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The Auditor General's Department has recommended that a formal investigation be conducted regarding the expenditure of nearly seven crore rupees for the purchase of 1,563 vaccines at a cost of Rs 40,869 each by the State Pharmaceutical Regulatory Corporation, while...

The semi-final matches of the T20 World Cup cricket tournament will begin today (09).The first semi-final of the tournament will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand. The match in Sydney will start at 1.30 p.m. local time.

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has decided that the Sports Ministry should stand up for the cricketer Dhanushka Gunathilake, who is imprisoned in Australia for rape charges. A senior official of the Sports Ministry said that since Dhanushka was accused while...

SriLankan chairman Ashok Pathirage acknowledges the airline's current balance sheet is not an attractive proposition. "If you try to privatise the whole thing, people will come and ask the government to take half of the debt," Pathirage told AFP. But...

“Bangladesh – Sri Lanka Bilateral Trade & Investment session” at the National ChamberSri Lanka Bangladesh Business Co-operation Council of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lankais organizing bilateral trade & investment discussion between Sri Lanka & Bangladesh on Thursday,...

Whilst highlighting that cruel and intolerable suppression is exercised by the government, and expressing his surprise over the alleged attempts to hide evidence and save those who are responsible for the Easter Sunday attack, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith...

According to prison information, Janaki Siriwardena, who has been remanded under the charge of aiding and abetting Thilini Priyamali's financial frauds, has been kept in Negombo prison for her safety. Thilini Priyamali is detained in Welikada women's wing. A senior...

Iran's Amov Haji is considered the dirtiest man in the world. He did not bathe for 54 years for fear of dying. He lived for 94 years in spite of his impurity. He did not bathe because he was afraid...

When the Arab Spring broke out in Egypt in 2011, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that if foreign conspirators were to create such a rebellion in Sri Lanka, it would not succeed. But the Arab Spring wave came to...

Many roads in Colombo were flooded due to the rain that fell for several hours yesterday. Although many new road development projects, including flyovers and tunnels, have been introduced to Colombo in the past, it is still a special event...