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2025 NATIONAL IMMUNISATION SUMMIT REPORT PRESENTED TO HEALTH MINISTER

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- Sri Lanka's Minister of Health, Nalinda Jayatissa, has received the technical report from the 2025 National Immunisation Summit, which took place in March this year. The report w... Read More


PRESIDENT DISSANAYAKE URGES EXPORTERS TO PAY FAIR TAXES

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- During a pre-budget meeting for 2026, Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told private sector exporters that while the government is ready to provide them with support... Read More


TRAFFIC ADVISORY: SECTION OF BASELINE ROAD CLOSED FOR REPAIRS

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Due to ongoing repairs, two lanes of the inbound road from the Borella Devi Balika Vidyalaya Roundabout to the D. S. Senanayake Junction have been closed. Police are advising dr... Read More


SLTB TRADE UNIONS ANNOUNCE STRIKE FROM MIDNIGHT

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) trade unions have announced that they will launch a strike starting at midnight today (27). The strike is being organized in protest of seve... Read More


MINISTER REITERATES SRI LANKAN OWNERSHIP OF KACHCHATHEEVU ISLAND

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath, has affirmed that there has been no official alteration to the ownership of Kachchatheevu Island. Speaking at a press br... Read More


SOUTHERN EXPRESSWAY TO BE REPAIRED

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The government has decided to repair the Southern Expressway from the 19km to the 44km mark, between Kottawa and Dodangoda. The Cabinet of Ministers has awarded the contract to ... Read More


PHYSICIANS CONCERNED OVER THE REMOVAL OF KEY POSITIONS IN FOOD CONTROL UNIT

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The Sri Lanka College of Nutrition Physicians (SLCNP) has raised serious concerns regarding a potential move by the Ministry of Health to eliminate key positions within its Food ... Read More


DISCIPLINARY PROBE LAUNCHED AGAINST DOCTOR WHO COMMENTED ON FORMER PRESIDENT'S HEALTH

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- A disciplinary inquiry has been launched against Dr. Rukshan Bellana, Deputy Director of the Colombo National Hospital, according to Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Hansaka Wijemun... Read More


HORRIFIC INCIDENT ON DAMBULLA-KURUNEGALA ROAD

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- A horrific collision involving a tipper, a lorry, a van, and a car has occurred on the Dambulla-Kurunegala main road in the Kohoranwewa area. Police stated that one person was i... Read More


VAJIRA ABEYWARDENA CLAIMS WELIKADA PRISON LAND BELONGED TO RANIL WICKREMESINGHE'S FAMILY

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The Chairman of the United National Party, former minister Vajira Abeywardena, has claimed that the 43-acre land where Welikada Prison is located belonged to former President Ran... Read More