Month: May 2025
UK Trade Envoy visits Sri Lanka to strengthen economic ties
Lord Hannett of Everton, the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka, is on an official visit to Colombo from May 25...
Strike by supplementary medical staff disrupts hospital services
Hospital services islandwide were disrupted today (27) as two professional groups affiliated with the Joint Council for Professions of Supplementary to Medicine (JCPSM)...
Kandy faces costly dilemma in disposing 600 MT of waste
Weeks after the special exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic, nearly 600 metric tons of garbage collected across the city of Kandy remain...
Macron says video of wife pushing him shows them ‘joking around’
Emmanuel Macron has denied he and his wife, Brigitte, had an altercation after a viral video promoted by Russian state media and French...
Sri Lanka could reach breaking point by December – Wajira
United National Party (UNP) Chairman and former Minister Wajira Abeywardena yesterday (27) warned that Sri Lanka may face a massive collapse by the...
GMOA slams Health Minister’s appeal to WHO to block overseas appointments for Sri Lankan doctors
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has strongly criticized Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa for urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to limit...
Sri Lanka to clash with Brunei and Chinese Taipei in June showdowns
The Sri Lanka National Football Team is gearing up for two important international fixtures during the June FIFA window, as confirmed by the...
India overtakes Japan to become world’s 4th largest economy
India has overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy and is now poised to surpass Germany to claim the third position within...
Supplementary medical professionals threaten strike over unresolved demands
The Joint Council for Professions of Supplementary to Medicine (JCPSM) has announced plans to initiate trade union action due to the government’s failure...
A farewell to the ‘Queen of Hearts’: Celebrating Malini Fonseka
Today, we say goodbye to Malini Fonseka. But we are not here to be sad. We are here to celebrate a beautiful life...
