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Foreign employment departures and remittances record shifts

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- Employment departures as a share of total departures from Sri Lanka dropped to 7.2% in 2025, moving down from 8.1% in the previous year and a peak of 27.6% in 2022, according to... Read More


Police sergeant dies after drowning while bathing in Gampaha

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- A police sergeant attached to the Kurunegala Headquarters Police has died at Gampaha Hospital last night (29) while receiving treatment in critical condition after drowning whil... Read More


Special traffic plan announced for Ambalangoda due to annual perahera

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- A special traffic plan will be implemented within the Ambalangoda police division tomorrow (01) and the day after due to the annual street procession of the Modara Devalaya in A... Read More


Health Minister holds talks with Chinese ambassador

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr Nalinda Jayatissa held a meeting with the new Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Wei Huaxiang, at the Ministry of Mass Media yesterday (29). ... Read More


2027 Budget to be presented on November 12

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- Sri Lanka's Committee on Parliamentary Business has decided that the appropriation bill for the financial year 2027 will be presented for its second reading, known as the budget... Read More


Govt reviews plans to phase out IMF-linked Aswesuma beneficiaries

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- The Government is reconsidering plans to remove nearly one million families classified as extremely poor and poor from the Aswesuma welfare programme, with Deputy Social Securit... Read More


US Army Pacific Deputy Commander arrives in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- Lieutenant General Joel "JB" Vowell, Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), arrived in Colombo today for a three-day official visit aimed at strengthening mil... Read More


Upcountry Train Services to Resume Following Cyclone Restoration

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- Sri Lanka Railways announced that train operations along the Upcountry Line connecting Colombo Fort, Peradeniya, and Gampola will recommence on October 2. Cyclone "Ditwah" caus... Read More


Motion requesting enforcement of Gnanasara Thera's prison sentence called before court

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- A motion filed by the Attorney General seeking an order to execute the prison sentence against Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera following the revocation of his presiden... Read More


India Airlifts Anti-Tuberculosis Medicines to Colombo

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- A consignment of approximately three tonnes of anti-tuberculosis medication arrived in Colombo aboard an Indian Air Force C-130J transport aircraft. Indian External Affairs Min... Read More