… as Lakvijaya falters, power plants need over 2 mn litres of fuel daily By Shamindra Ferdinando The SJB yesterday (06) said that...
UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Christine Arab, concluded a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka (25–26 March),...
United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the...
Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru [RCB] razed Chennai Super Kings’ [CSK] attack and the record books, in front of their...
Mohammed Shami’s miserly 2 for 9 and Rishabh Pant’s uncharacteristic half-century helped Lucknow Super Giants [LSG] open their account in...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 05 April 2026, valid...
Sameer Rizvi picked up his second Player-of-the-Match award in as many games in IPL 2026, this time scoring 90 off...
On the apparent northward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 04 April 2026, valid...
Iran has executed two men convicted of being members of the banned People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) opposition group,...
An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara...
300,000 acres from government lands including State Plantation Corporation, Mahaweli A and B Zones, and Land Reform Commission will be allocated for large scale agriculture activities....
The Suraksha Student’s Insurance Scheme, which was introduced in the year 2016 but is currently not in operation will be revived and all school students will...
Students of Non-State Universities will be able to obtain subsidized student loan scheme through commercial banks in addition, the existing interest-free student loan scheme and will...
A budgetary provision of Rs 1 billion has been made for the establishment of the National Education University by integrating 19 Colleges of Education. The National...
A sum of Rs.10 billion was allocated for the year 2024 for the renovation of rural roads which were not maintained or managed properly in the...
As regional development programmes could not be implemented due to the difficult situation in the country, a sum of Rs. 11,250 million was allocated for the...
As an initial step Rs. 4 billion has been allocated to grant land ownership and dwelling houses for estate dwellers
Nearly 50,000 families who have been allocated houses on rent under various urban development programmes will be given the ownership of these houses. It is envisaged...
Persons with disabilities and kidney patients who are being paid a monthly allowance of Rs. 5,000 will be paid Rs7,500 and the present monthly payment of...
The deduction percentage from the salary for the Widows’ & Widowers’ and Orphans’ Pensions (W&OP) scheme which is 6-7 percent of the basic salary at present...
The nearly 730,000 public pensioners who are only receiving a Cost of Living Allowance of Rs. 3,525 per month at present will be paid a Cost...
The Cost of Living Allowance being paid to Government employees, which is Rs 7800 at present will be increased by Rs 10,000 to Rs 17,800 from...
