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Sri Lanka

PM highlights rising cases of child abuse in schools

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has raised alarms over a noticeable increase in cases of child abuse occurring within school premises. Speaking at...

Sri Lanka

Govt to strengthen child protection measures

The Government has announced a series of key initiatives to tackle the low rate of formal complaints received by the National Child Protection...

Politics

SJB accuses NPP of political bribery

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has accused the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) of engaging in political bribery by offering financial provisions to...

Business

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...

Sri Lanka

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)...

Sri Lanka

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...

World

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...

Politics

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...

Sri Lanka

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...

Sports

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...