The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) elections have become the main topic of conversation in the political circles these days. The issues range from holding the NPC polls to not conferring police and land powers to the NPC. There are two opinions in this regard within government circles, with ...
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2013-05-19 02:00:00 Hits: (11) Comments (0)

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), regulator of the Power Sector on Thursday approved a newly revised electricity tariff structure accommodating the concessions for domestic consumers, which President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised on May ...
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2013-05-12 07:01:00 Hits: (118) Comments (0)

As the May Day was drawing closer, the public agitation against the unprecedented electricity tariff hike began to gain momentum with opposition political leaders and activists taking to the streets carrying flares.  The fast growing protests gave jitters to most government ministers who ...
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2013-05-05 11:29:00 Hits: (54) Comments (0)

The unprecedented hike in electricity tariffs that triggered a furore in the country on the eve of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year continues as the main topic in political circles as well as in the public domain, pushing all other national issues to a back seat. Meanwhile, the opposition ...
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2013-04-28 12:21:00 Hits: (63) Comments (0)

The piece of news about the unprecedentedly steep hike in electricity tariffs that reached the general public on 17 April, not only dampened their New Year fervour and spirit, but also gave them many a shock. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) did increase the tariff several times in recent ...
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2013-04-21 11:30:00 Hits: (54) Comments (0)

In this season of festivities, there is no shortage of revelry in the political arena, with a number of events taking place in the homes of ministers, MPs and opposition members last week. But a pre-avurudu event that drew the attention of many was the special invitations received by many ...
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2013-04-14 05:01:00 Hits: (85) Comments (0)

The heat generated by the halal issue was cooling off when a mob led by some Buddhist monks attacked the warehouse in Pepiliyana of the retail chain, Fashion Bug, on 28 March, Thursday, sending the Muslim community in the country into a state of panic.

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2013-04-07 11:59:00 Hits: (167) Comments (0)

A commemorative ceremony to mark the 31st death anniversary of  the late Philip Gunawardena, a co-founder of the Marxist political party, LSSP was held  at the  Sri Buddhatva Jayanthi Mandira at Thummulla, Bambalapitiya last week.

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2013-03-31 11:29:00 Hits: (93) Comments (0)

In our columns last week, we announced that an All Party Conference (APC), intended as a forum for a discourse on a series of topical national issues, organized by the National Unity Alliance led by Azath Salley, was due to be held at Hotel Jaic Hilton, Colombo on Sunday. We also said that among ...
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2013-03-24 12:05:00 Hits: (120) Comments (0)

Now that an imminent major hike in electricity tariffs is a certainty, ordinary people, as well as the leaders of the corporate and industrial sectors are waiting with bated breath for the official announcement giving the details of the upward ...
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2013-03-17 11:04:00 Hits: (113) Comments (0)

Showers or thundershowers will develop at several places in the Uva province and at a few places elsewhere inland during the afternoon or evening.

Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by that country’s navy in February, were ...

The bodies of an 18 year old and 12 year old who had drowned while bathing in the Mahaweli River in the Kanthakaduwa area in Aralaganwila have been found, ...

The body of a Navy officer who had drowned due to an “Arrow Boat” belonging to the Navy’s small squadron capsizing during the Fourth ...

Moves are under way to install CCTV cameras in strategic locations in main cities across the country to ensure security and to prevent road accidents, ...

A 15 year old girl has been murdered in a 500 Acre land in the Mahasenpura area in Polonnaruwa, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today Online.

The former LTTE media head, V.Dayanithy, alias Daya Master, has categorically denied he didn't approach any political party to give him a ticket in ...

There is a remarkable increase in married women presenting themselves to the Legal Aid Commission, seeking legal aid to file cases, claiming maintenance for ...

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said the Tamil minority now wants to live peacefully in one country and slammed the Tamil diaspora for the ...

A medium sized sea going vessel belonging to the Sri Lankan Navy has run into trouble off the coast of Bambalapitiya.

(CNN) - Jewels worth more than $1 million were stolen from a hotel in Cannes, France, police in the nearby city of Nice said ...

Worried that Colombo may be undermining the special powers of provincial council ahead of elections, Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid ...

The Indian government is planning "deterrent" action against Indian fishermen violating international waters with Sri Lanka, finding that trawlers and ...

Downing Street has refused to rule out inviting Sri Lanka to a First World War commemoration service despite an outcry from human-rights organisations.