Year: 2025
Sri Lanka smallholder tea workers excluded from government wage hike
The Sri Lankan government’s recently proposed wage increase for plantation workers will not apply to smallholder tea estates, the Plantation Industries Ministry confirmed....
UNP chairman urges parties to unite for national interest
United National Party (UNP) Chairman Wajira Abeywardena urged Sri Lanka’s political parties to set aside partisan differences and work together in the interest...
CBSL keeps policy rate unchanged
The Monetary Policy Board has decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 7.75%, following its meeting held yesterday (24). The decision...
Prime Minister denies pledging 6% of GDP for education
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has denied claims that the government had promised to allocate 6 percent of the country’s GDP to the...
Rebuilding ‘human-made abyss’ in Gaza will cost at least $70bn, UN says
Israel’s war in Gaza has created a “human-made abyss”, and reconstruction is likely to cost more than $70bn (£53bn) over several decades, the...
Pathum creates history for Sri Lanka in T20Is, smacks 98* to beat Zimbabwe
Pathum Nissanka delivered one of the standout innings of the tri-series as Sri Lanka swept past Zimbabwe in Rawalpindi to stay alive in...
T20 World Cup draw: Sri Lanka face toughest test
India and Sri Lanka, the joint hosts of next year’s Twenty20 World Cup, seem to have ended up with sharply different pathways to...
UDA launches inquiry into controversial Colombo high-rise development
The Urban Development Authority (UDA) has initiated a special investigation into a 40-storey luxury residential project in Colombo’s Polduwa Junction, following complaints from...
Rising maize prices put Sri Lanka’s egg and livestock sectors at risk
Sri Lanka is confronting a severe maize shortage, forcing producers to buy raw materials at sharply higher prices and increasing reliance on imports,...
Media activists slam govt over press freedom concerns
The Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association (SLWJA) and the Free Media Movement (FMM) have condemned the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) summoning of Aruna...
