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China continues to sail a missile observation and tracking ship to Sri Lanka's port of Hambantota despite a request from Lankan authorities to defer the visit. India has expressed concern about the ship, which can be used to track ballistic...

Cabinet spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena says that the regulation of all passenger transport services will be given to the National Transport Commission. The Cabinet spokesperson said this while answering a question raised by a journalist attending the press conference to inform...

Mr. SB Dissanayake stated that institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will ultimately side with America, and while Pohottuwa has no American affinity, we gave power to Ranil Wickramasinghe in the hope of gaining international...

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Minister of Transport and Highways' resolution to take the necessary steps to amend the current motor traffic act, including the necessary amendments to allow the registration of electric three-wheeler vehicles. Several parties have requested...

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the President in his capacity as Minister of Finance, Economic Stability, and National Policies to conduct negotiations and enter into agreements with the Asian Development Bank. The "Food Security and Livelihood...

The Cabinet of Ministers approved revising the current water and sewerage tariffs to cover the National Water Supply and Drainage Board's recurrent monitoring costs and capital loan services responsibility. According to Cabinet decisions, it was recognised that a revision of...

Former Minister Johnston Fernando and two others who were indicted in a bribery case were barred from travelling by the Colombo High Court. They are barred from travelling overseas until the conclusion of the trial. The trio is accused of...

Today, the Amended Appropriation Bill for 2022 was tabled in Parliament (09). Susil Premajayantha, Leader of the Parliament and Minister of Education, presented the bill to Parliament. Following the presentation of the 2022 budget by former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa...

Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, will need all the help he can get to stave off an economic collapse. He should be striving to win over his many critics, not to suppress them. The scale of the crisis confronting Wickremesinghe,...

International cricket umpire, Rudi Koertzen, and three other people were killed in a head-on collision near Riversdale, South Africa on Tuesday morning. The 73-year-old Koertzen was on his way back home from Cape Town after a golf weekend. His son,...