PM highlights importance of child-focused public financing
Emphasizing the critical importance of child-focused public financing, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said government budgets are among the most powerful instruments for realizing the rights and well-being of children as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. …
President felicitates Sri Lankan officers behind Jakarta underworld bust
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today felicitated ASP Rohan Olugala of the Western North Crimes Division and ASP Mahinda Jayasundara of the Criminal Investigation Department for their crucial role in tracking down a Sri Lankan underworld group in Indonesia. Among those…
Grade 05 scholarship exam results : New update
The Department of Examinations says the results of the 2025 Grade 05 Scholarship Examination will be released tonight (03). A total of 307,951 candidates sat for the examination at 2,787 centres across the country on 10th August. Once released, the…
President appoints 18 New High Court Judges
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed 18 new High Court Judges. The letters of appointment were formally handed over this afternoon (03) at the Presidential Secretariat by President Dissanayake. Among those appointed are 17 Special Class Judicial Officers and a…
03rd September : Warm weather alert issued for 12 districts
The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for warm weather for the Northern, North-central and Eastern provinces and Monaragala and Hambantota districts. According to the department, amber alerts have been issued to 12 districts, effective tomorrow (03 Sept). The…
Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I Live Streaming
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Godawaya Shipwreck Exhibition inaugurated in Colombo
The Godawaya Shipwreck Exhibition at the BMICH in Colombo was inaugurated today by US Ambassador Julie Chung and Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs, Hiniduma Sunil Senevi, together with the Central Cultural Fund’s Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU). According to…
Doctors’ strike at Ratnapura Hospital to continue, GMOA warns
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) – Ratnapura Teaching Hospital Branch has decided to continue its strike, which was launched at the hospital last morning. A 24-hour strike was launched within the Ratnapura Teaching Hospital from 08.00 am yesterday to…
Gambling Regulatory Authority Bill now law
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Jagath Wickramaratne today (03) endorsed the certification on the Gambling Regulatory Authority Bill in accordance with Article 79 of the Constitution. The Bill was passed with amendments following the Second Reading debate in…
New state-of-the-art scanning machines installed at BIA
Sri Lanka Customs has reportedly installed two state-of-the-art scanning machines, valued at approximately Rs. 50 million, at the Katunayake Airport terminal. According to a senior Customs official at the Katunayake Airport, the machines, imported from Germany, operate using 2D scanning…