The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to -0.2% in September 2024 from 1.1% in August 2024, according to the latest data released by the Department of Census and Statistics. MORE..
21 Oct 2024 (5:32 PM)
A petition has been filed with the Supreme Court challenging the decision to hold the General Election on November 14, seeking an order declaring that the decision violates the Constitution. MORE..
21 Oct 2024 (8:12 PM)
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader and former MP Udaya Gammanpila says that former Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, who has been named as a main accused in an investigative committee reports on the Easter Sunday attacks, should be immediately removed from the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security. MORE..
21 Oct 2024 (6:56 PM)
The government does not accept the investigative committee report on the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, which was released by former MP Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (21), Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath said. MORE..
22 Oct 2024 (1:04 PM)
A new chairman and commission members have been appointed to the National Transport Commission (NTC). MORE..
22 Oct 2024 (2:26 PM)
King Charles was accused of "genocide" by an Indigenous senator at Australia s Parliament House on Monday, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his "respects to the traditional owners of the lands". MORE..
21 Oct 2024 (5:46 PM)