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Govt. to shut some overseas missions

Saturday, 12 December 2015 12:15

The Government is to close down missions abroad 'for which no clear rationale exists', Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera informed Parliament yesterday (11).

Parliament heated over Thajudeen case (video)

Saturday, 12 December 2015 11:09

Parliament was adjourned twice yesterday (11), after a tense situation that arose during an verbal exchange with regard to the ruggerite - Wasim Thajudeen.

Mannar mass grave skeletons to be sent abroad

Saturday, 12 December 2015 10:53

The Mannar Magistrate Alex Raja Asirvatham has ordered 88 skeletons from a mass grave in Thiruketheeswaram, Mannar, to be sent abroad for DNA tests.

FCID visits Rajapaksa Museum

Saturday, 12 December 2015 09:00

Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) officials had visited the D. A. Rajapaksa Museum in Weeraketiya on Dec. 10 to investigate the misuse of state funds amounting to Rs.90 million for setting up the museum.

Army officers told to follow proper procedures

Friday, 11 December 2015 20:10

Army officers have been instructed, in a circular by commander Lt. Gen. Krishantha de Silva, to follow proper procedures when meeting politicians and other non-military personnel, ‘Ravaya’ reports.

Didn't say website licenses would be revoked - Karu

Friday, 11 December 2015 15:35

Deputy media minister Karu Paranavithana has said he did state that licenses of websites found to have obtained money from Avant Garde Maritime Services, would their be revoked.

SL to sign International Convention on Enforced Disappearances

Friday, 11 December 2015 15:13

Foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera said that Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN will be signing the International Convention on Enforced Disappearances in New York.

Severe skin disease spreading in SL

Friday, 11 December 2015 14:47

A severe skin disease called Leishmaniasis, a disease which is difficult to cure, is spreading throughout the country,health sector reports say.

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