PATALI INSISTS ON PROBE -HAMILTON BANK AND RAJAPAKSAS-CABRAAL DEAL

Probe Hamilton Bank & Rajapaksas-Cabraal deal: Patali   President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Governor of the Central Bank should conduct an immediate and formal investigation into the case filed against Sri Lanka by the Hamilton Bank in St. Kitts &…

MATCH FIXING SACHITHRA TO BE PRODUCED BEFORE GOVERNMENT ANALYST

NEWS Sachithra to be produced before Govt. Analyst   Former cricketer Sachithra Senanayake, who is in remand custody, is scheduled to be produced before the Government Analyst today (13). On September 06, Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis ordered that the…

SMUGGLED TENDU LEAVES SEIZED

Over 2,000kg of smuggled Tendu leaves seized   A haul of 2,223kg of smuggled Tendu leaves was seized during a search operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy in the beach area of Ilanthadiya in Puttalam yesterday (12). The Navy…

WINE TANKS IN A PORTUGUES VILLAGE BURST TO LOSE 600,000 GALLONS OF WINE

Nearly 600,000 gallons of wine wash down street in Portugues Residents in a Portuguese village woke up to an almost biblical scene on Sunday morning. The streets were impassable, replaced by a raging river of close to 600,000 gallons of…

APPRECIATION OF LATE KIRINELIS SAMARARATNE A CALM,GENEROUS,UNIQUE,PHILONTHROPIST WITH HUMANE VIRTUES

APPRECIATION   A calm, generous, unique ,philanthropist with humane virtues   Kirinelis Samararatne Mudalali   Kirinelis Samararatne Mudalali expired at the age of eighty seven years on the 8th September after been treated in the ICU of Durdans hospital on Friday…

CBSL ANNOUNCES LATEST EXCHANGE RATES

Today’s CBSL official exchange rates The Sri Lankan Rupee has depreciated slightly against the US Dollar today (Sep 12) compared to yesterday, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka reported. Accordingly, the buying rate of the US Dollar has increased from…

KALUBOBITIYANA TEA FACTORY LTD LAUDED BY COPE

COPE lauds Kalubovitiyana Tea Factory Ltd.   The Kalubovitiyana Tea Factory Limited was summoned to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) which met on 08.09.2023 Chaired by Prof. Ranjith Bandara, Member of Parliament. The COPE Chair congratulated the institution on…

LATEST EXCHANGE RATES ANNOUNCED BY CBSL

Today’s CBSL official exchange rates   The Sri Lankan Rupee has appreciated slightly against the US Dollar today (Sep 11) compared to last Friday, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka reported. Accordingly, the buying rate of the US Dollar has…

PERMANENT RESIDENCY GIVEN TO SRI LANKAN AUSTRALIAN ASYLUM SEEKER

Sri Lankan who walked 1,000 KM over Australia asylum issue gets PR   Sri Lankan asylum seeker Neil Para, who walked 1000km from Ballarat to Sydney, and his family have been granted permanent visas. Mr Para, who had been living…

BRANDIX INQUBE IN MINUWANGODA TOO TO BE CLOSED

Minuwangoda Brandix InQube to be closed   Discussions are being made for the temporary closure of the InQube factory in Minuwangoda owned by the Brandix company, it was reported. According to internal sources, there is a risk of nearly 1,000…