Education of about 54.9 percent of Sri Lankan students has been affected by the economic crisis since March 2022, the latest Household Survey on Impact of Economic Crisis – 2023 by the Department of Census and Statistics reveals. Out of the respondents surveyed 93.5 percent have adopted at least one strategy to counter the impact […]

The demand for fuel during the current Christmas season had decreased by 50% compared to that in 2022, President of the Fuel Station Owners Association, Kumara Rajapaksa said on Thursday (28). The number of vehicles arriving at gas stations had dropped, and the amount of fuel dispensed for individual vehicles had also dropped, Rajapaksa said. […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Health Secretary Dr. Palitha Mahipala said on Thursday that over 700 cases of measles had been reported since May 2023, mostly from the Colombo District.Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Kandy, Jaffna, Kurunegala, and Ampara were among the districts affected by the spread of measles, Dr. Maheepala said. In 2019, the World Health Organization […]

By Dinasena Ratugamage Kilmisha Yaazhisai, a young girl from Jaffna, who became the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs Season 3 winner on Indian TV channel Zee Tamil, returned to Sri Lanka on Thursday (28). A large number of people had gathered at the Jaffna International Airport to welcome her.She was taken to Jaffna […]

New Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, has affirmed the Indian government’s unwavering support for the advancement of the maritime and aviation sectors, as well as the development of the northern region of Sri Lanka. He said so during a meeting held on December 28, 2023, with the Minister of Ports, Shipping, and […]

Friday 29th December, 2023 The police are all out to eradicate the scourge of narcotics, and their efforts must not go unappreciated. But it needs to be added that they would not have had to exert themselves in this manner if they had carried out their duties and functions properly over the years. Having let […]

Former Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has threatened to reveal details about individuals allegedly involved in a plot with India that led to the decline of cricket in Sri Lanka.

India’s final frontier will have to be conquered some other time. A batting meltdown on the third evening in Centurion saw them fold for 131 in just over 34 overs, giving South Africa a win by an innings & 32 runs and a 1-0 lead in the two match series. India’s effort with the bat […]

Lanka Sathosa says it has further slashed the prices of more food items, with effect from today (Dec.28).

මේ වසර තුළ විශ්වවිද්යාල ආචාර්යවරුන් 800කට වැඩි සංඛ්යාවක් රට හැර ගොස් ඇති බවත් තවත් 1000කට ආසන්න පිරිසක් නිවාඩු ලබා විදේශගතව […]The post විශ්වවිද්යාල ආචාර්යවරු 800ක් රට හැර ගිහින් – 1000ට ආසන්න පිරිසක් විදේශගතවෙලා appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed Justice W. M. N. P. Iddawala as the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). Additionally,  Chethiya Goonesekera and  K Bernard Rajapakse have been appointed as other members of the Commission, with the appointments taking effect from January 01, 2024. The President’s decision, made in […]

අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සභාපති ලෙස ඩබ්ලිව්.එම්.එන්.පී ඉද්දවල සහ එහි සෙසු සාමාජිකයින් ලෙස චේතිය ගුණසේකර සහ කේ. […]The post නීල් ඉද්දවල අල්ලස් කොමිසමේ සභාපති ධුරයට appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

ජනප්රිය කොලිවුඩ් නළු නාරායනන් විජයරාජ් අලගර්ස්වාමි හෙවත් විජයකාන්ත් කොවිඩ් ආසාධිතව අභාවප්රාප්ත වී තිබේ. ‘ඩී.එම්.ඩී.කේ.’ හෙවත් දේශිය මුර්පොක්කු ද්රවිඩ කසාගම් පක්ෂයේ […]The post සුපිරි නළු විජයකාන්ත් කොරෝනා ආසාදිතව ජීවිතක්ෂයට appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

වේවත්ත, දඹාන හා ඉඹුලපොළ යන ගම්මානවල තෝරාගත් පවුල්වල දරු දැරියන් සඳහා පාසල් පොත් පත් බෙදා දීමේ උත්සවයක් එම ප්රදේශයේදි පවත්වා […]The post නිමල් සිරිපාලට ජනතා විරෝධය Video appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

වැටුප් වැඩි කිරීම ඇතුළු ඉල්ලීම් කිහිපයක් මුල් කර ගනිමින් වරාය ඒකාබද්ධ වෘත්තීය සමිති එකමුතුව වරාය පරිශ්රයේ අද (28) දින පවත්වන […]The post පොලිසියේ ඉල්ලීම අධිකරණය ප්රතික්ෂේපකරයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

නිදහසින් පසුව ඇති වූ දරුණුතම ආර්ථික අර්බුදය හේතුවෙන් මේ වනවිට මෙරට පවුල් 60.5%ක මාසික ආදායම පහළ ගොස් ඇතැයි නවතම සමීක්ෂණයකින් […]The post රටේ පවුල් පිටින් ලෙල්ලටම වැටිලා appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

“ඇමැති කිව්වා මං කළා” යැයි ප්රමිතියෙන් තොර ප්රතිදේහ එන්නත් රජයේ රෝහල්වලට බෙදාහැරීම මඟින් රුපියල් කෝටි ගණනක වංචා කිරීම සහ රෝගී […]The post “ඇමැති කිව්වා මං කළා” හොර බෙහෙත් සමාගමේ සභාපති CIDයට කිව්වා… CIDය ලියා ගන්න බෑ කිව්වා… නීතීඥයා අධිකරණයට කියයි… appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

By Srian Obeyesekere SSC were pushed to the peril of 50 for 6 by Nugegoda S&WC before finally prevailing by six runs under the D/L for their fifth successive win on the trot in a game the return of Danushka Gunathilaka to the fold did not provide the sparkle the left-hander is known for in […]The post SSC recover from 50/6 to edge out Nugegoda S&WC by 6 runs, Sebastianites upset Tam...

By Srian Obeyesekere Ragama CC all-rounder Janith Liyanage hogged the limelight with a scintillating run a ball match winning 126 and 5-wicket haul in helping his side to its maiden in crushing Kurunegala Youth CC by a comprehensive 138 runs in yesterday’s SLC 50-Over Major Clubs Tournament at the P. Saravanamuththu International Stadium. Liyanage’s innings […]The post Ragama CC’s Janith Liy...