Month: November 2025
Hong Kong Sixes 2025: Sri Lanka claims Bowl title defeating UAE
Sri Lanka claimed the bowl title at the Hong Kong Sixes 2025 tournament after defeating the United Arab Emirates by 21 runs in...
BBC director general and News CEO resign over Trump documentary edit
The BBC’s director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by...
Philippines evacuates almost a million as super typhoon nears
Nearly a million people have been evacuated and floodwaters were rising in the Philippines on Sunday (09) before Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected late-night landfall...
Sri Lanka’ housing crisis: Nearly 900,000 families without permanent homes
The government has acknowledged a growing housing crisis, with nearly 900,000 families lacking permanent homes across the country. The revelation comes amid reports...
Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church condemns Govt’s proposed sexual education curriculum
The Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, has voiced strong objections to a planned sexual education programme set to be introduced...
SLPP secures control of Sri Lanka’s richest multipurpose cooperative society
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has clinched majority control of the Kotapola Multipurpose Cooperative Society, widely regarded as the richest cooperative society...
Central Bank’s vehicle loan cuts raise fears of higher costs
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued new directives tightening vehicle loans for private commercial and passenger vehicles, effective November 8, 2025....
Opposition alleges Govt’s double-cab tender rigged to favour select bidders
Opposition MP Dr. Harsha de Silva has called for the immediate cancellation of the government’s tender to procure 1,775 double cabs, alleging that...
Sri Lanka’s apparel exporters decry port delays as rivals overtake regionally
An apex body of Sri Lanka’s apparel exporters on Friday demanded reforms at the Colombo port and claimed that traders are losing their...
Govt’s solar power deal will drain billions from consumers
The Electricity Consumers’ Association (ECA) says the government is attempting to approve 10 large-scale solar power projects through a Cabinet subcommittee, bypassing standard...
