Local
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Amidst the onset of the rainy season, there has been a notable surge in dengue cases. Mr. Sagala Ratnayaka, Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff, has urged relevant departments to promptly implement measures to address this escalating situation.
WORLD
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – A gunman killed three people and critically wounded a fourth Wednesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before being killed in a shootout with police, authorities said. The attack sent shock waves through a city still scarred by the deaths of 60 people in a 2017 mass shooting only a few miles away on the famous Strip.
SPORT
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Minister of Sports Harin Fernando has appointed a 15-member National Sports Council, replacing its former chairman Arjuna Ranatunga with Dr. Maiya Gunasekara.
ADVERTORIAL
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) –The inaugural programme of the three-year plans pertaining to the national programme to develop 5,000 villages through the development of 1,250 Sanasa Societies under the theme of ‘Reduce Costs – Increase Revenues’, conceived by Sanasa Leader, Vishwa Prasadini, Dr. P.A. Kiriwandeniya (Sanasa National Conference) was recently at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.
