Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Vijitha Herath announced that an additional Rs. 3,000 will be added to the monthly pension of government retirees starting next month. This decision, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, comes as part of an interim allowance to provide immediate financial relief to pensioners. MORE..

15 Oct 2024 (4:30 PM)

The Leader of the United National Party (UNP), former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced that he will make a special statement to the public on Thursday (17). MORE..

15 Oct 2024 (3:28 PM)

Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades. MORE..

15 Oct 2024 (2:20 PM)

North Korea has blown up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, South Korea s military said on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions on the Korean peninsula. MORE..

15 Oct 2024 (1:21 PM)

Minister Vijitha Herath states that the import of vehicles will only be carried out under a proper procedure and in a manner that will not exhaust the foreign reserves in the country thereby causing a dollar crisis again. MORE..

15 Oct 2024 (1:15 PM)

The Chief Operating Officer of Brown Company PLC, Mangala Wijesinghe has been appointed as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Export Development Board (EDB). MORE..

15 Oct 2024 (1:13 PM)