A private airline has come under scrutiny after a passenger bound for Karachi from Lahore was mistakenly flown to Jeddah without passport and visa, ARY News reported.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, met with Chinese Foreign Minister H.E. Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meetings in Kuala Lumpur yesterday (12).

A boat carrying tourists from Delft Island, Jaffna, sank in the deep sea, making all 14 people on board narrowly escape with their lives.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that the on-going dialogue with the United States will continue in order to secure additional concessions.

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% US tariff rate starting 1 August, in letters posted to his social media platform, Truth Social.

Twenty-one illegally imported motorcycles, including eight luxury Harley-Davidson bikes and four tricycles, were seized during a raid conducted by police at the Hambantota Bird Park warehouse today.

The White House has nominated Eric Meyer, a seasoned American diplomat from California, to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

In the conduct of negotiations for the reduction of reciprocal tariffs, the U.S. authorities have proposed some restrictive measures on trading with China, but Sri Lanka has declined to do so in principle in conformity with its neutral foreign pol

An unidentified female body was discovered in the sea beneath the bridge leading to Pigeon Island in the Matara Police Division, the Police Media Division said.

India could pose sti competition to Sri Lanka and the Philippines for nearly a fth of their exports to the United States as both countries are facing high import duties under new US trade arrangement, according to an analysis.

They have won the FIFA World Cup four times but in a historic first, Italy’s men’s cricket team, led by a former Australian Test opener Joe Burns, has qualified for the 2026 T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka.

The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) has called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to appoint a Presidential Commission to investigate into the 2021 environmental disaster caused by the fire aboard the vessel MV X-Press Pearl.

The Department of Meteorology has issued a warning advising naval and fishing communities to avoid venturing into sea areas off the coast from Puttalam to Pottuvil via Colombo, Galle, and Hambantota over the next 24 hours due to rough and potentially

Two individuals were killed when a motorbike crashed at the back of a bicycle at Udawela on the Hasalaka-Hettipola road last night.

A cut in the fuel supply to the engines caused last month’s Air India crash that killed 260 people, a preliminary report has found.

On July 10, the UK government unveiled a package of reforms to simplify the imports from developing countries like Sri Lanka.

A significant shift is underway in Sri Lanka’s newly reopened vehicle market, with consumer demand increasingly favouring electric models.

The Colombo Tea Auction offerings totalled 6.1 million kilogrammes (M/Kgs), marginally lower to the 6.4 M/Kgs of last week.

The Committee on High Posts, chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, has approved the appointments of four new ministry secretaries, according to a statement issued by the Department of Communications of Parliament.

Although Rs. 574 million has been allocated for the Hambantota District this year under the Southern Province Development Programme, only around Rs. 23 million - just 4% of the total - has been utilised so far, it was revealed at a high-level meeting

In a dramatic turn of events in Parliament today, Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekera alleged that Minister of Transport, Ports and Aviation, Bimal Ratnayake, had ordered the release of 309 red-labelled containers—an accusation that sparked uproar ac

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) soared to All-Time High on Friday, with the All Share Price Index (ASPI) jumping 379.77 points or 2.09% to close at a record high of 18,541.26. The S&P SL20 inclined by 127.86 points or 2.39% closing at 5,486.5.

In view of the withdrawal of the Special Leave to Appeal application filed by Mohammed Kamil Kuthubdeen, the 8th accused in South Asia’s largest Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud case, the Supreme Court today affirmed the majority judgment of the Court o

One person was wounded after two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at a three-wheeler in the Kosgama ares this evening, Police said.

Sri Lanka Navy Commodore (Retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne assumed duties as the new Excise Commissioner General at the Sri Lanka Excise Department Headquarters in Rajagiriya this morning.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would impose a 50% tariff on all imports from Brazil after a spat this week with his Brazilian counterpart who called him an unwanted ’’emperor.’’

A young man who climbed to the top of a street lamp post in the Fort area on Friday was safely rescued following a joint operation by the Fire Brigade and Police.

The Supreme Court today granted leave to proceed with a Fundamental Rights petition filed by two women, challenging the Sri Lanka Railway Department’s decision to limit applications for Station Master positions to male candidates only.

The Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) has called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take urgent steps to uphold truth, justice, and international cooperation in the investigation into the Chemmani mass graves, where over 65 skeletal remains -

Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kakunawela today informed the Bribery Commission that there is no need to obtain a court-issued arrest warrant to apprehend former Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne, as he is already named as a suspect in the