Sri Lanka’s overall inflation, measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on a year-on-year basis, rose to 2.1% in October 2025, up from 1.5% in September, according to the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS). The CCPI for all items increased slightly to 193.8 in October from 193.7 the previous month. Food inflation accelerated…
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the 2026 national budget, which will be presented to Parliament this afternoon (07) by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his role as Minister of Finance. The President will deliver the second reading of the Appropriation Bill, also known as the Budget Speech, at 1:30 p.m. today. This marks…
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education has extended the application period for the 10th phase of its interest-free student loan scheme until December 15. The application window, originally scheduled from November 1 to November 30, 2025, was extended in response to the ongoing disaster situation in the country. According to the…
In line with the new education reforms, the National Institute of Education (NIE) has commenced programs to brief principals of both national and provincial schools at the district level across all provinces. Many districts across the island have already been covered under this initiative. As part of its continuation, the program to inform principals in…
Most of the school and university students are reluctant to go to school/ university because parents force them to learn and examine the education system. This is very stressful for them. As a result of that, they are naturally moving away from education. The worst side of this is some students tend to commit suicide…
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a generous contribution of US $2.7 million from global fashion brand Michael Kors to strengthen Sri Lanka’s National School Meals Programme. The donation, made through the brand’s long-running “Watch Hunger Stop” campaign, will support WFP’s Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) initiative. The funding will enable WFP to…
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance, in collaboration with local banks, is preparing to launch a nationwide loan programme aimed at supporting new entrepreneurs starting in January next year, according to Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Sunil Handunneththi. Speaking at the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Industry and Entrepreneurship Development in Parliament, the Minister announced that…
Twitter is adding gold checkmarks for official brand accounts. Also Twitter is adding gray ticks for ‘government and multilateral’ accounts. “we’ll begin replacing that “official” label with a gold checkmark for businesses, and later in the week a grey checkmark for government and multilateral accounts” – Twitter said. Twitter’s paid-for verification feature is rolling out…
2021 GCE O/L examination will be held from 2022 May 23 to June 1. The deadline for submitting applications for the exam has been extended. The closing date of the applications for the examination is now the 17th of February, the Commissioner-General of Examinations says. Private O/L candidates can submit their applications online through the…
