Sri Lanka
Govt to spend Rs. 12,500 million on Double Cabs for MPs
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that all Members of Parliament (MPs) will be provided double cab pickup trucks as their official vehicles under...
Small businesses hit hard as NPP Govt expands tax net
The government yesterday announced a major change to its tax policy through the 2026 Budget, with the annual turnover threshold for the registration...
Protest near parliament as president presents budget
Teachers and principals in service and in retirement held a protest near the parliament access road at Polduwa Junction this afternoon (07) demanding...
GMOA calls for exclusive salary structure
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has urged the government to introduce an exclusive salary structure for all categories of doctors, emphasizing the...
President’s speeches encourage cheap foreigners to visit Sri Lanka, says Dilith Jayaweera
Countries will never encourage their citizens to tour Sri Lanka when its president summons foreign diplomats to brief them on the island’s downfall,...
PC polls unlikely next year too!
With the provincial councils election act invalidated now, the PC election is unlikely to take place next year, according to government sources. The...
Handunnetti calls Aswesuma programme ‘legal begging’
Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunnetti has stirred controversy by describing the Aswesuma welfare programme as a form of “legal begging.” Speaking...
Govt’s Mannar wind farm u-turn exposed as environmental hoax, activists charge
The Jana Aragala Movement says the government is attempting to deceive the public regarding its stance on the Mannar wind power project. Speaking...
