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Less than 24 hours after the government confirmed the assassination of Iranian Defense Chief Ali Larijani, Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has issued a special statement. In his message, the Supreme Leader expressed “deep regret” over Larijani’s death, describing...

Foreign media reports that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held a special telephone conversation with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, amid the current regional unrest. During the discussion, the two leaders focused on the ongoing crisis situation....

A 240-foot Bailey Bridge on the Chilaw–Thoduwawa Road, connecting the coastal villages of Thoduwawa and Iranawila, was jointly inaugurated by Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna, Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, and H.E. Santosh Jha, High Commissioner of...

The Sri Lanka Army has returned a seven-acre plot of land in Wattakachchi, where Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Velupillai Prabhakaran conducted key discussions during the war. The land, which belongs to the Department of Agriculture, includes several building...

   A 25-member delegation from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka visited India from 02nd to 06th March 2026 to participate in a specialised Training and Capacity-Building Programme on “Financial Frontiers – Innovation, Resilience and Internationalization”. The programme was organised...

The 10 TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters donated by the United States to Sri Lanka have now been dispatched, marking a significant development in bilateral cooperation. Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States, Mahinda Samarasinghe, confirmed the development in a post...

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, speaking in Parliament, highlighted several issues associated with the QR code system that was recently reintroduced by the government. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_4WAWDzKz10?feature=share

As soon as Anura became President, the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka came to meet him. During this meeting, he handed over a special personal invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin. The invitation was for Anura to attend the ‘BRICS’...

At the request of the Government of Sri Lanka, a capacity-building programme for 16 Sri Lankan health professionals was conducted from 10–16 March 2026 at the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) in Noida. Tailored to specific...

In view of the current situation and the declaration of every Wednesday as a public holiday, it has been decided that Parliament will not convene tomorrow (18). The Department of Parliamentary Communications announced that this decision was made during the...