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The government has designated July 25th as Dengue Mosquito Control Day. As a result, for one hour, employees of government and private institutions are expected to identify mosquito breeding spots inside and outside the institution where they work, destroy them,...

Formal prevention program already in place According to Dr. Chandima Jeevandara, director of the Institute of Allergy, Immunology, and Cell Biology at the University of Sri Jayawardenepura, monkeypox spreads at a slower rate than coronavirus. However, he emphasizes that this...

Sri Lankans living in Switzerland have organized a protest campaign in Geneva in response to the Galle face attack. Here is a video about it.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) is concerned about what Lanka Coal Company (LCC) is doing to obtain coal on credit for the country's sole coal power plant in Norochcholai. Given the state of the Sri Lankan economy,...

Gold prices fell to a more than one-year low on Thursday (21), as investors awaited the European Central Bank's (ECB) policy announcement, as the prospect of aggressive policy tightening by major central banks weighed on the non-interest-bearing metal's appeal. Spot...

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has scheduled a pre-trial conference for August 26, 2022. Clifford Chance's Robert Houck, John Alexander, and Benjamin Berringer are representing Sri Lanka. HRB is seeking full payment from...

Canadian lawmaker Gary Anandasangaree called on his government to impose sanctions on former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday, days after they lost immunity from prosecution. Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka last week and is...

The opposition leader, Mr. Sajith Premadasa, has also issued a statement in response to Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe's request to Japan not to give money to Sri Lanka during the war. Some of us believe we have a president capable of...

The preceding week was a positive one for the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), with increased volumes observed as investor sentiments improved in the aftermath of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation. Trading in the Colombo bourse has been on an upward...

The Kelanitissa Combined Cycle Power Station shut down on Friday night (22) after running out of naphtha fuel, according media reports. According to Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Spokesman Andrew Navamani, a timeline for the Kelanitissa station's reopening is unknown, as...