Year: 2025
Surge in HMPV cases: What we should know
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a rise in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus similar to the flu, is being...
South Africa’s sports minister joins calls for Afghanistan cricket boycott
South Africa’s Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie has given his support to calls for a boycott of Afghanistan at the ICC Champions Trophy in...
TikTok to make final plea at Supreme Court against US ban
TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the...
Govt. dismisses teachers’ call for tax relief on school equipment
The ruling National People’s Power (NPP) government has rejected calls for a reduction of the VAT on educational equipment to benefit all students,...
GMOA raises concerns about outside interventions
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has raised concerns over outside interventions in their transfers of late. Noting that the process of transfers...
Minister of Power reveals time frame for reduction of electricity tariffs
Minister of Power Kumara Jayakody told parliament on Thursday (09) it will take a minimum of three years to reduce the electricity tariffs....
Rohini warns of an impending economic collapse
The economy is, slowly but surely, on the path to collapse once again, said Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rohini Kavirathna. She said...
Taunton woman runs 330 miles across Sri Lanka to save dogs
A dog shelter manager has run the length of Sri Lanka to raise funds to keep the dog sanctuary open. Lucie Borne, from...
Ven. Gnanasara Thero sentenced to prison
A Sri Lankan court jailed a politically influential, firebrand Buddhist monk on Thursday, putting him behind bars for a second time for insulting...
PM clarifies Govt.’s position on Israeli religious centres
In response to a question raised by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman in Parliament yesterday (08), Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya...
