Minister of State for Defence and Tourism of India Shri Ajay Bhatt reiterated India’s readiness to continue to support Sri Lanka in the defence sphere during a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Premitha Bandara Tennakoon on October 17 along the sidelines of DefExpo2022, Asia's largest defence exhibition.

A court in Sri Lanka has ordered a forensic examination on the human remains excavated from a private land on the 11th of this month in the Puthukudiyiruppu -Anandapuram area in Mullaitivu district.

A coal shipment will arrive on October 24 with the full payment already made to the contractual supplier, said Lanka Coal Company’s general manager Namal Hewage.

The state has suffered a financial loss of Rs. 930 million due to 189 university lecturers having abandoned their postgraduate studies, education minister Susil Premajayanth told parliament yesterday (20).

The ploy by president Ranil Wickremesinghe to postpone elections also aims to contract democracy, alleged JJB leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

The National Water Board (NWSDB) has suspended a decision to disconnect the supply to government schools with outstanding water bill payments.

US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has appreciated president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts in rebuilding Sri Lanka’s economy.

A protest took place yesterday (20) in Mahiyangana, the hometown of IUSF convener Wasantha Mudalige, who is in remand custody under the PTA.

Parties in the opposition entered into a memorandum of understanding yesterday (20) to defeat what they allege is a government attempt to postpone the local government polls.

LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday following a failed tax-cutting budget that rocked financial markets and which led to a revolt within her own Conservative Party.