The ongoing West Asia war, triggered by joint Israel-US attack on Iran on 28 Februar, has benefited the China-run Hambantota...
A three-day “study visit” by the subject Minister to the Norochcholai coal power plant has triggered concern among power sector...
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...
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...
The government has allocated Rs. 169 bn (Rs. 85.7 bn as recurrent expenditure and Rs. 0.64 bn as capital expenditure) to provide around 1 million new...
The government has allocated a sum of Rs 456 billion (Rs 52.5 bn as recurrent expenditure and Rs 403 bn as capital expenditure) for the maintenance,...
The government, in its 2026 budget has allocated Rs 704 billion (Rs 605.5 bn recurrent expenditure and Rs 98.8 bn as capital expenditure) to provide quality...
A sum of Rupees 654 billion (Rs 543.1 bn as recurrent expenditure and Rs 111.1 bn as capital expenditure) has been allocated to provide health services...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake delivering the 2026 Budget, said that the government expenditure for the year 2026, including debt servicing, is Rs. 8,980 billion. Of this...
