Allegation of doing business with state: Civil society activist Oshala Herath has said that regardless of the political party one...
The government has appealed to India for immediate help to overcome the serious shortage of life-saving drugs and injections. The...
The ICC has finalised Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai as the venues in India for the 2026 men’s T20 World Cup, which will be co-hosted...
Mercantile Tennis Tournament 2025 Yashitha De Silva of MAS Holding beat Sanka Athukarala of Lanka Minerals & Chemical to clinch the Division I men’s singles title...
Dasun Shanaka has been named Sri Lanka’s vice-captain for the upcoming T20I tri-series that will also involve Pakistan and Zimbabwe. Fast bowler Eshan Malinga, meanwhile, is...
A man who killed six people, including a mother and four children, in the Canadian capital Ottawa has been sentenced to life in prison. Febrio De-Zoysa,...
China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has entered service days after a grand commissioning ceremony overseen by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, state media said. The...
Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a high school complex in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. Fifty-four people...
Pradeep Nilanga Dela has been elected as the Diyawadana Nilame [lay custodian] of the Sri Dalada Maligawa [Temple of the sacred tooth relic] in Kandy for...
The government has allocated Rs 21 billion for research and development in the 2026 budget. Public expenditure in Research and Development (R&D) is critical for Sri...
The government has allocate Rs 407 billion for national security in Rs 2026. Of this sum Rs 361.6 bn will be for recurrent expenditure and Rs 45.3...
The government has allocated a sum of Rs 837 billion [Rs 835.4 billion recurrent expenditure and Rs 1.5 bn capital expenditure] for the Aswesuma program [Rs...
The government has allocated Rs 53billion [Rs 14.37 bn recurrent expenditure and Rs 38.98 bn capital expenditure] for coastal protection [Rs 1.0 bn], Disaster Management [Rs...
The government has allocated a sum of Rs 267billion [Rs 102.6 bn recurrent expenditure and Rs 164 bn as capital expenditure] for the Ministries of Agriculture...