Sri Lankan music legends honoured at Victorian Parliament

Sri Lankan music legends, Rookantha Goonatillake and Chandralekha Perera were honoured at the Victorian Parliament in Australia for their outstanding contributions to the Sri Lankan music Industry and the Sri Lankan community of Australia.

Report warns 1.6m Australian households struggling to insure their homes

Fast-rising home insurance premiums have plunged 1.6m households into affordability stress, an Actuaries Institute report has warned, with those in cyclone and flood-prone areas facing significant spikes in cost.

Los Angeles celebrates history and culture of the Sri Lanka

The City of Angels celebrated the history and culture of the Sri Lankan, Korean and Ecuadorian communities in Los Angeles.

Drag ‘parody of Last Supper’ at Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony sparks controversy

A crew of drag queens and dancers performed an apparent “parody of the Last Supper” at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony Friday, drawing intense criticism across social media.

South Korea politician blames women for rising male suicides

A politician in South Korea is being criticised for making dangerous and unsubstantiated comments after linking a rise in male suicides to the increasingly “dominant” role of women in society.

Urgent warning over parasite spreading at alarming rate in Australia

Australia is fighting through its largest gastro outbreak in more than 20 years with an alarming number of toddlers falling ill.

Australia issues warning about deadly new drug hitting streets

Police at the highest level are cracking down on deadly drugs that have been cut with the synthetic opioid Nitazene, which have already claimed at least 20 lives in Australia.

Huge increase in visas for foreign doctors

More than 22,797 trained health professionals, including 4699 overseas doctors, have relocated to Australia in the first 10 months of this financial year, in a substantial bolstering of Australia’s healthcare system.

Small Island developing States need finance to tackle climate crisis

In the last few weeks, sadly more than 100 people have died from oppressive heat in India.

Kate Middleton releases personal statement with major update about her cancer battle

Months after retreating from the public eye following her cancer diagnosis, Kate Middleton has released a personal statement, confirming she is cautiously returning to public duties.

‘Unaffordable’: State of Australia’s housing market laid bare

Australia is facing some of the most unaffordable housing in living memory, with the extent of the crisis exposing a stark reality for the country.

Australia announces an end to “visa hopping”

From July 1 it will no longer be possible to move from a visitor visa to a student visa while onshore in Australia, the minister for home affairs Clare O’Neil announced on June 12.

Five senior attorneys conferred Senior Instructing Attorneys-at-Law

In a historic move, President Ranil Wickremesinghe conferred the title Senior Instructing Attorneys-at-Law on five senior attorneys for the first time by Act No. 26 of 2023.

Govt. to promote youth entrepreneurship initiating shift in credit accessibility: Ravi K

The Government will strive to promote entrepreneurship among youth, initiating a shift in credit accessibility in the form of seed capital to launch new businesses and startups, former Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake revealed. Sri Lanka’s youth population of 4.64 million, or 23.2 percent of the total population, are the changemakers steering the country towards a flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystem and vigorous economic growth, he added

Plight of Mailaththamadu dairy farmers worsens

A solution to the woes of dairy farmers in Mailaththamadu in Batticaloa is still not in sight despite the loss of around 1,400 cattle that provide the daily income for a large number of farmer families in the East. The call to end the problem caused by forceful settlements from the South has fallen on deaf ears. Farmers said those who had settled in the area have done so with the backing of politicians. They added that the cattle were killed by p

Youth Dialogue: President addresses economic recovery, Starlink delays

In a bid to engage Sri Lanka’s youth in the nation’s future, the Presidential Secretariat hosted an insightful Youth Dialogue at the President’s House on Paget Road recently. The event featured President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Chief-of-Staff Saga

China state firms targeted by U.S. lawmakers for allegedly helping Iran

Republican legislators on the House of Representatives’ influential China-focused committee on Friday urged the U.S. to investigate six Chinese state-owned companies for allegedly helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions.