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LLTL Board Dissolved On Allegations Of Tender Irregularities

by Nirmala Kannangara  Board of Directors of Lanka Logistics and Technologies Limited had been dissolved on Thursday afternoon on the directives of the Minister of Defence President Maithripala...

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Army Accused Of Turning Blind Eye On Haiti Rape

by Easwaran Rutnam  Military Says Accused Soldiers Dealt With Brigadier Roshan Seneviratne is in the picture The Army came under fire last week over its alleged failure to deal with the soldiers...

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Meethotamulla Weeps, Blame Game Continues

by Ashanthi Warunasuriya in Meethotamulla The main question on everyone’s mind is who is responsible for this tragedy Since 2011 protests have been staged for the removal of this garbage dump Some...

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Top School Stumps Fair Play

Accused of fielding ineligible player in prestige battle St Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya stands accused of using an ineligible player in their 43rd traditional limited over encounter with arch rivals...

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Dirty Deeds Surface In Meethotamulla

Text and pictures by Ashanthi Warunasuriya   The Meethotamulla residents who lost their houses are facing many issues in obtaining alternative housing from the government Some of the residents had...

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RTI Request To Police Falls On Deaf Ears

by Nirmala Kannangara Pujith Jayasundara, Jagath Wijeweera and Aplication send to receive information under the RTI Act The Right to Information (RTI) Act doesn’t seems to be in operation with the...

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Five Years On: Still No Justice For Wasim

by Nirmala Kannangara It is five years since the national rugby player and Captain of the Havelock Sports Club Wasim Thajudeen’s life was snatched away by a killer squad alleged to be following a...

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CMC, UDA Responsible For Building Collapse

Legal Action Likely Against Officials by Amavasya Sirisena In the realm of the collapsing of a five storied building under construction at Wellawatte, housing a reception hall last week, the quality,...

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Colombo Now A ‘Hard Target’ For Drug Peddlers

by Ifham Nzam Deputy IGP Priyantha Jayakody Colombo has now become a hard target for drug peddlers and this is evident with the number of arrests made by the police over the past several weeks. There...

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Harrison To Develop His Own Economy With NLDB Funds!

National Livestock Development Board by Nirmala Kannangara Guidelines of Department of Public Enterprises that shows how to utilize eneterprise resources and The unlawful NLDB Board decision on fund...

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Three Killed, But Brigadier In Turkey For ‘Bravery’

Rathupaswela Shooting Incident by Nirmala Kannangara Brigadier Deshapriya Gunawardena The Brigadier who has allegedly ordered the contingent of army personnel to fire live bullets to disperse the...

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National Coffers Lose Billions

Customs Heads ignore President’s directives and ‘help’ spare parts importer by  Nirmala Kannangara President Maithripala Sirisena’s order not to give tax or any other concessions to Vehicles Lanka...

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Probe To Be Expedited On Welikada Prison Riot

by  Ashanthi Warunasuriya Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued orders to expedite the investigations pertaining to the 2012 Welikada Prison riot and called on the appointed committees to...

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Political Hand Seen Behind Anti-SAITM Protests

by  Ashanthi Warunasuriya Protests continued last week against the SAITM private medical campus in Malabe resulting in public property being damaged. A strike by doctors on the SAITM issue led to...

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‘Culprits’ In Weliamuna Report Still Hold Positions

Some SLA Board Members get allowances up to Rs. 4 million by Nirmala Kannangara Ajith Dias and Kabir Hashim Chairman and Board of Directors of Sri Lankan Airline’s failure to  take decisions with the...

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Chilling Details Emerge In Vithya Murder Case

‘Swiss Kumar’ hatched plan to video rape and murder by our Jaffna correspondent Chilling details emerged last week over the rape and murder of Sivaloganathan Vithya when the case was heard in the...

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Thoughts For Pride 2017

SOGIESC, Human Rights And Sri Lanka: by Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana In June 2016, the United Nations appointed a Special Expert on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC)...

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Fitness Of Cricket Board In Question

by Nirmala Kannangara Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara All eyes are now focused as to what action Sri Lanka Cricket would take against those who are alleged to be involved in match fixing at the...

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Water Sources Of Hill Country Going Waste Day By Day

Uma Oya Project: by  Ifham Nizam Damaged houses Masses of Bandarawela and surrounding villages organized a harthal last Wednesday in opposition to the ongoing Uma Oya Project. Interestingly, unlike in...

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Top BOI Official Under Fire!

by Nirmala Kannangara The Board of Investment, the institution assigned to attract investors with the purpose of enriching the country’s economy, is alleged to have changed its stance over the months...

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