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Garment exporters warn of market share loss over rising costs

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- Sri Lanka is gradually losing its market share to more competitive nations like Vietnam, Bangladesh, and India due to escalating production expenses driven by fuel price hikes and... Read More


Showers to occur in several provinces

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Northwestern, and Northern provinces, and in the Galle and Matara districts. The Department of... Read More


Woman remanded for fleeing with gold after securing loan

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- A female suspect who fled with redeemed gold items after obtaining a loan of over 25.3 million rupees from a financial institution in Panadura to release the mortgaged items was r... Read More


Case against MP Wimal Weerawansa postponed

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama today ordered the case filed against six individuals, including Member of Parliament Wimal Weerawansa, to be recalled for further hea... Read More


Sri Lanka marks 17 years since the defeat of LTTE terrorism

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- Sri Lanka today marks the anniversary of its liberation from a cruel thirty-year war waged by LTTE terrorists. Seventeen years passed since the military defeat of the terror grou... Read More


Elderly cyclist killed in lorry collision

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- A 78-year-old man died yesterday following a road mishap near the 174-kilometre post in the Thambalagamuwa police area on the Trincomalee to Ambepussa main road, police said. The... Read More


Two arrested at airport with massive kush cannabis haul

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- Two Sri Lankans were arrested with over Rs. 145 million worth of kush cannabis at Katunayake Airport A stock of kush cannabis weighing 14 kilograms and 562 grams, valued at over ... Read More


Court temporarily lifts travel ban on MP Chamara Sampath

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- The Colombo High Court ordered the temporary relaxation of the overseas travel ban imposed against Member of Parliament Chamara Sampath Dasanayake, who faces corruption charges. ... Read More


Two digital systems launched to assist Cyclone victims

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- Two digital systems were introduced in Colombo today to assist people affected by Cyclone Ditwah. The launch took place under the patronage of Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Ja... Read More


Chinese national arrested with illicit cigarettes

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- A foreign national was arrested near Nimalka Gardens in Kollupitiya yesterday whilst in possession of a stock of foreign cigarettes smuggled into the country. Officers from the C... Read More