33-year-old inmate, a resident of Kumbukwewa in the Aragama a... Read More


NPP's 30% electricity tariff reduction promise by cutting corruption is blatant lie: Harsha

Srilanka, May 12 -- Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr. Harsha De Silva said the National People's Power's (NPP) 30% tariff reduction promise by cutting corruption was a blatant lie and claimed that t... Read More


'Give Kohli one more Test match to be sure he doesn't belong in here'

Srilanka, May 12 -- Virat Kohli on Monday (12) confirmed that he is retiring from Test cricket after speculation of days. Following the retirement of his teammate Rohit Sharma last week, it was report... Read More


Athapaththu fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct

Srilanka, May 12 -- Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu has been fined 10 per cent of her match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the Women's Tri-series match against South... Read More


Dayasiri proposes Opposition parties to form non-party councils

Srilanka, May 12 -- SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara said today that all Opposition parties and independent groups must unite to form councils in local bodies where the Opposition commands a majority as non... Read More


Sri Lanka Customs makes Rs. 430 Mn worth largest BIA Kush detection ever

Srilanka, May 12 -- The Sri Lanka Customs this evening thwarted an attempt by a female British national to enter the country with a massive Rs. 460 million worth of Kush consignment, thus making it th... Read More


Despite protests, 'Tamil genocide monument' inaugurated in Canada

Srilanka, May 12 -- A controversial monument, described by organizers as commemorating Tamil civilians killed in the final stages of Sri Lanka's civil war, was unveiled on Saturday at Chinguacousy Par... Read More


Police warn of rapidly spreading data dansala targeting Vesak

Srilanka, May 12 -- A scam is currently circulating at high speed, falsely claiming to offer internet facilities and 50 GB of mobile data under the names of various leading telecommunications companie... Read More