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BIA extendes check-in for departures

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL) announced today that passengers departing from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) will be allowed to chec... Read More


MR's former security officer further remanded

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- Neville Wanni Arachchi, the former security officer of ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was further remanded till October 31 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today... Read More


Delhi University's Hindu College honours PM Harini Amarasuriya with new research lab

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- In recognition of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya's academic and public achievements, Hindu College, University of Delhi, has inaugurated a new research facility named the ... Read More


Magnitude 6.1 quake hits southern Philippines

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted southern Philippines on Friday (Oct 17), the United States Geological Survey said, a week after two powerful quakes hit the country. There were... Read More


Allowance paid to teachers in rural schools to be increased in upcoming budget: President

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- Steps will be taken in the upcoming budget to increase the allowance paid to teachers in rural schools, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Addressing the 28th conven... Read More


Penal Code (Amendment) Bill will not be enacted if people reject it: President

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- Commenting on the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to ban corporal punishment, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today the government will not enact in Parlaiment a... Read More


Severe lightning warning issued for several provinces

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- The Department of Meteorology has issued a severe lightning advisory for the Central, North-Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, and North-Western provinces, as well as the Ampara Distric... Read More


Sri Lanka secures $106.9 Million from ADB

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- The Government of Sri Lanka has secured financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the Strengthening Integrated Health Care and Governance for Universa... Read More


Army Paralympic gold medalist dies in train accident

Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- A Sri Lanka Army officer and Paralympic gold medalist, Warnakulasuriya Amila Prashan, has died after being hit by a train in the Madurankuliya area. The 34-year-old, a father of... Read More


Elite rule and internal colonization: Pakistan 78 years after Independence

Sri Lanka, Oct. 16 -- Seventy-eight years after the birth of Pakistan, the promise of liberation from colonial rule remains tragically unfulfilled. While the British Empire formally withdrew in 1947, ... Read More