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Over 80 killed in road accidents, drowning incidents during New Year period - Police

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- More than 80 persons have lost their lives due to road accidents and drowning incidents during the New Year season, according to police. These fatalities were reported between ... Read More


Two Indonesian nationals arrested with over 5kg of 'Kush' at BIA

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- Two foreign nationals have been arrested earlier this morning (20) by officers of the Airport Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) while attempting to leave the country with a stock of... Read More


Central Bank presents Annual Economic Review and Financial Statements and Operations reports to President

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- The Central Bank of Sri Lanka's "Annual Economic Review 2025" and "Financial Statements and Operations 2025" reports were presented this morning (20) at the Presidential Secreta... Read More


Second school term for 2026 begins today

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- The second school term for the year 2026 in all government and government-approved private Sinhala and Tamil schools commences today (20). Meanwhile, the fourth stage of the fi... Read More


Iran's President says war must end to focus on rebuilding

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- Iran needs to end the war against the United States and Israel as swiftly as possible to focus on the bigger task of reconstruction, according to President Masoud Pezeshkian. I... Read More


New NIE Director General assumes duties

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- Senior Professor O. G. Dayaratna Banda has assumed duties as the 15th Director General of the National Institute of Education (NIE) Maharagama, with effect from today (April 20)... Read More


Anura Karunathilaka sworn in as new Energy Minister

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Anura Karunathilake has been appointed as the Minister of Energy. Minister Karunathilake was sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissana... Read More


WHO team reviews Sri Lanka's health system reform program

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- A World Health Organization (WHO) expert team has arrived in Sri Lanka to review the progress of the country's health system and submit recommendations to strengthen it further,... Read More


Alert for potential mega-quake in Japan issued, tsunami warnings still in effect

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued an alert for a potential mega-quake, following the magnitude 7.7 quake on Monday. The agency says residents in seven prefectures shoul... Read More


Road accidents rise sharply during festive period, police reveal

Sri Lanka, April 20 -- A surge in road traffic accidents has been recorded between April 10 and 19 this year compared to the same period last year, according to Deputy Inspector General of Police in c... Read More