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Politics

Postal vote application period extended

The Election Commission has announced an extension for postal vote application period for government officials, security forces/police personnel, and postal vote certifying officers...

Sri Lanka

MP Nalin Bandara cries out against imposition of VAT on eggs

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Kurunegala District MP Nalinda Bandara Jayamaha called on the government to immediately remove the VAT imposed on eggs. Speaking...

Sports

Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill found guilty of cocaine supply

Former Australia Test cricketer Stuart MacGill was found guilty of taking part in the supply of cocaine by a Sydney court on Thursday...

Business

22,450 institutions default on EPF instalment payments

The Ministry of Labour has identified as many as 22,450 state and private sector institutions that have defaulted the instalment payments of the...

Sri Lanka

Underworld infighting intensified due to covert crackdown – Deputy Minister

The government is covertly cracking down on the underworld without advertising it through promotions such as ‘Yukthiya’ of the past, said deputy minister...

Politics

Speaker’s embarrassing reaction to opposition MP’s query

Speaker of parliament Jagath Wickramaratne made quite an embarrassing response to a question raised by opposition MP D.V. Chanaka. Noting a government instruction...

Politics

LG polls: UNP sets deadline for alliance with SJB

The United National Party (UNP) has set a deadline of March 20 for the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to decide whether it will...

Sri Lanka

NPP blames Ranil for breeding Macaques

Although the upcoming census of wild animals that damage agricultural crops is a joke to many, it is actually a scientific method used...

World

Pakistan forces end Jaffar Express standoff; 21 hostages, 4 troops killed

A tense standoff aboard the Jaffar Express concluded on Wednesday when Pakistani security forces launched an operation, killing all 33 separatists and rescuing...

Sri Lanka

Grama Niladharis refrain from night duties

Approximately 7,000 Grama Niladharis across the island are facing unsafe working conditions. As a result, the Sri Lanka Grama Niladhari Association has decided...