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Pakistani managers of Dambulla Thunders summoned in LPL match-fixing probe

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanka S. Bodaragama has issued notices to three Pakistani nationals who served as managers of the Dambulla Thunders franchise in...

Business

Govt. urged to act as unlicensed Chinese tour guides impact local tourism

The increasing presence of Chinese nationals working as self-employed tour guides in Sri Lanka has raised concern among local tourism stakeholders, with calls...

IUSF convenor Madhushan Chandrajith delivering the lecture [Photo: Facebook/IUSF]
Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan student leaders lament government refusal to meet demands

The Inter-University Student Federation (IUSF) in Sri Lanka is campaigning for the government to increase education funding in its forthcoming 2026 budget. President...

Sri Lanka

Over 230,000 school children in Colombo district fall victim to drug addiction

Sri Lanka’s Prisons Commissioner and Media Spokesman Jagath Weerasinghe has raised serious concerns over the growing prevalence of drug addiction among school children,...

Sri Lanka

‘A pledge from the heart’: Dialog partners with Indira Cancer Trust to promote early detection

Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s #1 connectivity provider, in collaboration with the Indira Cancer Trust, has launched ‘A Pledge from the Heart’, a...

Kenyan security officials secure the wreckage of an aircraft which crashed with 11 people onboard.
World

Eleven people killed after tourist plane crashes in Kenya

The plane was en route to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Officials said there were no survivors. Eleven people have been killed after...

Sri Lanka

Teen pregnancies and sexual exploitation of children on the rise, warns NCPA

The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has reported a disturbing surge in child abuse cases in Sri Lanka during the first nine months...

Sri Lanka

Uniform controversy: Nurses’ Association hits out at Minister’s remarks

The Sri Lanka Nurses’ Association (SLNA) has condemned a statement by Minister Vijitha Herath, which appeared to endorse modifications of nursing uniforms to...

Sri Lanka

Former Sri Lankan minister Hizbullah loses millions in international gold scam

A Ghanaian court has granted bail to eleven Ghanaian nationals accused of defrauding former Sri Lankan Minister and Governor M. L. A. M....