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Kodikara Memorial Oration highlights need for more plural global order

COLOMBO, Aug. 13 -- Sri Lanka must adapt its foreign policy to a rapidly changing international order by embracing strategic hedging and multi-alignment while protecting the interests of smaller state... Read More


Public urged to send footage of dangerous driving to police

COLOMBO, Aug. 13 -- The Sri Lanka Police have urged the public to record dangerous driving and other traffic violations and submit the footage via WhatsApp, saying legal action will be taken against o... Read More


Jaffna launches district-level initiative to combat human trafficking

COLOMBO, Aug. 13 -- A district-level initiative to strengthen efforts against human trafficking and human smuggling was launched in Jaffna on Wednesday (12) with the establishment of an Anti-Human Tra... Read More


Colorectal cancer rising among young Sri Lankans, specialist warns

COLOMBO, Aug. 13 -- Sri Lanka is witnessing a significant increase in colorectal diseases, including a growing incidence of colorectal cancer among younger people, a senior gastroenterology specialist... Read More


Nine Indian fishermen caught bottom trawling in SL waters arrested, trawler seized

COLOMBO, Aug. 13 -- Sri Lanka Navy arrested nine Indian fishermen engaged in illegal bottom trawling off Talaimannar, and seized their fishing trawler in the early hours of Wednesday (12). The detecti... Read More


Sri Lanka dengue cases surpass 91,000 as death toll rises to 68

COLOMBO, Aug. 13 -- Sri Lanka's dengue outbreak has intensified, with the number of infections surpassing 91,000 and the death toll rising to 68 so far this year, according to the latest figures relea... Read More


President, BASL discuss judges' retirement age, judicial reforms

COLOMBO, Aug. 12 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and representatives of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) held discussions on Wednesday (12) on the proposed Twenty-Second Amendment to the ... Read More


Sri Lanka reports Rs 145.5 bn in loans to women-led MSMEs under finance code

COLOMBO, Aug. 12 -- Women-owned and women-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) received 36,087 business loans worth approximately Rs145.5 billion during the first year of Sri Lanka's ... Read More


BASL calls for referendum on proposed judicial retirement age amendment

COLOMBO, Aug. 12 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has called for the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which seeks to extend the retirement age of Supreme Court and Court of Appea... Read More


G.L. Peiris to challenge judges' tenure extension in Supreme Court

COLOMBO, Aug. 12 -- Former Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said a fundamental rights petition would be filed in the Supreme Court next week challenging the government's proposed constitutional amen... Read More