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The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has invited bids from registered suppliers for the purchase of five shiploads, totaling approximately 300,000 barrels (+/- 5%) of Petrol 92 Unl, for the period ...
We’re all free market purists now. Today’s airwaves are full of people reminding us that David Ricardo was right and that President Trump’s tariffs will boost inflation, increase costs, and hit global ...
A fatal shooting occurred today in the 18th Post area of Seeduwa, Katunayake, near a hotel. Police suspect the incident was the result of a dispute between two underworld gangs. The victim, who ...
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has ordered the release on bail of former Minister S. Viyalendran, who was arrested and remanded on suspicion of aiding and abetting a bribe of Rs. 1.5 million from a ...
The Hon. Deputy Speaker informed the House that he had received the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the Bill titled “Value Added Tax (Amendment),” which had been challenged under Article 121(1 ...
The upgraded Maho–Omanthai railway line and newly installed Maho–Anuradhapura railway signalling system were officially inaugurated today (06) by President Anura Kumara Disanayake and Indian Prime ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka, met with Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (5) in Colombo. The meeting marked a key moment in fostering ...
Showers or thundershowers will occur at most places of the island during the afternoon or night. Showers may occur in the coastal areas of Western and Southern provinces and in Puttalam, Mannar, ...
Three key development projects, supported by the Government of India, were officially inaugurated yesterday (April 5) in Sri Lanka in conjunction with the state visit of Indian Prime Minister Shri ...
A 26-member medical and special relief team from Sri Lanka’s tri-forces, led by Brigadier Punya Karunathilaka, departed for Myanmar today (April 5) aboard a special flight to assist those affected by ...
In a significant step towards strengthening Indo-Sri Lankan relations, seven Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were exchanged between India and Sri Lanka today (April 5), in the presence of Sri Lankan ...
If there is to be a land where the sacred and the secular can co-exist as convenient and comfortable as Bharat then it should be a civilisation where spirituality walks hand in hand with humanity.