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Sunday, December 9, 2018
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1881  R. L. Spittel, the author of several popular novels about the Veddas in Sri Lanka was born. Dr. Spittel’s studies of the Vedda’s provide a rare but valuable window to the aboriginal culture of Sri Lanka.
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1950  The Royal Ceylon Navy was established. In 1972, the name was changed to Sri Lanka Navy with the new Constitution of the Republic.
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1995  A Sri Lanka Airforce Antonov 32 aircraft flying from Colombo to Ratmalana crashed in the sea due to instrument problems. All 75 passengers on board were killed.
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2002  The grand old lady of the Sinhala cinema, D. M. Denawaka, better known as Denawaka Hamine died on this day at the age of 96.
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Five ministry secretaries to be summoned before parliamentary committees for questioning
Dec 09, Colombo: A motion to summon five Secretaries to Ministries before parliamentary committees for questioning has been handed over to the Speaker of House, Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka said....
All payments to ministers and their staff suspended following court order
Dec 09, Colombo: According to the Interim Order issued by the Court of Appeal, all payments to ministers and their staff were temporarily suspended, a senior government official has told the Sunday Times. ...
Two arrested with cache of firearms and ammunition
Dec 09, Colombo: The police have seized a cache of weapons and a large stock of ammunition hidden in a house in Beruwela on Sunday and arrested two people with regard to the weapons. ...
New Director appointed for Terrorism Investigation Division
Dec 09, Colombo: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in charge of Jaffna Police division W S E Jayasundera has been appointed as the new Director of Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) of police. ...
Sri Lanka's tea production up 15% in October
Dec 09, Colombo: Tea production in October gained by 3.9 million kilos or 15% to 29.6 million though the first 10 months figure was down marginally by 2% to 253 million kilos. ...
Drunk driver kills three people in two separate accidents
Dec 09, Colombo: Three persons have died in two separate road accidents in Mount Lavinia and Ratmalana when a drunk motorist ran over several vehicles. ...
JVP says need to defeat the conspiracy first, abolishment of executive presidency is the only solution
Dec 09, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the current parliament has no legitimacy to govern the country since any party that gets the majority 113 in Parliament would do so by bribing....
Disciplinary inquiry against teacher arrested for helping a student to cheat at GCE O/L examination
Dec 08, Colombo: The Education Ministry has launched a disciplinary inquiry in addition to the police inquiry against a teacher who was arrested for helping a candidate sitting for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination to cheat by texting him the answers....
Police arrest two drunk cops at a tourist hotel
Dec 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka police have arrested two intoxicated police constables today (8th) for unruly behavior at a tourist hotel in Weligama. ...
Sri Lanka President admits Mahinda Rajapaksa bribing MPs to show majority
Dec 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has openly admitted that his Prime Minister appointee Mahinda Rajapaksa has attempted to bribe parliamentarians to show majority in the House and said that the current crisis is a result of his failure to gather 113 MPs. ...
UPFA says no decision yet to form a SLFP-SLPP alliance
Dec 08, Colombo: General Secretary of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Mahinda Amaraweera has said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has been discussing several options to contest future elections but not yet made a definitive decision to form an alliance with the newly formed Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). ...
SLFP plans to join SLPP to continue its political journey
Dec 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Dr Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa says that the SLFP has made necessary arrangements to continue its political journey by joining with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)....
U.S. Navy aircraft career USS John C. Stennis establishes a logistics hub in Sri Lanka
Dec 08, Colombo: Taking advantage of a growing naval partnership with Sri Lanka, the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) of the U.S. Pacific Fleet has established a logistics hub in Sri Lanka to receive support, supplies and services at sea, a U.S. Navy news report said....
UK closely follows developments in Sri Lanka's human rights
Dec 08, Colombo: The United Kingdom is closely following developments in promoting and protecting human rights in Sri Lanka and is aware of the concern felt by many about the potential impact on human rights defenders, UK Minister of State for Human Rights said. ...
STAX Head of Research reaches the finals of the prestigious Bracken Bower Prize
Dec 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka's premier Management Consulting firm, STAX has long been known to attract top talent from some of the world's most prestigious universities and corporates. Its Head of Research Piyumi Kapugeekiyana is a testament to this....
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