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Economy on track to record major gains this year

Sri Lanka, Aug. 23 -- Sri Lanka's economy is on track for major gains by the year-end, with some goals even exceeding the set targets, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Anil Jayantha Fernando t... Read More


Steps expedited to ease prison congestion

Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- The Government has fast-tracked proposals to alleviate prevailing issues in prisons including overcrowding following a series of recent incidents in prisons countrywide. Subsequen... Read More


Five women allegedly held at Gun Site

Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- Inspector General of Police Priyantha Weerasooriya has instructed the Gang Robbery Investigation Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate reports that fi... Read More


Navy sailor missing after Dvora accident off Angulana

Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- Eleven Sri Lanka Navy personnel were rescued and hospitalised, while another sailor remained missing after a Dvora Fast Attack Craft was involved in an accident off Angulana, Ratm... Read More


PMD clarifies BASL request for full meeting video

Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- The President's Media Division (PMD) has clarified the matter concerning the Bar Association of Sri Lanka's (BASL) request for the full video recording of its meeting with Preside... Read More


The long wait

Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- Eight families comprising 24 people, displaced from Ragala Estate by Cyclone Ditwah, have been living in tents for the past six months, waiting for the allocation of land to build... Read More


OMP traces 31 of 23,352 missing persons

Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) has compiled a list of 23,352 victims of enforced disappearances, of whom 31 have been traced, OMP Chairperson Attorney-at-Law Mahesh Katulanda... Read More


Defence evidence to begin for 24 accused

Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar will begin hearing defence evidence in the Easter Sunday attacks case tomorrow (17). The prosecution's evidence in the case against ... Read More


72 hour detention order for Shiran Basik

Srilanka, Aug. 16 -- Shiran Basik, identified by the Police as a major drug kingpin, will be questioned by the Central Crimes Investigation Bureau (CCIB) under a 72-hour detention order after being de... Read More


Sri Lanka surpasses global average in WTO trade facilitation

Srilanka, Aug. 9 -- Sri Lanka has achieved 95.8 per cent implementation of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), well above the global average of 87.6 per cent, Trea... Read More