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How to reduce your electricity Bill 02 : The Refrigerator
Refrigerators are one of the most energy-consuming appliances in your home, accounting for up to 50% of a household's electricity consumption in Sri Lanka. Reducing the energy consumption of your refrigerator can help yo...
22 February, 2023 | 12:50 p.m.
What we can do to reduce the impact of the electricity bill hike 01: LED Lamps over Incandescent Lamps
Switching from incandescent bulbs to LED bulbs is a simple and effective way to save money on energy costs while reducing your environmental impact. LED bulbs use less energy, last longer, emit less heat, and produce few...
22 February, 2023 | 09:00 a.m.
Did Sinhala Medium students get unfairly treated at the Open Uni LLB entrance exam?
Bias against certain groups of students in open competitive exams in Sri Lanka is a long-standing issue. Historically the selection test for the LLB Degree Programme of the Open University of Sri Lanka is one such exam. ...
21 August, 2022 | 18:21 p.m.
The reality behind Sri Lanka's Export earnings numbers
Sri Lanka Exports recorded 5-billion-dollar Mark in Five Months. Earnings from the merchandise exports increased by 9.9 % y-o-y to US$ 980.2 million in May 2022 as per the data released by the Sri Lanka Customs. Even tho...
28 June, 2022 | 11:10 a.m.
CEB, Corruption and Renewable Energy
The politicians & their policies are responsible for most of the hardships we face today. But when it comes to the power crisis, surprisingly the politicians had good policies but failed to implement them due to bureaucr...
11 June, 2022 | 03:06 a.m.CEB engineers' salary scale & allowances leak
With CEB engineers threatening the government and a strike along with a blackout, the salary scale of engineers leaked to the public domain. Accordingly, CEB’s 1160 engineers’ total salary is 555 mln rupees with top offi...
09 June, 2022 | 04:47 a.m.
What the data tells us about Covid-19 deaths in Sri Lanka
We went through all 204 Covid-19 deaths in Sri Lanka of the year 2020 and here is what we found.
10 January, 2021 | 16:41 p.m.Elon Musk Just become the wealthiest human on the planet Earth, his Response - How strange
Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk replaced Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, worth $185bn
07 January, 2021 | 16:42 p.m.
Colombo Kings unexpected problem
Colombo Kings has the strongest squad on paper among the @LPLT20 teams. But they have a major unexpected problem that could lead us to their downfall.!
26 November, 2020 | 06:17 a.m.
FIVE Things you need to watch out for in LPLT20 2020
The LPL 2020 – Sri Lanka’s brand new franchise T20 league – is set to begin on November 26 and run until December 16, with the Sooriyawewa Stadium, near Hambantota, hosting all the matches.
25 November, 2020 | 09:59 a.m.
Florida Early Voting: What does it indicate about the US Election 2020?
Early voting is smashing records across all over the United States, does the early voting tallies indicate a Biden win? The answer is No.
03 November, 2020 | 07:42 a.m.
Biden vs Trump: US election 2020 where the race stand?
Although polls suggest that Biden is well ahead of Trump in the election, the general consensus is the election is going to be much tighter than polls suggests
03 November, 2020 | 07:30 a.m.
Five DEADLY police shootings in last 100 days in Sri Lanka
Starting from Gorge Floyd incident in May the world has seen a spark of protesters across the globe condemning police brutality. However in Sri Lanka, in the last 3 months, there have been 5 deadly police shootings. Sri ...
30 August, 2020 | 13:34 p.m.
Chandimal's 354* in numbers
Yesterday former Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal scored a 391 ball 354* with 33 fours and 9 sixes for SL Army. Here are some records Chandimal broke with this mammoth knock.
30 August, 2020 | 09:24 a.m.
BREAKING: SLPP secures 2/3 Majority
With the support of Douglas Devananda's (EPDP), Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Pillayan Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) and Our People of People Party (OPPP) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna secured the 2/3 Majority ...
06 August, 2020 | 21:43 p.m.
BREAKING: SLPP secures 2/3 Majority
With the support of Douglas Devananda's (EPDP), Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Pillayan Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) and Our People of People Party (OPPP) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna secured the 2/3 Majority ...
08 August, 2020 | 12:06 p.m.
Polonnaruwa District Results: General Election Sri Lanka 2020
Every polling division in Polonnaruwa district was won by SLPP. And they were able to win 4 seats out of 5 in Polonnaruwa Other seat went to SJB.
06 August, 2020 | 16:44 p.m.
Nuwara Eliya District Results: General Election Sri Lanka 2020
Every polling division in Nuwara Eliya district was won by SLPP. And they were able to win 5 seats out of 8 in Nuwara Eliya. Other 3 seat went to SJB.
06 August, 2020 | 15:46 p.m.
Badulla District Results: General Election Sri Lanka 2020
Every polling division in Badulla district was won by SLPP. And they were able to win 6 seats out of 9 in Badulla. Other 3 seats won by SJB.
06 August, 2020 | 14:49 p.m.
Anuradhapura District Results: General Election Sri Lanka 2020
Every polling division in Anuradhapura district was won by SLPP. And they were able to win 8 seats out of 10 in Anuradhapura. Other 2 seat went to SJB.
06 August, 2020 | 15:12 p.m.
Moneragala District Results: General Election Sri Lanka 2020
Every polling division in Moneragala district was won by SLPP. And they were able to win 5 seats out of 6 in Moneragala. Other seat went to SJB.
06 August, 2020 | 13:25 p.m.
Matara District Results: General Election Sri Lanka 2020
Every polling division in Matara district was won by SLPP. And they were able to win 6 seats out of 7 in Matara. Other seats went to SJB.
06 August, 2020 | 12:40 p.m.
Galle District Results: General Election Sri Lanka 2020
Every polling division in Galle district was won by SLPP. And they were able to win 7 seats out of 9 in Galle. Other 2 seats went to SJB.
06 August, 2020 | 12:32 p.m.
What does the postal vote results tell us about the Election outcome
Usually in Sri Lanka Postal Votes always lean towards SLFP backed alliance. Usually, postal votes percentages of SLFP backed side over-performs district results. In the last presidential election, postal votes percentag...
06 August, 2020 | 08:48 a.m.
FINAL FORECAST: General Election Sri Lanka 2020
Between 20th July to 27th July 2020 numbers.lk conducted an online poll asking Sri Lankans how they are going to vote in the upcoming 2020 General Election. According to the results, SLPP will win a majority of the parli...
05 August, 2020 | 19:46 p.m.