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CPC REPORTS PROFIT AND ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has reported a profit of Rs.18 billion for the first half of 2025. According to the company's Managing Director, Mayura Netthikumara, the... Read More


PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES NEW NEPALESE PRIME MINISTER

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has congratulated Sushila Karki on her appointment as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal. In a post on his official X account, the President... Read More


MINISTER SAYS REMOVAL OF FORMER PRESIDENTS' PRIVILEGES IS A FULFILLED PROMISE

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- Minister Sunil Handunnetti says the abolition of privileges and special rights for former presidents is a promise the government made to the people. He said there is no reason ... Read More


2026 SCHOOL CALENDAR ANNOUNCED

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education has released the school calendar for 2026 for Sinhala and Tamil schools. The first phase of the first term ... Read More


CPC RECORDS PROFIT OF RS. 18Bn

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has recorded a profit of Rs.18 billion for the first half of 2025. According to the company's Managing Director Mayura Netthikumara, the ... Read More


PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES NEW NEPALESE PM SUSHILA KARKI

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has congratulated Sushila Karki on her appointment as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal. In a post on his official X account, the President... Read More


REMOVING EX-PRESIDENTS' PRIVILEGES, FULFILLING NPP'S PROMISE - HANDUNNETTI

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunnetti says that abolition of privileges and special rights for former presidents is a promise that the governmen... Read More


GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH GAMBLING REGULATORY AUTHORITY

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- The government is to establish a single, independent oversight authority to regulate all gaming and gambling activities in Sri Lanka, soon.. The new Gambling Regulatory Authori... Read More


SRI LANKA BACKS UN RESOLUTION ON PALESTINE

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- Sri Lanka has welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly endorsing the New York Declaration on the peaceful settlement of the Question of Pales... Read More


EX-CHAIRMAN OF WATTEGAMA URBAN COUNCIL ARRESTED

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- Former Chairman of the Wattegama Urban Council, Ravindra Bandara, has been arrested along with an associate, Lakshitha Manoj Weerabahu. The pair were taken into custody over al... Read More