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A crackdown in motion

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- The drive against the narcotics trade is being spearheaded by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake himself. President Dissanayake launched a campaign titled 'A Nation United' or 'Ra... Read More


US atomic tests: for brinkmanship or spectacle?

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- This was even as the world's biggest nuclear power, the US, was busy financing and equipping the world's 'rogue' nuclear-armed state, its protege Israel, to continue bombarding an... Read More


2026 budget should be a blueprint to build on the already achieved

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- It was a slippery path encumbered with rocks. The government had to move ahead against global economic headwinds. Sri Lanka, along with other countries in the region and elsewhere... Read More


A victory for democracy

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- Far-Right's anti-immigration and anti-Islam message, placing their faith in the Centrist D66 (D for Democrats) party led by 38-year-old Rob Jetten. If coalition talks succeed, he ... Read More


Cabinet Decisions

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Prime Minister, as Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Professional Education to enter into the follow... Read More


Minister calls for public support to fight drug traffickers

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar called upon the public to actively provide information regarding drug traffickers, cannabis smugglers, viol... Read More


Factory worker dies in tea processing machine mishap

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- A person who worked at the Moussakelle Tea Factory died at dawn on yesterday (5) after getting caught in the tea leaf processing machine (roller). Commenting on an inquiry made, ... Read More


Inaugural Session of Student Parliament of Ratnapura Seevali Central College held at Presidential Secretariat

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- In line with the Vision programme series jointly implemented for schoolchildren by the Presidential Secretariat, the Education Ministry and the Communication Department of Parliam... Read More


Government committed to eliminate drug menace, corruption - Minister

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- The Government is committed to eliminating the two fatal forces - drug menace and corruption, Justice and Naitional Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said. The prison sys... Read More


Four teens drown in Deduru-Oya, bodies found

Sri Lanka, Nov. 6 -- Chilaw police recovered the bodies of four individuals who had gone missing after drowning in the Deduru-Oya, and a search is going on to locate the remaining individuals. The vic... Read More