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BASL urges President to strengthen Right to Information Commission

Sri Lanka, Dec. 20 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take immediate steps to ensure the provision of adequate and independent financial resourc... Read More


Safeguarding and Pastoral Care Conference 2025 BSC takes lead in Safeguarding and Pastoral Care

Sri Lanka, Dec. 20 -- The British School in Colombo (BSC) recently took an inventive step to ensure safety and protection of children with its inaugural "Safeguarding and Pastoral Care Conference 2025... Read More


Sri Lanka After Cyclone Ditwah: The Full Scale of the Disaster in Numbers

Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- Cyclone Ditwah left Sri Lanka facing a national disaster of extraordinary scale. In a matter of days, the storm triggered lethal landslides, unprecedented flooding and the colla... Read More


Deputy Director of Colombo hospital suspended

Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- The Health and Mass Media Ministry has taken steps to suspend Dr. Rukshan Bellana, who served as the Deputy Director of the Colombo National Hospital. A formal letter has been i... Read More


Over 90 drugs fail quality tests in 2025; majority from India

Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- A total of 93 drugs have failed quality tests so far in 2025, according to the Medical Supplies Division of the Health Ministry. Of the drugs that failed the tests, 42 were manu... Read More


175,000 hectares of croplands destroyed, will there be a food security crisis?

Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- Land used for cultivating vegetables has also been destroyed with Nuwara Eliya recording the highest vegetable crop loss at approximately 1,046 hectares, followed closely by Badu... Read More


73 children lose parents due to Cyclone Ditwah

Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- Seventy three children have lost their parents - one or both - due to disasters triggered by Cyclone Ditwah as reported by December 16. The statistics released to the media by t... Read More


US warns travellers to Sri Lanka over chikungunya

Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 2 travel notice for Sri Lanka, advising travellers to "practice enhanced precautions." Issued earlier this mo... Read More


Executive Presidency will be abolished in new Constitution: PM assures

Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya today assured that the Executive Presidency will be abolished as promised in the National People's Power (NPP) manifesto. The Prime Minister to... Read More


Dasun Shanaka to lead Sri Lanka until 2026 T20 World Cup

Sri Lanka, Dec. 19 -- Sri Lanka Cricket's newly appointed Selection Committee Chairman, Pramodya Wickremesinghe said today (19) that Dasun Shanaka will continue as captain of the Sri Lankan national t... Read More