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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


BORELLA SHOOTING: STF NABS SUSPECTED GUNMAN

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- The alleged gunman in the fatal shooting incident at the Sirisara Uyana playground in Borella was arrested by the Police STF, yesterday (12) The STF found 10.71 grams of 'ICE'... Read More


ALLEGED ASSOCIATE OF BACKHOE SAMAN ARRESTED

Sri Lanka, Sept. 13 -- A person suspected to be a key associate of alleged organised crime figure 'Backhoe Saman' has been arrested by the Western Province North Crime Division. Police stated that th... Read More


KABIR HASHIM ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF NEW COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Sri Lanka, Sept. 12 -- Member of Parliament Kabir Hashim has been elected as the new chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) for the first session of the 10th Parliament. The election too... Read More