#Sri Lanka
30,000 businesses affected by Cyclone Ditwah
Nearly 30,000 businesses across Sri Lanka, including registered export manufacturing factories, have been affected by Cyclone Ditwah, the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship...
Puttalam residents block roads demanding delayed relief payments
Hundreds of residents from more than 1,000 families staged a protest in Sri Lanka’s Puttalam Divisional Secretariat Division on Friday. They have accused...
Ratnapura MC rejects NPP-led budget for second time
The 2026 budget of the Ratnapura Municipal Council, controlled by the National People’s Power (NPP), was defeated for a second time yesterday. The...
93 types of drugs fail quality assurance checks
Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry said 93 types of medicines used in government hospitals have failed quality assurance tests so far this year, prompting...
BASL says Kaduwela mayor overstepped authority at municipal inquiry
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has criticised Kaduwela Mayor Ranjan Jayalal Perera after reports that he obstructed a lawyer during a...
Disasters do not destroy nations, the refusal to change does
By Darshika Thejani Bulathwatta Sri Lanka has endured both kinds of catastrophe that a nation can face, those caused by nature and those...
National Hospital’s Deputy Director Dr. Bellana suspended from duties
Measures have been taken to suspend the official duties of Dr. Rukshan Bellana, who served as the Deputy Director of the Colombo National...
President will have to face court cases over his irresponsible conduct, says Uvindu Kurukulasuriya
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will definitely have to face a number of court cases personally over his irresponsible conduct, especially with regard to...
