80 MPs fail to submit asset declarations
Eighty Members of Parliament have failed to submit their mandatory declarations of assets and liabilities by the June 30 deadline, according to parliamentary...
Opposition parties gear up to form common alliance
Opposition political parties are preparing to initiate discussions aimed at forming a new common opposition alliance. The preliminary round of talks is scheduled...
Sri Lanka has no intention of ceding Katchatheevu island, says Foreign Minister
Sri Lanka has no intention to cede the Katchatheevu island, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said, calling the “rumblings” in India an issue between...
Defaulted taxes and penalties surge to Rs. 175.6 Bn in 2024 – IRD
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has reported that Sri Lanka’s total collectable tax defaults and penalties reached Rs. 175.6 billion by the end...
Nissanka, Head and Pretorius prosper in ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings
Pathum Nissanka, Travis Head and Lhuan-dre Pretorius have all made huge gains in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after their match-winnings efforts...
IMF flags data misreporting by Sri Lankan Govt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has reviewed Sri Lanka’s inadvertent provision of inaccurate data regarding the central government’s stock of expenditure...
Probe called into prawn, crab farm in nature reserve by Sanga, Mahela
Ex-cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena are running a large-scale prawn and crab farm in a 400-acre area in the Vidataltivu nature reserve,...
Another 900,000 apply for ‘Aswesuma’ welfare benefits
‘Aswesuma’ already has 1.8 million beneficiaries, and another 900,000 have applied for the welfare benefit scheme, said social security minister Dr. Upali Pannilage....
Sri Lanka sees rise in child accidents
Prof. Ruwanthi Perera, Consultant Paediatrician at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila, has raised serious concerns over the growing number of accidents...
