Army To Sell Vegetable-Army Commander
Army to purchase vegetable directly from farmers and sell at concessionary prices at 15 selected places in Colombo from tomorrow-Army Commander-JNW
January 6, 2011 at 4:52 pm
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JVP To Contest Alone-UNP Still On Discussions-Reporter
Two parties in discussion with the UNP over extending support at the LG POLLS; JVP to contest alone under the bell symbol-reporter-JNW
January 6, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Fixed Telecommunication Tax Introduced-TRC Director General
A fixed 20% levy on telecommunication is introduced instead of 4 different taxes of 27% with effect from Jan 01 as stated in the budget2011-TRC Director General-JNW
January 6, 2011 at 11:25 am
Import Duty On Dairy Cows And Dairy Equipment Removed-Info Dept
Cabinet decides to remove import duty on dairy cows and dairy equipment to achieve self-sufficient in dairy products by 2016-Info Dept-JNW
January 6, 2011 at 8:47 am
J’pura University Student Protests From Top Of Water Tank-reporter
A Sri J’pura Uni student who is protesting from top of a water tank is demanding to allow him & 13 other students to sit for exams-reporter-JNW
January 5, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Emergency Extends For Another Month-reporter
Emergency extended for another month in Parliament with 111 majority votes. 134 votes for and 23 votes against-reporter-JNW
January 5, 2011 at 7:00 pm
No LG Polls Where World Cup Matches GO-Info Dept
Government to avoid conducting the LG polls in Colombo, Hambantota, and Kandy due to the World Cup; Jaffna and Vavuniya no fresh elections -Info Dept-JNW
January 5, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Muthali B Farook Takes Oaths As MP-reporter
Muthali B Farook took oaths as an MP a short while ago filling the vacancy created by late SLMC MP Noordeen Mazoor-reporter-JNW
January 5, 2011 at 1:38 pm
LGs To Be Dissolved Friday Midnight-Minister Premajayanth
Government plans to dissolve all urban councils,Municipal councils and Pradeshiya sabhas on Jan 6 midnight-Minister Premajayanth-JNW
January 5, 2011 at 9:30 am
Final Squad For World Cup-2011 Only After Premier League Matches-Select Committee Chairman
Sri Lanka Cricket Select Committee Chairman says 15 member squad for world cup-2011 will be selected when the premier league matches are over-JNW
January 4, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Concessionary Bus Fares At Peak Hours-Private Transport Services Minister
Plans are underway to introduce concessionary bus fares at peak hours to help bus commuters-Private Transport Services Minister-JNW
January 4, 2011 at 7:28 am
Pakistan President Appeared Set To Hang On To Power-report
The government of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari appeared set to hang on to power despite a disintegration of the ruling coalition Sunday, following signs that a key opposition party is unlikely to force a no-confidence vote-report-JNW
January 4, 2011 at 12:14 am
Three Sri Lankans Seriously Injured In Explosion In Saudi Arabia-Minister Dilan
Three Sri Lankans seriously injured in an explosion in a factory in Damam, Saudi Arabia; injured admitted to the ICU-Min Dilan-JNW
January 3, 2011 at 5:08 pm
CID Arrest Two Men Over Massive ATM Scam-official
CID arrest 2 men over an ATM scam involving Rs14mil and recover euro 25,000, Rs382,000 in their possession. Romanian couple evade arrest-CID-JNW
January 3, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Nava Sihala Urumaya Party Leader Arrested-Police
Nava Sihala Urumaya party leader Sarath Manamendra has been arrested for threatening two persons with a weapon this morning-Police-JNW
January 3, 2011 at 9:00 am
Govt Schools Re-open Tomorrow-Education Ministry
Govt schools re-open tomorrow for the 1st term of 2011; 81 schools used for O/L paper marking will re-open on Jan 10-Education Ministry-JNW
January 2, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Financial Companies Act To Be Amended-Info Dept
Govt plans to replace present financial act with a new act to regulate financial companies & ban deposits without a license-Info Dept-JNW
December 31, 2010 at 9:01 am