President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced that the government will shut down non-functioning and redundant public institutions, beginning with agencies like the Sri Lanka Cement Corporation and the Cinnamon Development Department, as part of a sweeping plan to restructure the state sector and rebuild...

Six students from the Faculty of Technology at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura have been suspended after allegedly assaulting a second-year student. Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Padmalal M. Manange stated that the attack was reportedly carried out as retaliation against the victim’s opposition to ragging. The student...