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Prime Minister, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, arrived in Canada on June 24, 2025, to attend the Meeting of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Board of Governors in Vancouver. Upon her arrival, she was ...
Iranian authorities have carried out a wave of arrests and multiple executions of people suspected of links to Israeli intelligence agencies, in the wake of the recent war between the two countries.
Quality fast bowling on a pitch offering plenty, batting frailties and a collection of third-umpiring controversies were ...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 27 JUNE 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 27 June 2025 by the Department of Meteorology  Showers will occur ...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the World Bank have written to Energy Minister regarding several key issues concerning the Electricity Act 2024 ...
Major General Kapila Dolage of the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers has been appointed the 67th Chief of Staff of the Army, effective yesterday (26).He succeeds Major General Chandana Wickramasinghe.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several uniquely Sri Lankan words to its June 2025 update, OED.com has said.Among the new entries is “asweddumise”, meaning to prepare land for paddy ...
The government has decided to import 40,000 tonnes of keeri samba due to a shortfall in supply and to meet the demand for that variety of rice, the President’s Media Division said. The decision has ...
In a major top-level reshuffle, 32 senior police officers—including nine Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs)—have been transferred with immediate effect, following approval from the National Police ...
In an unexpected twist that links science, conservation, and global fraud, Sri Lanka’s leading herpetologist Dr. Anslem de Silva has found himself confronting a unique kind of biological piracy—this ...
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Port congestion
The Colombo Port is reportedly experiencing delays again. An association of container truck operators has blamed this sorry state of affairs on the non-implementation of key recommendations made by a ...
Former Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayake was further remanded until July 7 by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court yesterday, in connection with a gold-plated T-56 assault rifle recovered from ...