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Health sector heading for crisis due to multiple challenges: Doctors' Union

Sri Lanka, April 10 -- The Doctors' Trade Union Alliance for Medical and Civil Rights has warned that Sri Lanka's health sector is heading towards a serious crisis due to multiple challenges, includin... Read More


Severe lightning warning issued for several provinces

Sri Lanka, April 10 -- The Department of Meteorology has issued a warning for Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, and Uva provinces, as well as Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts, stating that thundershowe... Read More


Day after National Vesak Festival not a public holiday: Labour Dept.

Sri Lanka, April 10 -- The Labour Department has clarified that the day after the National Vesak Festival in 2026, which falls on May 30, will not be observed as a public holiday. The 2026 National V... Read More


Three arrested over Rs. 30 million Canada job scam

Sri Lanka, April 10 -- Three individuals have been arrested over an alleged large-scale job scam involving nearly Rs. 30 million, where victims were promised employment opportunities in Canada, the Sr... Read More


March Mahapola scholarship Rs. 10,000 credited to student accounts

Sri Lanka, April 10 -- The Mahapola Scholarship installment for March has been credited to university students' bank accounts today (10), the Lalith Athulathmudali Mahapola Higher Education Scholarshi... Read More


Ranil taken to Singapore for medical care as CID is after doctors treating him here: Wajira

Sri Lanka, April 10 -- The United National Party (UNP) said that its leader and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe had to be taken to Singapore for medical treatment because the Criminal Investigat... Read More


Sri Lankan Ambassador meets Nepal new Prime Minister

Sri Lanka, April 9 -- The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Nepal, Ruwanthi Delpitiya, paid a joint courtesy call on Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah, together with Heads of Diplomatic Missions based in ... Read More


Sudden downpour in Pallekele causes several trees to fall

Sri Lanka, April 9 -- A sudden heavy downpour accompanied by strong winds struck the Balagolla area in the Pallekele Police Division, causing several trees to fall. A tree collapsed onto a three-whee... Read More


Sri Lanka reaches IMF staff-level agreement, $700M financing expected

Sri Lanka, April 9 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and authorities of Sri Lanka have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews unde... Read More


Nepal issues arrest warrant for former PM Deuba in graft probe

Sri Lanka, April 9 -- Nepal has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba for alleged corruption, officials said on Thursday (April 9, 2026), making him the latest high-pro... Read More