Who doesn’t enjoy traveling? Nonshout met Rokhan Direkz, a Sri Lankan who travels to places around the globe where other tourists doesn’t like to travel. He joined us to talk about his experiences in the countries he visited. How did you come up with this desire to visit challenging locations where most people would not even consider going? My passion for it probably dates back to my early years.

The 2023 budget was presented to the parliament this afternoon by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe. Estimated government expenditure in this year’s budget is 7,885 billion rupees. It is an increase of 29.2% compared to last year, and in the budget presented for the year 2022, the government expenditure estimate was shown as 6,100 billion rupees. Below are the budget proposals. Urgent steps to develop cinnamon industry More

Pakistan Railways has raised the fares of Tezgam, a daily express train service, in order to reduce the projected deficit. Following the floods, railway losses were expected to be at an all-time high, and now the state-owned railway company has raised the economy class ticket of Tezgam from Rawalpindi to Karachi from Rs2,000 to Rs3,500. The price of the Rawalpindi to Lahore rail ticket has gone up from Rs500