Ceylon Wire - English https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 51 Killed, 5,000 Evacuated After 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia Sri Lanka Records Most Positive View of India in 36-Country Pew Survey Vehicle Prices Expected to Rise Sharply as Import Duty Surcharge Extended Angelo Mathews Confirms Retirement from International Cricket Sri Lanka Plans to Produce Half of Annual Big Onion Requirement Locally Extreme Heat Linked to Rise in Mental Health Concerns – Psychiatrist Police Urged to Conduct Traffic Stops Transparently and Professionally Government Approval Rating Falls to 50% – Verité Research Survey Cabinet Sub-Committee Appointed to Review Sri Lanka’s EU GSP+ Application Police Warn of New Online Scam Targeting Construction Material Buyers Showers Expected in Several Areas Today 5.9-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Indonesia’s Flores Region Showers Expected in Several Areas Today Cabinet Approves Immigration Clearance for Sri Lankan Refugees Returning from India HOME ENG Government Plans Rs. 42 Billion Investment in Vocational Education Fuel Price Revision or Government Subsidy Being Considered Amid Rising Import Costs Eric Meyer Sworn In as New US Ambassador to Sri Lanka President: Constitutional Reform Requires Taking Risks for Change VAT Payments for July Due by August 20 WHO Warns Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Could Become Deadliest on Record Illegal “Kotu Kepima” Gambling Racket Causing Serious Social Crisis – NLB Chairman Dry Weather Raises Feels-Like Temperatures in Several Areas Vance Says Keeping Oil Prices Low Is Top US Priority in Iran War Kap Planting Ceremony Held Ahead of Kandy Esala Perahera Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Expected in Several Areas Today Minister Assures No Future Power Cuts Due to Coal Shortages Dengue Cases in Sri Lanka Rise to Over 91,000 China’s New Ambassador to Sri Lanka Pledges to Strengthen Bilateral Ties Central Bank Sees No Need for Further Rate Hikes This Year – Governor CAA Continues Islandwide Raids on Substandard Atapirikara Items Showers Expected in Several Areas; Rough Seas Forecast Rs. 2.5 Billion Development Programme to Launch Across Sri Lanka Verdict in Easter Sunday Terror Case Against 24 Accused Expected Soon Cabinet Approves Over Rs. 1 Billion for Lanka Metro Transit Sri Lanka Promoted at Miss Polski 2026 Finals in Poland Oil Prices Rise as U.S.-Iran Peace Hopes Fade and Middle East Supply Risks Grow Migrant Worker Remittances Surpass USD 5 Billion in First Seven Months Education Committee Focuses on Teacher Shortages and Professional Development New Mobile Drug Testing Bus Added to Public Transport Safety Programme Lotus Tower Proposed as Southeast Asia’s Largest Christmas Tree CID Launches Wider Probe into Illegal Overseas Transfers Through Shell Companies Passport Issuance Services Disrupted Due to System Breakdown Sri Lanka Records Over 90,000 Dengue Cases in 2026 Security Tightened at All Prisons Amid Investigations into Recent Clashes Jetstar and Qatar Airways Aircraft Narrowly Avoid Collision at Sydney Airport Sri Lanka CERT Warns of Social Media Extortion Scams India Hands Over Third Consignment of Bailey Bridges to Sri Lanka Decline in Dengue Mosquito Larvae Density Observed Election Commission to Appear Before Special Committee on Provincial Council Polls