Veteran actor and comedian Bandu Samarasinghe has been appointed as Sri Lanka’s Consular General in Milan, Italy, sources said.

The Police officer who got vocal today at the public protest at Galle Face Green, over the ongoing crisis, has been taken in for questioning by the Police Special Investigations Unit.

State-run SriLankan Airlines has issued requests for proposals to lease up to 21 aircraft to support its long-term business strategy.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Pradeshiya Sabha member Duminda Perera was arrested for allegedly assaulting Kelaniya university students while attempting to demolish a stage set up by a group of students during a protest in Kiribathgoda was today

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday (13) said that it supported Sri Lanka’s plans to engage in ’’collaborative dialogue’’ with creditors, a day after the country unilaterally suspended external debt payments amid a severe eco

Sri Lanka needs between $3 billion to $4 billion this year to pull itself out of an unprecedented economic crisis and plans to start talks with the International Monetary Fund for help, Finance Minister Ali Sabry said.

The government was taking measures to secure the normal life of the people from the current complex situation by properly understanding the challenges, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said.

S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday lowered Sri Lanka’s foreign currency rating to ’’CC’’ from ’’CCC’’, citing the economic crisis in the country and rising external funding pressures.

India is willing to commit up to another $2 billion in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while also supporting the island nation with food and fuel, five sources told Reuters, as New Delhi tries to regain ground lost to China in recent years.

Claiming that the country was on the brinks of collapsing, Mayor of Colombo Rosy Senanayake said today the need of the hour is a coalescence of all forces irrespective of political, racial, religious or language differences to rescue the nation.

Sri Lanka’s economic outlook is highly uncertain due to the fiscal and external imbalances and urgent policy measures are needed to address the high levels of debt and debt service, reduce the fiscal deficit, restore external stability, and mitigat

Sri Lanka has received USD 10 million from the World Bank to purchase medicines, the Government Information Department said.

A group of protestors at the Galle Face area now re-named as the ’Gota Go Gama’ have written to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, declining his invitation for a meeting, but have put forward two demands saying the President must resign and all Ra

Two Senior DIGs have been transferred with immediate effect due to service requirements, police said.

Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa today placed his signatures on the Impeachment Motion against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the No-Confidence Motion against the government.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said the Government is ready to hold discussions with the protesting youth at Galle Face Green.

Six men with at least 300 kg of heroin and 25 kg of Methamphetamine also known as ICE, were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy during a search operation conducted off the Southern coast.

China on Tuesday reiterated that it is doing its ’’utmost’’ to provide assistance to debt-ridden Sri Lanka

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today said that his government is committed to ensuring justice to all the victims of the Easter Sunday attack and enforcing law against all the responsible parties, by means of due and proper investigations.

Four bowsers with more than 17,000 litres of fuel, parked inside the premises of a vehicle service centre at Bopitiya in Pamunugama were taken into the custody today, police said.

At least 16 people have been injured in a shooting during morning rush hour at a New York subway station.

Some 735 suspects have been arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attack, Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne said.

The 11 alliance members who have sat independently in Parliament have refused to meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for discussions on an interim government, the Daily Mirror learns.

The World Bank has granted approval to release an immediate grant of US$ 10 million to purchase emergency drugs, Finance Minister Ali Sabri said.

The Finance Ministry today announced it would default on its US$51 billion external debt pending a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Shantha Bandara, who was sworn in as State Minister for Promoting the Production & Regulating Supply of Organic Fertilizer yesterday, was removed from all positions of the SLFP, SLFP National Organizer MP Duminda Dis

The Ministry of Defence yesterday denied social media reports that incumbent Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva is holding the present appointment without legitimate service extension.

A 15-year-old boy who was bathing in the Maneruwa Lake in Anuradhapura was dragged away by a crocodile last evening.

A fresh consignment rice weighing 11,000 MT from India, reached the Colombo Port today, the High Commission of India in Colombo said.

Sri Lanka is not caught in a debt trap by China, according to its ambassador in Beijing, as the Indian Ocean island nation seeks help to overcome its most severe economic woes in decades, a situation leading to public unrest and a political crisis fo