While privatisation of SriLankan is high on the agenda of the new government in the island nation, the airline’s CEO says there is a strong future for the country’s national carrier supporting the growth of the Sri Lankan economy in general and t

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said the government will appoint a committee to seek how best to integrate the Tamils of Hill Country Origin further into Sri Lankan Society.

A showery condition over the island is expected to be enhanced over the next few days from today as a low-level atmospheric disturbance is developing in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, the Meteorology Department said.

The Foreign Ministry said it is monitoring the situation in central Seoul closely where over 150 people were killed Saturday and some 100 were injured in a stampede, when thousands crowded into narrow streets to celebrate Halloween.

While admitting that their fielding had been a deciding factor, Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka said he is optimistic that they can bounce back from this situation and get to the semis.

A 27-year-old Sri Lankan man was among those who died in a stampede at the packed Halloween festivities in the South Korean capital Seoul.

There is a new trend of increasing use of synthetic drugs known as ICE (methamphetamine crystals) among girls, National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) said.

South Korea’s first big Halloween celebration since the end of Covid restrictions turned to tragedy on Saturday night, when at least 149 people, mostly teenagers and young adults, died as partygoers surged through a narrow alley in a popular nightl

New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 65 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday to consolidate their top spot in Group 1 table of the Super-12 stage in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

Two other representative bodies of the private sector tourism stakeholders yesterday joined the bandwagon in urging those engaging in protests to reconsider their decision as such events will only worsen the challenges faced by the local tourism sect

Efforts are underway to bring in measures to firm up and consolidate the relationship between the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) and trade unions and apparel workers, the apex body of the industry said.

A 57-year-old Sub-Inspector (SI) attached to the Thihagoda Police has been arrested and interdicted following a tense situation reported in Thihagoda, Matara this evening.

The Court of Appeal today upheld the death sentence imposed against the accused who committed the murder of his fellow junior student Selvanayagam Varapragash who was an Engineering Faculty student at Peradeniya University in 1997.

Buddhashasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickremanayake said a new mechanism would be in place to have the Nayaka Theras informed regarding the monks involved in anti-religious activities and to implement the law against them as

Syria has started buying tea from India after a gap of 50 years, and because of US and European Union sanctions on the Western Asian country, the consignments are routed through Lebanon, traders said.

The Ministry of Defence declared general amnesty for the three Armed Forces personalities who were either absent or deserted, enabling them to receive a legal discharge from their respective services.

Sri Lankan Attorney-at-Law cum Solicitor Jana Dhanabalasingam has been ranked among top lawyers in Britain and among world’s top 4% of lawyers.

The Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) has a due payment of Rs. 30 million for their electricity bill, LRH Director Dr. G. Wijesuriya said today.

Sabaragamuwa University Teachers Association today filed a Special Determination petition in Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the proposed Inland Revenue Bill which is placed on the order Paper of Parliament on 21st of October.

Whilst highlighting that a system error in the computer network of the Emigration Department had led to his hold back at the Katunayake International Airport on Thursday night , Ranjan Ramanayake said he managed to get the clearance to travel to the

Sarwat Jahan has been appointed as the IMF Resident Representative for Sri Lanka after Tubagus Feridhanusetyawan.

The first shipment of 13,000 metric tons of urea fertilizer for paddy cultivation for the Maha season has reached the country.

Sri Lanka’s hotel sector yesterday asserted it will not tolerate any protests that will eventually result in severe negative implications to the industry, specially at a time when some improvement is seen in international travellers visiting the co

Amidst the soaring inflation and poverty, a rapid increase of vehicle theft is being reported to the Police with motorcycle thefts topping the list.

The real aragalaya has not yet begun and it will begin from home to chase the current President, National Organiser of the SJB Women’s Wing and former MP Hirunika Premachandra said.

While making the case for tax hikes, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya revealed that nearly 4 million families, which make up nearly 58 percent of the country’s households are seeking financial assistance from the government under v

Elon Musk has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, according to an investor in the firm.

Former Minister Ranjan Ramanayake, who arrived at the Katunayake international airport last night, was not allowed to leave the country and turned away by the Immigration and Emigration officials, a Department spokesman said.

The Cabinet nod has been granted to draft a bill in compliance with the Singapore Convention on Mediation, formally the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation.

The Gazette notification stipulating the laws and regulation pertaining to the Colombo Port City Development Project will be issued in a couple of days, the Investment Promotion State Minister Dilum Amunugma said during a site visit to the Port City