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12/08/2026

🔴 Chamara Sampath blasts Government

12/08/2026

🔴 Nobody wants this!

Oil prices rose on Wednesday morning as doubts about a U.S.-Iran peace deal and attacks on two ships fuelled concerns ab...
12/08/2026

Oil prices rose on Wednesday morning as doubts about a U.S.-Iran peace deal and attacks on two ships fuelled concerns about Middle East supply disruptions, even as industry data showed U.S. crude inventories expanded.

Brent futures gained 72 cents, or 0.81 per cent, to $89.63 a barrel by 0053 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed 71 cents, or 0.85 per cent, to $83.91.

12/08/2026

🔴 Chamara Sampath calls Nalinda Jayatissa ‘two faced’

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month due t...
12/08/2026

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month due to a possible threat.

"I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane," Trump told reporters. “I just have to do what they say.”

12/08/2026

🔴 The corrupt establishment is finally facing justice

Cabinet Spokesperson Nalinda Jayatissa claimed the Opposition has become increasingly alarmed as the Government moves to prosecute members of what he described as the former corrupt establishment.

12/08/2026

🔴Mahanayaka Theros sidelined by Government claims SLPP

SLPP MP Chanaka Madugoda criticised the Government for sidelining the Chief prelates. He claims this hasn’t happened before.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday (Aug 12) toward the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast, South ...
12/08/2026

North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday (Aug 12) toward the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast, South Korea's military said.

The missile appeared to have landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone in the sea, NHK reported.

North Korea fired the missile from the Wonsan area at around 6am (5am, Singapore time), South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

12/08/2026

🔴BASL meets President, urges to decide on judges' retirement age after discussing with experts

12/08/2026

🔴Government should consult stakeholders before making major decisions

SLPP MP Chanaka Madugoda criticised the Government for what he described as making decisions without adequately considering the interests of key stakeholders. He particularly pointed to lawyers, claiming they are often consulted only after decisions have effectively been made. Particularly on the proposal of extending the retirement age of judges.

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