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Govt seeks more UN operations
The Government will seek more UN peacekeeping operations after its...
2023-09-02 18:30:00 0
Drug addicts, minor offenders need to be rehabilitated, says Rights Activist
A prisoner’s rights activist yesterday called on the authorities to...
2023-09-02 18:30:00 0
Talks to find a solution Country’s jails bursting at the seams
The authorities are in a dilemma as the number of inmates in the...
2023-09-02 18:30:00 0
Defence authorities concerned over illegal aliens
Defence authorities yesterday expressed concern over intelligence...
2023-09-02 18:30:00 0
Govt orders crackdown on forest arsonists
The Defence authorities yesterday ordered a crackdown on those...
2023-08-26 18:30:00 0
Six held, 200 visit visa holders screened at BIA
At least six persons attempting to leave the country on visit visas...
2023-08-26 18:30:00 0
India, China gifts military hardware to Sri Lanka
China and India have donated military hardware to the Government...
2023-08-26 18:30:00 0
Three Sri Lankans wanted for 11 murders arrested in Bengaluru
The defence authorities have been alerted on the arrest of three Sri...
2023-08-26 18:30:00 0
Goons on shooting spree - three killed daily
At least 39 persons have been killed and another 30 injured in...
2023-08-26 18:30:00 0
Visit visa holders to be screened to check human trafficking
A special counter will be set up at the Bandaranaike International...
2023-08-19 18:30:00 0
Russia begins recruiting Sri Lankan workers
Russia has begun recruiting skilled Sri Lankan workers following a...
2023-08-12 18:30:00 0
Twenty-seven Lankans injured in Turkey bus crash
At least 27 Sri Lankan workers were injured one critically after...
2023-08-12 18:30:00 0
Over one million affected by drought
Nearly one million people from 30,892 families have been affected by...
2023-08-12 18:30:00 0
BIA officials placed on high alert
The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been placed on high...
2023-08-05 18:30:00 0
Situation could spiral out of control, warns official
The authorities were yesterday finding it hard pressed to control the...
2023-08-05 18:30:00 0
Fifteen Sri Lankans held in operation ‘Flash Weka’
At least 15 Sri Lankan men were among many thousands detected and...
2023-07-29 18:30:00 0
Navy to receive hi-high tech equipment to combat narcotic trade
The Sri Lankan Navy and the Coast Guard will receive high tech...
2023-07-22 18:30:00 0
Islandwide hunt for illegal firearms
The police along with other State security agencies and the Army have...
2023-07-22 18:30:00 0
Sri Lanka in move to remove ‘Housemaid’ concept
In a move aimed at removing the housemaid concept the relevant...
2023-07-22 18:30:00 0
Fifteen passengers injured as bus overturns in Demodara
At least 15 passengers were injured after a bus overturned in...
2023-07-15 18:30:00 0
NUSS plays major role in maritime recruitment
A group of eight girls had gathered inside the International Labour...
2023-07-15 18:30:00 0
Sri Lanka’s first female seafarer on an international cruise liner
Nayomi Amarasiri aged 29 is currently sailing the seas across the...
2023-07-15 18:30:00 0
Marine schools should focus on jobs for youngsters - Nimal Siripala de Silva
Marine schools in the country should make every effort to provide job...
2023-05-20 18:30:00 0
Boost for Sri Lankan seafarers
A delegation from a an international ship management service has...
2023-05-13 18:30:00 0
Environment disaster looms at Colombo Port
The Government has been strongly advised to make efforts in removing...
2023-04-01 18:30:00 0
Indian captain and crew in distress call to ITF
An Indian ship captain and his five-member crew have been stranded in...
2023-03-25 18:30:00 0
Sri Lankan maids for overseas jobs banned
The authorities have decided to ban Sri Lankan maids from overseas...
2023-03-18 18:30:00 0
IMF needs to provide concessions to Sri Lanka - Atle Hoie
IndustriALL is the world’s single largest union packing a membership...
2023-02-18 18:30:00 0
Global TUs to take up issue at Washington meet
A group of eight powerful international trade unions packing a...
2023-02-18 18:30:00 0
Trade unionists urge ITF to secure IMF loan for Sri Lanka
Two top trade unionists yesterday urged a global organisation to...
2023-01-28 18:30:00 0
Police record statements of 23 persons
At least 23 persons have been questioned in connection with the...
2022-12-17 18:30:00 0
Eight Sri Lankan seafarers detained on vessel in Nigeria
The eight Sri Lankan seafarers taken in for questioning by the...
2022-12-03 18:30:00 0
More Sri Lankans securing overseas jobs
There has been a 150 percent increase in Sri Lankans leaving for...
2022-11-19 18:30:00 0
Eight Sri Lankan seafarers held in Nigeria
A top maritime trade union yesterday reached out to international...
2022-11-12 18:30:00 0
Human smugglers open fresh route, says Navy
Last week’s detection of over 300 Sri Lankans on a Myanmar-flagged...
2022-11-12 18:30:00 0
Over 35,000 firearms in private hands
The defence authorities have called upon private gun holders to renew...
2022-10-15 18:30:00 0
Welfare levy on seafarer employers will hit Sri Lankan sailors
A leading maritime trade union and the industry yesterday warned that...
2022-10-15 18:30:00 0
Two killed, three missing and 125,000 affected
At least two people were killed, three reported missing and more than...
2022-10-15 18:30:00 0
1,349 illegal Sri Lankan migrants nabbed this year
At least 1,349 Sri Lankans, including women and children have been...
2022-09-17 18:30:00 0
Cannabis plant at Galle Face protest site
An assortment of suspected narcotic related material including a...
2022-08-13 18:30:00 0
Human traffickers exploiting current economic crisis
Human traffickers are believed to be exploiting the current economic...
2022-06-11 18:30:00 0
Three shot dead in front of bystanders
Three people were shot dead and another injured in an equal number of...
2022-06-04 18:30:00 0
Gruesome slaying of the Hamer family
It was shortly after dusk and the rain was pelting down heavily on...
2022-05-21 18:30:00 0
Re-visiting the camel boy racket of 1989
The cover page on the-in-flight magazine on the United Arab Emirates...
2022-05-07 18:30:00 0
Mass grave in a mulberry farm
The grave diggers were at work under the sweltering heat on a...
2022-04-23 18:30:00 0
Sri Lankan seafarer sector to get a boost – Namal Rajapaksa
Sports, Digital Infrastructure and Youths Affairs Minister Namal...
2022-02-26 18:30:00 0
Indian fishing boats go under the hammer
Sri Lankan multi-day fishing trawler operators yesterday expressed...
2022-02-12 18:30:00 0
Midnight tryst with lover turns into nightmare
The girl was staring at the wall clock in her tiny home, it was...
2022-01-29 18:30:00 0
‘Foreigners Only’ tourist hotels to be blacklisted
The tourism hotel industry yesterday welcomed the decision taken by...
2022-01-22 18:30:00 0
Voyage of a nightmare
The Panama-flagged MV Wakashio was sailing under pleasant weather off...
2022-01-15 18:30:00 0

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