State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe, announced that the verification and certification process for applicants in the second phase of the ÂAswasuma program has been finalized. All necessary arrangements have been made to extend benefits to 2.4 million family units starting from June 2024. MORE..
Sri Lanka and Nepal came to Lauderhill searching for their first wins, hoping to put their T20 World Cup 2024 on track. However incessant rain, heavy enough to trigger flash-flood alerts for local residents, left both teams splitting one point apiece. That means Sri Lanka are almost certainly out of Super Eight contention while Nepal’s […]
There was finally something at the T20 World Cup for Pakistan to be happy about as they produced a strong all-round show to record their first win of tournament, beating Canada by seven wickets in New York. The win was set up by the fast bowlers, who combined to pick up six wickets to restrict […]
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 12 June 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers about 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces. Showers or thundershowers may […]
Issue of Lankan mercenaries fighting for Kyiv ignored – Russian envoy in Colombo War in Ukraine: By Norman Palihawadane The Sri Lankan Embassy in Moscow said yesterday that Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, who is currently in Russia to participate in the BRICS 2024 Foreign Ministerial Session with developing countries, had a bilateral meeting with Russian […]
Director-General of the International Labour Organisation Gilbert F. Houngbo has lauded the Sri Lankan government’s recent move to grant a 70 percent salary increment to plantation sector workers. Houngbo commended the government for increasing the estate workers’ salaries when Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara met him on the sidelines of the Annual International Lab...
The World Economic Forum said in a report last week that Climate finance is pivotal to alleviating harm from South Asia’s extreme heat as weather phenomena casting a long shadow over the region’s future. It said: In the sweltering streets of South Asia, where temperatures soar to staggering heights, heat waves are not merely weather […]
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