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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,...

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has authorised the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to raise the average electricity bill by 75% across all categories. According to the PUCSL, the electricity bill increase of 75% is the first since...

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has approached former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga about becoming Chairman of the National Sports Council. Arjuna Ranatunga, the 1996 World Cup captain, confirmed to the media that the minister asked him to head the...

UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara stated that the two parties reached an agreement at the historic Presidential Palace in Kandy to unite Pohottuwa and the United National Party just like the 1815 Udara Agreement was signed. He stated this...

Dr. Harsha de Silva said that some people are spreading false rumors that he will join the government and that rumor has no truth. He stated this at the Samagi Jana Balawega MP group meeting held today. "I don't do...