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.
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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...
On May 30, the United States accused China of intercepting one of its spy planes in an “unnecessarily aggressive manoeuvre” over the South China Sea. The American RC-135 plane, according to the US military, was conducting routine operations over...
But the package marked the last funding available without fresh approval from Congress, where talks have stalled.
Ukraine has warned that the war effort and its public finances are at risk if further Western aid is not forthcoming. Amid a...
Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2023
Two promising junior golfers, Jevahn Sathasivam and Kaya Daluwatte secured the top prizes in the gold segment Boys and Girls respectively at the Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2023 which concluded at...
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana yesterday (26) said that in case the government had to make emergency purchases, his Ministry would adhere to procedures laid down by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. Pathirana said so when The...
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana yesterday (26) said that in case the government had to make emergency purchases, his Ministry would adhere to procedures laid down by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. Pathirana said so when The...
Perhaps, nothing represents Sri Lankans’ resentment towards the new tax regime and the aggravation of their economic woes better than the title of today’s comment; it is a literal translation of a slogan written on the rear of a...
The UK is preparing to send a warship to Guyana in a show of diplomatic and military support for the former British colony, the BBC has learned.
It comes after neighbouring Venezuela renewed its claim for a disputed part of...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his Christmas day message called upon all Sri Lankans to “Forgive those who oppose us, those who have wronged us and to relinquish all feelings of animosity and resentment”
President Wickremesinghe’s Christmas Day Message:
Christmas represents the...