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No decision to increase paddy purchasing price by PMB

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- The government is likely to focus on increasing concessions given to paddy farmers rather than increasing the purchase price of paddy by the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB), Minister... Read More


One-off losses drag corporate earnings down for third straight quarter

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- Listed companies reported a third consecutive quarter of declining earnings in the three months ended March, as losses in the food, beverage and tobacco sector dragged down overa... Read More


High Commission of Canada relocates

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- The High Commission of Canada to Sri Lanka and the Maldives (HCCSLM) has relocated of its Chancery from 5th Lane to the renovated premises on Srimath R. G. Senanayake Mawatha in ... Read More


Blaring music in buses-Are buses above the law?

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- It is common knowledge that buses in Sri Lanka are in the forefront when it comes to killing innocent people including children on roads, and even inside houses because they very... Read More


The tangled web of a deadly charade

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- Following the discovery of a 33-year-old physiotherapist's body in a car near Teldeniya Hospital, police have launched a massive manhunt for a notorious conman on the run. Posing... Read More


Rising production costs force tea smallholders to consider quitting

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- More than 30,000 tea smallholders in the Badulla district have been in a predicament for want of a remunerative market for their raw tea leaves. They maintain that the tea smallh... Read More


Not at the public's inconvenience

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- We are aware that there is a serious narcotics menace and the police are doing their best to deal with it. The area that I live in the city of Colombo (namely Colombo 08) has unf... Read More


Cruelty to women/children, sale of workers, and Lanka's shame

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- Yesterday's edition of the Daily Mirror highlighted a case of stark cruelty to a nine-month-old infant. The child and his/her mother was apparently left in the care of a carer, w... Read More


British Prime Minister's resignation Sri Lanka's choice: One-party rule, or Internal Party democracy of political opposition

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday, finally bowing to an internal party mutiny.His resignation automatically triggered a leadership contest a... Read More


Cybercrime incident had direct bearing on EFF program - IMF Resident Representative

Sri Lanka, June 24 -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael responds to questions by Daily Mirror regarding the economy and the impact from the Middle E... Read More