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Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says Church is studying proposed anti-terrorism law
By Newswire Editorial Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says the Catholic Church is currently studying the government’s proposed anti-terrorism
Read on NewswireHasthi Sena : 27 wire snares, hunting weapons and meat seized in Kekirawa
By Newswire Editorial A total of 27 wire snares, several hunting weapons and three kilograms of meat have been discovered
Read on Newswire’கைவாரு முத்து’ கட்டுநாயக்கவில் கைது
ஐக்கிய அரபு இராச்சியத்திலிருந்து நாடுகடத்தப்பட்டு வெள்ளிக்கிழமை...
Read on Tamil Mirrorනඩු කටයුතු අවසන් කෝටි හතක මත් පෙති වනසයි
නඩු කටයුතු අවසන් වු රුපියල් කෝටි හතකට ආසන්න වටිනාකමකින් යුත් මත් පෙති හා කේරළ ගංජා තොගයක් හලාවත අංක 1 මහෙස්ත්රාත් අයි.පි.අයි.විමල් විරසිංහ මහතා ඉදිරියේදි වනාතවිල්ලුව ලැක්ටෝ වත්ත දහන උදුනේදි ගිනි තබා විනාශ කළේය.
Read on Lankadeepaඅධිකරණ ලිපිකරු විභාගයේ ප්රතිඵල නිකුත් වෙයි
අධිකරණ කළමනාකරණ සේවයේ අධිකරණ ලිපිකරු III ශ්රේණිය සඳහා බඳවා ගැනීමේ සීමිත තරග විභාගයේ ප්රතිඵල නිකුත් කර ඇත.
Read on Lankadeepaආණ්ඩුවේ පොරොන්දු විතරයි - වැඩ නෑ
පාසල් උපකරණ වලට, සෞඛ්යට, අත්යවශ්ය ආහාර වලට වැට් බදු ඉවත් කරන බවට ආණ්ඩුවේ උදවිය දුන් පොරොන්දු තවමත් ඉටු කරගන්නට නොහැකි වී ඇතැයි ශ්රී ලංකා පොදු ජන පෙරමුණේ ජාතික සංවිධායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පැවසීය.
Read on LankadeepaSri Lanka Freedom Party no longer a recognised political party
The Election Commission has informed the factions of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) that the party cannot currently be considered a formally recognised political party.
Read on Daily Mirrorගම්පහ මහේස්ත්රාත්ට හදිසි මාරුවක්
අධිකරණය දෙනු ලැබූ නියෝග ඉටු නොකිරීමෙන් පොලිස්පතිවරයා අධිකරණය හෑල්ලුවට ලක් කොට ඇති බවට තීරණය කරමින් අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පොලිස්පතිවරයාට එරෙහිව චෝදනා ගොනු කරන ලෙස අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ සභාපති මිනිසුරුවරයාගෙන් ඉල්ලීමක් කළ ගම්පහ මහේස්ත්රාත් බන්දුල ගුණරත්න ම...
Read on Lankadeepaපිළිකා ඖෂධ ගොඩක් හිඟයි
පිළිකා මර්දන ඖෂධ රැසක හිගයක් පවතින බව විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාස මහතා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී අද පැවසීය.
Read on Lankadeepaසී.අයි. වරුණි යළි රිමාන්ඩ්
මෝටර් රථයක් මිලදී ගැනීමට මුදල් යෙදවීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් රිමාන්ඩ් ගතව සිටි කොටවිල පොලීසියේ පාලන අංශයේ ස්ථානාධිපතිනී ප්රධාන පොලිස් පරික්ෂක වරුනී බෝගහවත්ත ඇතුළු සැකකරුවන් සිව් ලබන 20 වැනි දා තෙක් යළි රිමාන්ඩ් බාරයේ තබන්නැයි මාතර ප්රධාන මහේස්ත්රාත් චතුර දිසානායක මහතා...
Read on LankadeepaWest Asian crisis lands cash strapped SriLankan Airlines in further turbulence
The West Asian crisis, coupled with the resulting surge in fuel prices, has placed the cash-strapped national carrier, SriLankan Airlines (SLA), under further strain, with the authorities compiling a report on financial losses caused by the conflict alone, an...
Read on Daily Mirrorஏ-9 வீதியில் பயங்கர விபத்து: இருவர் பலி
யாழ்ப்பாணம் - கண்டி ஏ-9 பிரதான வீதியின் பஸ்ஸும் ஒன்றுடன்..
Read on Tamil Mirrorஇலங்கையில் டெங்கு பரவல்: க்ளிக் செய்து பாருங்கள்
இலங்கையில் டெங்கு பரவல்: 2026 புள்ளிவிபரங்கள்
Read on Tamil MirrorPresident urges religious leaders to become active partners in national drive to free the country from the scourge of illicit drugs
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said religious leaders and religious institutions had a leading role to play in bringing about the ideological and attitudinal transformation needed within society to defeat the scourge of illicit drugs. The President said he...
Read on The IslandHoax bomb threats target European airlines and airports for second time in a week
At least 21 aircraft and several airports across Europe have been targeted by bomb threats in the second such incident this week, with the UK calling it a “malicious hoax”. Flights to Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Poland and Ro...
Read on The IslandFairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 06 NOVEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 06 November 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces during the early hours of the morning. Showers or thu...
Read on The IslandTreasury poised for digital U-turn, ‘Free Lawyers’ alleges
By Shamindra Ferdinando Free Lawyers Association (FLA) yesterday (5) alleged that the government was planning to do away with the Integrated Treasury Management Information System (ITMIS), a centralised digital platform operated by the Finance Ministry. FLA Sp...
Read on The IslandNo electricity tariff hike as NSO backs down
PUCSL to make final determination within six days By Ifham Nizam The National System Operator (NSO) has decided against seeking an electricity tariff increase for the October–December quarter, following an assessment of improved reservoir storage and expectati...
Read on The IslandIran allows Indian, Chinese ships to transit Hormuz
Iran has exempted Indian ships from the restrictions it imposed on passage through the Strait of Hormuz, along with vessels from China, Iraq, and Qatar, a senior Iranian lawmaker has said. The exemptions are intended to serve Iran’s interests, and in India’s c...
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