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Is salt crisis worsening?

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Sri Lanka, an island nation surrounded by the Indian Ocean, is facing an unusual shortage of salt triggered by supply disruptions after heavy rainfall. The Daily Mirror Editor-in... Read More


Language learning for school children to be made compulsory: PM

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- The Government plans to make learning Tamil and Sinhalese students from Grade Six to Nine learn both Tamil and Sinhalese as their respective second languages, Prime Minister Harin... Read More


Former Minister Duminda Dissanayake arrested

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Former Anuradhapura District MP Duminda Dissanayake has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division this morning over the recovery of a gold-plated T56 weapon from the H... Read More


No plans to increase water tariff: Minister

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- There are no plans to increase the water tariff, Minister of Urban Development and Construction Anura Karunathilaka told Parliament today. The Minister responded to a question ra... Read More


Education Ministry to use blended learning as solution to teacher shortage: PM

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- The Education Ministry is looking to adopt blended learning as an interim solution to the shortage of teachers, Education Minister and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said today... Read More


Committee appointed to probe complaints against Dayasiri

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne today announced that he had appointed a three-member committee to look into complaints received against Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dayasiri Jayas... Read More


Anudi advances to Miss World 2025 Head-to-Head challenge

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Anudi Gunasekara has advanced into the Top 5 from Asia in the Head-to-Head Challenge at the 72nd Miss World pageant, marking a historic achievement as the first Sri Lankan to reac... Read More


''No beds, no rights'': UK woman held over £1.2m Kush haul cries foul in Sri Lanka jail

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Sri Lanka's Prisons Department yesterday has denied claims of mistreatment made by a British woman who was remanded on drug charges, insisting she is being treated in accordance w... Read More


Labour Department to probe NEXT Manufacturing closure amid worker rights concerns

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- Workers and their trade union have filed complaints seeking legally calculated compensation NEXT says it will support affected employees in finding alternative local employment An... Read More


CB cuts rates to pre-empt any fallout from trade uncertainty

Sri Lanka, May 23 -- The Central Bank delivered a surprise rate cut yesterday at its third monetary policy meeting for the year, reducing its key policy rate, the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR), by 25 ba... Read More