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SL received USD 160mn grant from WB – PM Sri Lanka has received USD 160 million from the World Bank, yesterday.Speaking in Parliament this morning, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka is also due to receive a grant from…

Sanath & Milan remanded The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (18) ordered to remand Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs Sanath Nishantha & Milan Jayathilake until May 25. They were arrested yesterday by the CID for their involvement in the…

10-hour water cut in Colombo on Saturday A 10-hour water cut will be enforced in Colombo on Saturday (21) from 10pm. The National Water Supply and Drainage Board said the water supply to Colombo 12, 13, 14, and 15 will…

India top court frees Rajiv Gandhi’s killer India’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of one of the convicts involved in the 1991 murder of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. AG Perarivalan was in jail for over 30 years. In…

Prof. Steve Hanke warns of a total standstill in SL Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University – Steve Hanke has said that he thinks that everything is coming to a standstill in Sri Lanka. “The official inflation rate…

No COVID-19 deaths on 17th No COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed yesterday (17) by the Director-General of Health Services. Accordingly, the current COVID-19 death toll remains at 16,511.

IGP orders CID to act on AG’s directive The Inspector General of Police (IGP) today instructed the CID to act on the instruction of the Attorney General, arrest and produce 22 persons, including MPs and former ministers, in connection with…

SLPP MPs Johnston & Sanjeeva to be arrested as well! Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna MPs Johnston Fernando and Sanjeeva Edirimanna are to be arrested soon, sources from the Police HQ say. They are to be arrested over the violent incidents…

Another SLPP MP arrested! Police say that Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Milan Jayathilake has also been arrested by the CID. SLPP MP Sanath Nishantha was also arrested a short while ago by the CID over the violent incidents…

CID arrests MP Sanath Nishantha Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Sanath Nishantha has been arrested by the CID a short while ago over the violent incidents at Galle Face & Kollupitiya on May 09.