by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 14, 2026 | Economics, News
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to release some underutilized lands and properties for investors for optimal investments, Cabinet Spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said. Sri Lanka possesses vast underutilized lands, primarily state-owned and held by...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 14, 2026 | News
Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Key Zheng Hong, symbolically handed over the school uniforms received as a donation from the Chinese Government to the Minister of Education and Prime Minister, Harini Amarasuriya at the International Container Terminal at the Colombo...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 13, 2026 | International, News
The visit comes just weeks ahead of plans to sign a long-awaited free trade agreement between India and the EU. Germany’s Friedrich Merz has arrived in India on his first trip as chancellor Merz will visit Ahmedabad, including the Gandhi Ashram He will also pay...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 13, 2026 | News
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ හඳුනාගත් පුරාවිද්යාත්මක ස්ථානවලින් සියයට 48ක් තවමත් ගැසට් කර නොමැති බව රාජ්ය ගිණුම් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාවේදී (COPA) පසුගිය දා අනාවරණය වී ඇත. මේ බව අනාවරණය වුයේ, මන්ත්රී කබීර් හෂිම්ගේ සභාපතිත්වයෙන් පසුගිය දා (6 ) පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේදී රැස්වූ COPA, 2021-2023...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 13, 2026 | News, Political
ෆෙඩරල් ව්යවස්ථාවක් සම්මත කැර ගැනීම සඳහා රාජ්ය තාන්ත්රික පීඩනයක් ශ්රී ලංකාවට එල්ල කරන ලෙස තමිල්නාඩු මහ ඇමැති එම්.කේ. ස්ටාලින් , ඉන්දීය අගමැති නරේන්ද්ර මෝදිගෙන් ඉල්ල ඇති බව අනාවරණය වෙයි. තමිල්නාඩු මහ ඇමැතිවරයා මේ බව පවසා ඇත්තේ, පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 13, 2026 | Sports
Sri Lanka claimed a 12-run victory (DLS method) over South Africa in an U19 World Cup warm-up match in Windhoek on Sunday. Viran Chamuditha’s impressive knock of 87 helped Sri Lanka set an original target of 226, before that was revised down to 176 from 34 overs...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 13, 2026 | Economics, International, News
On Tuesday, China condemned “any illicit unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction” after US President Donald Trump warned that countries trading with Iran would face a 25% tariff on their exports to the United States. Trump announced the measure in a...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 13, 2026 | International, News
The German Government and naval shipbuilder TKMS are planning to enter into discussions with counterparts in India regarding the latter country’s potential acquisition of six new diesel-electric submarines. According to German media reports, six Type 214...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 13, 2026 | Economics, News
Un-bundling of Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board in to multiple companies is expected to cost 10.6 billion rupees in lost economies of scale, the Ceylon Electricity Board has said in a tariff filing. Under the pre-transition structure, when CEB functioned as...
by Chandana Wijekoon | Jan 12, 2026 | International, News, Political
China reiterates its commitment to further advancing cooperation with Venezuela in various fields.No matter how the political situation in Venezuela changes, China’s commitment to furthering cooperation and promoting common development between the two countries...
