The Cabinet has approved Budget 2025 to be presented to Parliament, Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa has stated. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as Minister of Finance, is ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, as the Finance Minister of the National People's Power administration presented his first budget (2025) at 10.30 am today. In a Budget Speech lasting nearly 2 hours ...

The Education Ministry and the University Grants Commission (UGC) is to introduce a monitoring and registration mechanism for private universities shortly. The decision follows a meeting last week ...

The annual Navam Maha Perahera of Colombo’s Gangaramaya Temple was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a large crowd, including foreign tourists, lining the streets to view the spectacular procession ...

The Colombo Gangaramaya Temple’s annual Navam Perahera paraded the streets on February 11 and 12. A large gathering including foreigners witnessed the colourful event. Here are some of the scenes ...

‘Disappearing’ notebooks, an assassinated editor, a lowly police officer who protested against the destroying of evidence and was threatened by his superiors to conform ‘to orders’ and such like, ...

As harvesting begins, a farmer and her young child transport paddy at Karuwalagaswewa in the Puttalam district. There is a heated debate currently over the controlled price for paddy purchases. Pic by ...

The launch of The Hybrid Learning Centers has been a part of Lyceum’s commitment to advancing education for the academic year 2024/2025. These innovative spaces are designed to foster interactive, ...

The Colombo Fire Department will soon issue new, precautionary regulations for abandoned buildings a week after two fires broke out in the abandoned Krrish building in Colombo Fort, causing extensive ...

NEO Technologies, a security firm, recently honoured its longstanding staff members with over three decades in Bren Security, Securitas SL and NEO Technologies. (Seen in the picture with an awardee ...

Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...