Year: 2025
Shammi Silva elected as SLC President
Shammi Silva has been elected uncontested as President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), for the fourth time. He was reelected during the board’s...
President issues ultimatum to Adani
The Adani backed wind power project will not proceed unless it meets the price set by the current government, regardless of any existing...
1557 primary schools to be closed
The Ceylon Teachers’ Union states that the government has identified 1,557 primary schools with a small number of students to be shut down...
UNP welcomes PM Modi’s visit
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP) on Sunday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Sri Lanka this week. Modi...
Government doubles stamp duty on property leases and rentals
The government has decided to increase the stamp duty applicable to property lease and rental agreements by 100%, according to an official statement...
NPP files writ petitions challenging rejection of nomination papers
The National People’s Power (NPP), the ruling party of Sri Lanka, has filed three separate writ petitions contesting the rejection of their nomination...
Power outage interrupts event attended by Energy Minister in Jaffna
A brief power outage occurred yesterday(30) during a meeting in Jaffna attended by Minister of Energy, Kumara Jayakody. The incident took place shortly...
Weligama W15 hotel shooting: Former Minister Tiran Alles to give statement to CID
Former Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles told the media that he will appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) tomorrow (31) to...
March 6 LG polls: EC receives 200 complaints in 10 days
The Election Commission has reported receiving approximately 200 complaints related to the local government polls so far. These complaints were lodged during the...
Sri Lanka’s central bank holds rate to support economic recovery
Sri Lanka’s central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged for a second consecutive meeting on Wednesday to underpin the island nation’s economic...
