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According to BBC, Australia, Canada, India and Sri Lanka have expressed interest in staging the 2026 Games but, as yet, a host has not been secured. “I am quietly confident that we will be announcing in the first quarter of next…

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa called on the Government to step down immediately and hand over that responsibility to a group who can build the country. Speaking to the media on Monday, he asked the Government to concede that…

The Trincomalee Police took into custody 63 males who had been provided with accommodation at Orr’s Hill Trincomalee and were planning to illegally migrate to New Zealand by sea. This raid was carried out based on a tip-off…

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved to prepare a Bill to amend the existing minimum age limit for the retirement of private-sector employees. The draft bill to be presented to the Parliament by Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de…

The Cabinet of Ministers took into consideration of the submissions made by the Prime Minister that the arrangements have been made to conduct the Budget Debate Programme for the financial year 2022 as follows. ● The presentation…

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the drafting of Defence Cyber Commands Act and a bill for imposing cyber protection laws. The proposals were furnished by the President, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence and…

Readers of the upmarket travel publication Conde Nast Traveler have voted Sri Lanka the fifth best country to travel to in 2021 despite the COVID 19 pandemic which crippled the country’s tourism sector. The Reader’s Choice Awards…

The Agriculture Ministry has taken all necessary measures to distribute organic fertilizers required for the Maha season from tomorrow. It was decided at a meeting held under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture…

The Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army (COAS) General Manoj Mukund Naravane has arrived in Sri Lanka today on a five-day goodwill tour at the invitation of Army Commander General Shavendra Silva. Army Commander General…

10,301 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 490,800, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed