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Constitutional Council declines to reveal details on Auditor General nomination

Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 -- The Constitutional Council (CC) has refused to disclose certain information sought under the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016, regarding its decision on the President's n... Read More


Election Commission recognises five new political parties

Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 -- The National Election Commission has officially recognised five new political parties as registered political parties during the year 2025. The newly registered parties are the ... Read More


Government reveals data on Ditwah relief payments

Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 -- The government has paid the initial relief payment of Rs. 25,000 to 4,220,047 individuals, while the Rs. 50,000 grant allocated for the purchase of kitchen equipment has been dis... Read More


Ravi flags tourism forex leakages despite record arrivals

Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 -- UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake raised serious concerns in Parliament over what he described as a growing disconnect between Sri Lanka's record tourist arrivals and the weak flow of for... Read More


SLAF deploys 11th contingent to MINUSCA

Sri Lanka, Jan. 21 -- The 11th Sri Lanka Air Force Aviation Contingent assigned to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) departed Sri Lanka this morning (21... Read More


Cyclone Ditwah: An Overlooked Environmental Tragedy

Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- Devastation caused by heavy rains in the early hours of November 22 2025 resulting in a Kadugannawa hill top collapsing onto a roadside tea shop and several vehicles, killing 6 a... Read More


Police lacks training in law enforcement

Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- The Police must enforce road discipline to counter accidents. The best is a very strenuous training in prevention, detection and proper prosecution. These are the three main ingr... Read More


Trump's BOP for Gaza, may be a pie in the sky

Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- US President Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace (BOP)' for the rehabilitation of post-war Gaza could turn out to be a pie in the sky, with opposition to it coming from both hardliner... Read More


US tariffs: Unravelling the 'rules-based' international order

Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- Over the years the US and the West has been in the habit of imposing tariffs, sanctions and other economic pressures on particular countries whose policies they claimed were not ... Read More


Man arrested under PMLA with Rs. 283.3 million in cash

Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- A 40-year-old man has been arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after police seized Rs. 283.3 million in cash and two vehicles suspected to have been ille... Read More