Sajith promises to transform Sri Lanka’s healthcare system, address critical issues

Sajith Premadasa, the presidential candidate of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), pledged to usher in a transformative era for Sri Lanka’s healthcare system after September 21. Speaking at a health conference held in Colombo, Premadasa outlined: “After the 21st, we will have the opportunity to address the critical issues that have long plagued our health […]

Instructions given by the Prime Minister to introduce a guaranteed price for mung beans as soon as possible 

The Prime Minister addressed a letter to the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industry, Mahinda Amaraweera and the Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Safety, Nalin Fernando. As a result of educating and encouraging farmers to grow mung beans in Ipanella as an intermediate season, through the food security and economic regeneration committees, all the […]

Anton Roux steps down as Sri Lanka fielding coach

Sri Lanka men’s cricket team fielding coach, Anton Roux, announced that he is stepping down from his position.  Roux, a former South African first-class cricketer and former coach of the Netherlands, took on the role with Sri Lanka in March 2022.  “On the 14th of August 2024, I decided to step down from my role […]

Vietnam death toll climbs to 197 as typhoon’s aftermath brings flash floods and landslides

Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and more than 125 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll, state media reported Thursday. Vietnam’s VNExpress newspaper reported that 197 people have died and 128 are still missing, while more than 800 have been injured. In the capital, […]

‘Where were Sajith and Anura while farmers suffered without fertilizer?’ – Ranil

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has slammed the sudden promises from presidential candidates Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake about reducing fertilizer prices and cutting farmers’ loans, questioning as to where they were when farmers were struggling without access to fertilizers.  The President highlighted that his efforts, including discussions with world leaders to secure fertilizer subsidies, were […]

Political programmes presented by main candidates contain same thing – Dilith

The presidential candidate of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, entrepreneur Dilith Jayaweera says that all the other three main candidates contesting the upcoming presidential election have presented the same programme. He stated this during a public meeting held at Nittambu yesterday (11), under the ‘Dilith Gamata’ series of constituency meetings. “Now they have presented three political […]

දිවයිනේ සියලු පාසල්වලට නිවාඩුවක්

එළඹෙන ජනාධිපතිවරණය හේතුවෙන් දිවයිනේ සියලු පාසල් සැප්තැම්බර් 20 වැනි දින වසා තැබෙන බව අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය පවසයි. එම වසා දැමෙන පාසල් නැවත 23 වැනි දින ආරම්භ කිරීමට ද නියමිතව ඇත. එසේම ඡන්ද මධ්‍යස්ථාන වශයෙන් යොදා ගන්නා පාසල් සැප්තැම්බර් 19 වැනි දින පාසල් වේලාවෙන් පසුව අවශ්‍යතාව පරිදී ග්‍රාම නිලධාරීන්ට ලබා දිය යුතුය. තවද ඡන්ද ගණන් කිරීමේ මධ්‍යස්ථාන […]

Sri Lanka secures first Test win over England in 10 years

Sri Lanka earned only its fourth test victory on English soil after an unbeaten century by opener Pathum Nissanka helped secure an eight-wicket win in the third and final match of the series against England at The Oval on Monday. England won the series 2-1 but missed out on a second clean sweep of its […]

Israeli airstrikes in Syria escalate, killing 14 and wounding over 40

The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 14 with more than 40 wounded, Syrian state media said Monday morning. Israeli strikes hit several areas in central Syria late Sunday, damaging a highway in Hama province and sparking fires, Syrian state news agency SANA said. The initial death count […]

Geetha pledges support to Sajith

State Minister Geetha Kumarasinghe has expressed her support to Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa at the upcoming Presidential election after joining him on stage at a rally in Kandy. The actress-turned politician climbed on stage midway during the SJB election rally in Kandy and extended her support to Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, who […]