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China's former justice minister Fu Zhenghua, who spearheaded several corruption-fighting campaigns, has been jailed for bribery. Fu pleaded guilty in July to accepting 117 million yuan ($14.7m; $16.5m) in gifts and money. Chinese media reported he'd received a suspended death...

North Korea says it has never sold weapons to Russia and has no plans to do so in the future, following US reports that Moscow was turning to Pyongyang to replenish stockpiles. US officials said earlier that Russia could purchase rockets...

Datuk Seri M. Saravanan, Malaysia's Human Resources Minister, stated that the Malaysian government has committed to hiring 10,000 Sri Lankans. According to a statement issued today by Malaysia's Human Resources Minister, the Malaysian Cabinet has agreed to bring in 10,000...

Dialog Axiata Group, the largest Foreign Direct Investor (FDI) operating under the auspices of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI), announced the signing of two supplementary agreements with the BOI on September 13, 2022, for an additional USD...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the Speaker that the Cabinet of Ministers in Sri Lanka has yet to be briefed on the IMF Staff-Level Agreement that was recently signed with officials. The Speaker stated that the President has emphasised that,...

Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella justified the higher tariffs on women's sanitary pads on Wednesday, saying the decision will increase market opportunities for locally produced sanitary items. The Minister stated that the government's primary priority right now is the availability of female hygiene products during the economic downturn. "First and foremost, under the current circumstances, particularly with the economic downturn, you must make it available at a reasonable and affordable price for everyone to have it rather than making alternative arrangements," Minister Rambukwella said during a Twitter Space discussion titled "Policy Making to Menstruate Confidently." "Because other arrangements may result in some type of illness, which may then lead to many other consequences that are more detrimental." Local and foreign sanitary pads are available on the local market for between 350 and 800 rupees, up from roughly 110 rupees a year ago. The majority of the market is dominated by foreign brands, and females prefer to buy international brands over local products due to their superior quality. "The reason we slapped a relatively high tariff on it is to ensure that the local industry benefits."  "As a result, the competitiveness may not be the same," Rambukwella explained. He went on to say that the country must move away from thinking of pads as a luxury item and instead consider them a basic hygiene need around the world. Minister also stated that the country should consider free or open market forms in addition to the current mixed market economy.

North-South convergence signature campaign, the 'public petition' demanding the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, is scheduled to be signed today (22) at 4 pm at the Galle Face. The Inter-University Student Union is too involved in this event.

The attorney general for the US state of New York has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, accusing the former United States president of unlawfully inflating his net worth to obtain millions of dollars in loans and other benefits. The...

How she was trapped on the highway, why she became sick in jail, and what her next step is. Damita is acting too much…'It has been published several times on social media that the ministers of the ruling party have...

According to John Hopkins University economist Professor Steve Hanke's data reports, Sri Lanka has ranked third in the world in terms of the depreciation of the local currency against the US dollar. According to the report, the state of Zimbabwe...