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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...

The members of Samagi Jana Balawega have unanimously decided not to join the government and to decline ministerial positions.This decision was made at today's MP group meeting, which was presided over by party leader Mr. Sajith Premadasa, and other party...

A GI pipe fell from a nearby building into a car parked in a fuel line and caused damage. The incident took place near Cipetco petrol station in Colombo city. It is reported that the pipe pierced the front glass...

UN human rights experts* today condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since 2 April 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to crackdown on peaceful protesters and prevent them from voicing their grievances amidst an economic...