Amend existing criteria to make the Aswesuma Welfare Benefits Payment Scheme more effective – Committee on Public Finance instructs officials

The Committee on Public Finance instructed the officials of the Welfare Benefits Board to amend the existing criteria to make the Aswesuma Welfare Benefits Payment Scheme more effective. Since various issues have arisen in relation to the existing 22 criteria used to determine the eligibility of individuals for the current Aswesuma Welfare Benefits Payment Scheme, officials were instructed to take …

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Deputy Minister of Defence Lauds Navy’s ‘Ratama Ekata’ Operations Amidst Disaster Response Challenges

Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), conducted an inspection visit to the Sri Lanka Navy Operations Room at the Navy Headquarters in Akuregoda yesterday (13 January), where he underscored the national importance of the “Ratama Ekata” programme and commended the Sri Lanka Navy for its continuous and effective implementation of the initiative, despite its extensive involvement in …

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A couple of Ambusamy died after getting confused in an electric shade drawn in a pot in Warakapola

Investigations have been started on the message received to the Warakapola police station that a couple who was electrocuted in a paddy land in Hunuwala area of Warakapola police station on 2026.01.13 after noon. The residents of Hunuwala, Tulhiriya area where the deceased was 60 years old and the deceased was 58 years old. The current investigation has been revealed …

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President’s Fund Disburses Financial Assistance to Disaster-Affected Schoolchildren

The disbursement of a Rs. 10,000 financial assistance grant from the President’s Fund to schoolchildren affected by the Ditwah cyclone has now commenced. The relevant financial allocations have been released to all District Secretariats and this assistance will be provided to all schoolchildren who previously received the Rs. 15,000 relief grant issued by the government. Accordingly, as announced by President …

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WEATHER FORECAST FOR 14 JANUARY 2026

Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 14 January 2026 Showery condition over the island is expected to reduce from tomorrow (15th). A few showers are likely in Uva, Eastern and Central provinces. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Western province and in Galle, Matara and Rathnapura districts after 2.00 p.m. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere. Misty …

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UN report urges accountability for conflict-related sexual violence in Sri Lanka

A paper published by the UN Human Rights Office this morning highlights that conflict-related sexual violence in Sri Lanka remains largely unaddressed, with survivors, both men and women, still being denied long-overdue justice. Titled “We lost everything – even hope for justice”, the Brief is based on a decade of monitoring and reporting by the UN Human Rights Office, and …

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‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ National Initiative Launched: Let us collaborate to restore the nation by uniting all our strengths – President

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that, instead of an era in which rulers evaded responsibility by attributing failures to disasters and pandemics, the country will now rise again in the face of adversity and work to bequeath to the people a nation better than it was before. Highlighting that the disaster will not serve as an excuse to reverse or …

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Meeting between the President, Prime Minister and representatives of teachers’ trade unions

A meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya and representatives of teachers’ trade unions was held this afternoon (13) at the Presidential Secretariat. At the meeting, the teachers’ trade union representatives stated that they accept the necessity of the new education reforms being implemented by the Government and pointed out that the Grade 6 curriculum needs …

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U.S. Ambassador pays farewell call on President

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (12) to bid farewell, ahead of her departure from Sri Lanka on 16 January, marking the conclusion of her tenure as the United States’ top diplomat in Colombo from 2022 to 2026. During the meeting, President Dissanayake expressed his appreciation for Ambassador Chung’s indefatigable efforts to …

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