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The Public Utilities Commission has informed the Electricity Board that it is ready to take legal action if the Ceylon Electricity Board does not comply with its orders in granting concessions to religious institutions. Its third and final reminder was...

Another swindle by Thilini Piyamali exposed in the courts .The Criminal Investigation Department has informed the court that Thilini Priyamali has two national identity cards and two passports. Also, according to the current investigations, it is reported that the amount...

Mannar Bishop Fideles Lionel Emmanuel Fernando and a group of priests met President Ranil Wickramasinghe at the Presidential Office this morning (16). The President was apprised of several matters including land problems in Mannar area and Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe, who...

The government has change the rate of the CESS levy imposed on over 600 items with effect from yesterday (15). President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued the relevant government notification on November 14 in accordance with the powers conferred on him by...

A well-known millionaire businessman in Kandy area today (16) has shot himself with his personal firearm inside his workplace. Digana Mangala alias Don Rajiva Mangala Gunawardena has died. He resided at No. 7/02, Temple Road, Kengalla, Pallekele. He killed himself...

The principal of a school in Millaniya area, the Millaniya police inspector and the police sergeant have been released on bail. Colombo Additional Magistrate Mr. Keminda Perera ordered that the suspects be released on bail by fixing two personal bails...

The Maldives' former president, Mohamed Nasheed, was sentenced to 13 years prison sentence today by the country's criminal high court on terrorism charges. A three-judge bench of the High Court issued the order. When Mohamed Nasheed was President of the...

Mrs. Hirunika Premachandra, who was arrested, says that the Kuruduwatta police went out after keeping her inside the court, and that it was not the Kuruduwatta police but the Colombo crime division that gave the facts to the court. She...

Sri Lanka broke a pegged exchange rate in 2022 in an attempt to ‘float’ the currency without hiking rates and taking monetary board recommendations in to account, Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said. Sri Lanka’s soft-pegged central bank ran out...

It is reported that the authorities have appoint a person who has been seriously accused of damaging the environment to a high position in the Central Environment Authority. It is said that this person has previously worked in a high...