The proposal by the government in Budget 2026 to lower the Value Added Tax (VAT) threshold to Rs 3.6 million from Rs 5 million will increase the cost of living, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha de Silva said over the weekend.

The government is to convene a meeting of all political parties and relevant civil society organizations to find ways and means to hold provincial elections which are locked in an impasse due to a legal snag since 2017.

The Health Ministry has reportedly expressed concern following the release of an audit report that calls for an urgent overhaul of Sri Lanka’s private healthcare system, citing the need for fair pricing, standardized regulation, and improved patien

Gampola Udapalatha Divisional Secretary Athma Dilrukshi Jayaratne was ordered yesterday by the Appeal Court to pay compensation of Rs. 100,000 to the construction company in charge of the Ambuluwawa cable car project, for

Former Diyawadana Nilame Nilanga Dela who received 195 votes was elected as Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa by a majority of 145 votes against Basnayaka Nilame of Kataragama Devala Duminda Bandara Udurawana

The opposition MPs attempted to secure a response from President Anura Kumara Dissanayake regarding the timeline for the conduct of the elections to the provincial councils.

The government has decided to alienate land in Kebiliththa Forest Reserve in Kotiyagala in Siyambalanduwa to the farmers who had been engaging in Chena cultivation.

The 2026 budget is a clearly IMF-dictated budget, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.

The budget of the NPP–controlled Soranatota Pradeshiya Sabha was voted out yesterday by three votes.

The opposition yesterday questioned as to whether the government is ready to allow the MPs to implement their own projects through the decentralised budget.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, during his budget speech yesterday, took a brief detour from fiscal matters to make a light-hearted remark aimed at an opposition MP.

The government has outlined a comprehensive, multi-tiered strategy in its Budget 2026 to achieve the ambitious targets of four million tourist arrivals and US $ 8 billion in earnings by 2030, positioning the sector as a vital pillar of

The National People’s Power (NPP) Peliyagoda Urban Council member, whose husband and son were arrested for drug smuggling, resigned yesterday, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said yesterday.

Around 1,500 to 2,000 new leprosy cases are detected in Sri Lanka each year, with about 10% involving children under ten, Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said.

A man who had spent eight years in prison under a death sentence for drug trafficking was acquitted by the Court of Appeal, which found that the raid and recovery of productions in the case had not met the test of probability.

The government will implement a pilot project to provide quality, locally manufactured school shoes to replace the vouchers currently given to schools with fewer than 250 students, Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunnett

Plans have been afoot to implement a project under the Clean Sri Lanka Initiative to erect plastic loops in main canals and waterways in Colombo city to collect plastic and polythene as a solution to the blocking of waterways on rainy days.

A former police officer who had posed as a senior CID officer and allegedly robbed more than 25 young men of their cash and valuables, along with two accomplices, was arrested yesterday by the Athurugiriya Police.

The Cultural Centre of the University of Ruhuna has organized “Mahendra Perera: An Introspection” event on November 6, 2025, at the Auditorium, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

The strike of work by the University Teachers’ Association of Rajarata University reached the seventh day yesterday much to the anxiety of the students.

The South Asian Women in Media – Sri Lanka Chapter (SAWM–SL) held its Annual General Meeting recently at the Mandarina Hotel, Colombo, where Office Bearers were re-appointed and new members appointed to the Executive Committee to lead the organiz

The Coconut Cultivation Board announced that the government will provide a subsidy of Rs. 30,000 per acre to coconut growers in the newly established Northern Coconut Triangle.

Five persons who went for a bath at Deduru Oya have been washed away. It was reported yesterday.

A probation officer was arrested yesterday by Ampara Division Women and Children’s Bureau on suspicion of rape of two underage girls in a Home for the Children in Dehiattakandiya in Ampara.

Ambassador (Retd.) Ravinatha Aryasinha, former Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka, has been appointed Executive Director of the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS).

A British national Gareth Thompson (58), entered the order of Bhikkhus at Weliwatta Vijeyananda Pirivena temple by the name of Ven. Englanthaye Buddhdasa Thera.

The Sri Lanka State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation (SPMC) has suffered serious economic losses due to inefficiencies in supplying essential medicines and the use of substandard or expired imported chemical raw materials, the National Audit

Former General Manager of the Department of Railways S. M. Abeywickrama, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption in connection with the alleged unlawful employment of a suspended train driver, was releas

Ambassador of Russia Mr. Levan Dzhagaryan attended the Russian-Sri Lankan Joint Tactical Counter Exercise - WOLVERINE PATH 2025 (October 25 - November 04, 2025, Army Training School, Maduruoya).

A petition filed by a principal of a government school against his interdiction based on an audit query was upheld by Anuradhapura Predecessor High Court Judge (Monaragala present High Court Judge) Dr. Nalin Hewawasam, who ordered the reinstatement o