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The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development announced that the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund, established to support those affectedContinue Reading The post ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ fund receives over Rs. 4.2 billion in aid…

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya says steps are being taken to abolish the Executive Presidency, and the government intends to draftContinue Reading The post Executive Presidency to be abolished under new Constitution – PM appeared first…

Violence broke out in Bangladesh’s capital early on Friday after a youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising whoContinue Reading The post Bangladesh gripped by unrest after 2024 uprising leader shot dead appeared first on…

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More than 300,000 Sri Lankans have left the country for overseas employment during the course of 2025, official data showed.Continue Reading The post More than 300,000 Sri Lankans seek foreign jobs in 2025: Where did most go? appeared first…

Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekara claims the Director General of the Department of Meteorology is under house arrest. Addressing the ParliamentContinue Reading The post MP Dayasiri claims Met Dept DG placed under house arrest appeared first…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing Parliament, rejected claims that the proposed Rs. 500 billion supplementary allocation would lead to nationalContinue Reading The post President dismisses bankruptcy claims over Rs. 500 Bn…

SJB MP Rohana Bandara has criticized the manner in which death certificates of those who died during the recent disasterContinue Reading The post MP slams ‘ceremonial’ distribution of death certificates in Kandy appeared first on Newswire.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake raising concerns over the functioning andContinue Reading The post BASL urges President to rescue ‘Understaffed & Underfunded’ RTI Commission…

The Supplementary Estimate of Rs. 500 billion to restore the livelihoods of those affected by the sudden disaster situation, presentedContinue Reading The post Rs. 500 billion Supplementary Estimate approved in Parliament appeared first on…