By Aisha Nazim and W. Sri Ananda

While the government claimed yesterday's token strike to be a complete flop, trade unions maintained the many strictures imposed by the government on State workers, alone, ...
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2013-05-22 02:00:00 Hits: (31) Comments (0)

By Sithara Pathirana

The National Movement of Electricity Consumers (NMEC) yesterday said the government has no reason to increase the electricity tariff as the country is experiencing heavy rains, and as a result, the water levels in the catchment areas ...
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2013-05-21 02:00:00 Hits: (142) Comments (0)

by W. Siri Ananda

General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Maithripala Sirisena said a 'sangayana' should be held to clean up the SLFP, suggesting the party which was founded in 1956 has now been infiltrated by various nefarious ...
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2013-05-20 02:00:00 Hits: (202) Comments (0)

By Ranga Jayasuriya

The Left parties in the ruling coalition have taken a collective decision not to support an amendment that envisages weakening the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Senior Minister and General Secretary of the Communist ...
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2013-05-19 02:00:00 Hits: (203) Comments (0)

By a Staff Reporter

President of the National Trade Union Centre (NTUC), K.D. Lal Kantha, alleged the electricity bill of Minister of Mass Media and Information, Keheliya Rambukwella, was Rs 121,114 for the month of March. "This is the bill for ...
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2013-05-18 02:00:00 Hits: (303) Comments (0)

By a Staff Reporter

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will have to bear a loss of more than Rs 50 million a day, as a direct result of shutting down the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, a CPC trade union official alleged. General ...
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2013-05-17 02:00:00 Hits: (257) Comments (0)

By a Staff Reporter

Colombo, the nerve-centre of commercial activity in the country, was totally paralyzed yesterday for several hours as people swamped the streets from Borella to Fort and Lake House Roundabout to Fort, in a series of ...
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2013-05-16 02:00:00 Hits: (245) Comments (0)

by Aisha Nazim and Ariyaratne Ganegoda

The cyclonic storms that swept close to the Northern and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka, causing heavy rains and winds around the island, has killed at least seven people as of yesterday evening, ...
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2013-05-15 02:00:00 Hits: (110) Comments (0)

By a Staff Reporter

Senior officials of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had ignored the proposal to install 'Dispatch Planning Software (DPS)' to monitor the discharge of electricity units produced at various prices in order to ...
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2013-05-14 02:00:00 Hits: (183) Comments (0)

By Umesh Moramudali

Following complaints of outdated prescription drugs being administered and dispensed to patients by several private hospitals, the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) yesterday announced it would carry out raids on drug stores and ...
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2013-05-13 02:00:00 Hits: (97) Comments (0)

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) yesterday accused the government of not making sufficient effort to 'reconnect with the Tamil people' after the end of the ...

Health Minister, Maithripala Sirisena, will be using an armoured vehicle during his visit to Geneva to participate in three health conventions.

Vanni District Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian, Siva Shakthi Anandan, was interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ...

The involvement of the Indian Government in the Sampur Coal Power Project can be attributed to the role played by the Chinese in the Norochcholai Power ...

The All Ceylon English Teachers' Union (ACETU) has appealed to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to provide relief to the working class by at least reducing the ...

Five suspects including an underworld kingpin, 'Navy Ruwan,' were apprehended by a team of officers of the Special Operations Unit of the Mirihana ...

A woman has fallen into a well with her three day old male infant in the Anguruwathota area last night, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today ...

Union Minister V Narayanasamy today said that only the Congress party is "genuinely" interested in ensuring welfare of the Tamils in Sri ...

The token strike that was held today with the participation of several trade unions was successful, Trade Union activist and former JVP Parliamentarian ...

A 48-year-old Sri Lankan Tamilsettled in Chennai killed his mother, wife and daughter by slitting their throats before committing suicide by ...

A fire that had erupted in a store at the Jumma Junction in Maligawatte a short while ago has now been doused, the Police sources told Ceylon Today ...

Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu ...

UPDATED - The strike action planned for today by a few Trade Unions affiliated ...

Three individuals alleged to have robbed money worth Rs. 650, 000 at gun point from two stores at the Meegoda Economic Centre in Padukka on 03 May, have ...