Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Dr. Chandana Abayaratne, announced that a significant number of retired public servants whose salaries were not increased in the 2025 Budget will receive due benefits in the 2026 Budget. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (6:19 PM)
Sir Keir Starmer has met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his first visit to the country. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (3:10 PM)
The government has announced the new portfolios of three Cabinet Ministers and 10 Deputy Ministers following today s Cabinet reshuffle. MORE..
10 Oct 2025 (10:58 AM)
Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement on Thursday (Oct 9) to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of US President Donald Trump s initiative to end the war in Gaza. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (9:54 PM)
The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist who said his dark and difficult novels aim to examine reality "to the point of madness." MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (6:26 PM)
His Eminence Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has stated that Sri Lanka should not become subservient to the conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and foreign nations, emphasizing that such dependency undermines the country s self-respect. MORE..
9 Oct 2025 (11:31 PM)