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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


AI to threaten 22.8 percent of employed people in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- A new study by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) shows that about 1.83 million Sri Lankan workers, or roughly 22.8 percent of the employed population, are in occupations that... Read More


Radiologist accused of sexually abusing foreign woman

Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- A foreign tourist has complained to the Galle police against a radiologist in a private hospital in Galle who is alleged to have sexually harassed her when she was referred to hi... Read More