Month: March 2025
22,450 institutions default on EPF instalment payments
The Ministry of Labour has identified as many as 22,450 state and private sector institutions that have defaulted the instalment payments of the...
Underworld infighting intensified due to covert crackdown – Deputy Minister
The government is covertly cracking down on the underworld without advertising it through promotions such as ‘Yukthiya’ of the past, said deputy minister...
Speaker’s embarrassing reaction to opposition MP’s query
Speaker of parliament Jagath Wickramaratne made quite an embarrassing response to a question raised by opposition MP D.V. Chanaka. Noting a government instruction...
LG polls: UNP sets deadline for alliance with SJB
The United National Party (UNP) has set a deadline of March 20 for the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to decide whether it will...
NPP blames Ranil for breeding Macaques
Although the upcoming census of wild animals that damage agricultural crops is a joke to many, it is actually a scientific method used...
Pakistan forces end Jaffar Express standoff; 21 hostages, 4 troops killed
A tense standoff aboard the Jaffar Express concluded on Wednesday when Pakistani security forces launched an operation, killing all 33 separatists and rescuing...
Grama Niladharis refrain from night duties
Approximately 7,000 Grama Niladharis across the island are facing unsafe working conditions. As a result, the Sri Lanka Grama Niladhari Association has decided...
Decline in marriage rates
A survey conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics has revealed that the number of marriages has decreased in the past five...
Hospitals crippled by health strike
Both inpatients and outpatients faced severe difficulties yesterday (12) due to the token strike launched in hospitals across the island in response to...
SJB asks govt to table before House all Commission reports since 1994
The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has called on the government to table the reports of all commissions of inquiry and presidential...
