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2025 A/L exam dates announced

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- The 2025 G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examination will be held from November 10 to December 05, 2025, the Department of Examinations confirmed. Accordingly, applications for the ... Read More


NTC approves 2.5% reduction in bus fares

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- The National Transport Commission (NTC) has approved a 2.5% reduction in bus fares from 01 July 2025. Earlier, it was reported that the government had informed bus associations ... Read More


Witness testimony of Deshabandu concludes before inquiry committee

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- The Committee of Inquiry to inquire and report its findings on suspended Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, in respect of acts of gross abuse of power, concl... Read More


Container congestion re-emerges at Colombo Port; CTOA demands action

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- The Chairman of the Container Transport Owners' Association (CTOA), Sanath Manjula has raised concerns over the re-emergence of container truck congestion at the Colombo Port, at... Read More


Writ against solar payments reduction to be taken up to confirm facts

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- The Court of Appeal today (25) ordered that a writ petition filed by 17 solar energy producers be taken up on August 04 to confirm the facts. The petition seeks an order to inva... Read More


Govt proposes 2% bus fare reduction; operators oppose proposal

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- The government has reportedly proposed a 2% reduction in bus fares in line with the national bus fare policy. However, private bus operators have opposed the proposal. The gove... Read More


Suspended Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya further remanded

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- Suspended Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and subsequently remanded, has been further remande... Read More


Arjun Aloysius summoned to Anuradhapura Court

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- The Anuradhapura Magistrate's Court has issued an order summoning Arjun Aloysius, the Chairman of the W. M. Mendis and Company, to appear on July 23rd pertaining to an ongoing ca... Read More


UN Rights Chief meets families of missing persons in Trincomalee

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- A group of activists and families of missing persons handed over letters and memorandums to the visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in Trincoma... Read More


Bodh Gaya Bodhi tree in excellent health: Indian Scientists

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- New study conducted by scientists attached to the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, India on the sacred Bodhi tree at the Mahabodhi Mahavihara in Bodh Gaya has confirmed... Read More