The President has ordered to suspend transporting beef and mutton at district and provincial levels with immediate effect, the President Media Division (PMD) said.

A 58 year old man had died when a luxury car reportedly returning from a night club smashed against a three wheeler in Kollupitiya this morning.

The recent death of cattles in the Eastern Province was due to extreme cold weather and allowing them to roam freely in forests without being given basic needs, provincial animal production and health department said.

Sri Lanka workers’ remittances have significantly increased to US$384.4 million in November 2022, the Central Bank said.

The US has imposed sanctions on Sri Lankan military officer Major Prabath Bulathwatte, who was arrested on suspicion he assisted in the abduction and torture of Sri Lankan editor Keith Noyahr in 2008, for human rights abuse.

Sri Lanka has freed 461 of the 485 Indian fishermen detained during 2020-22 due to sustained efforts by the Indian government, Indian minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

More than 25 domestic flights and three international flights including from Colombo to Chennai were cancelled ahead of cyclone Mandous making its landfall.

According to the real-time Air Quality Index (AQI), the air pollution level indicated in Sri Lanka’s atmosphere is still at risk and will experience unhealthy air quality conditions.

The influence of the Cyclonic Storm “Mandous” over the island and the sea areas around the island will be gradually reduced,’’ the Meteorology Department said.

Sri Lankan workers are seen busy engaged in work in the port city project of Colombo which was constructed by Chinese company. The project is said to have cost US$15 billion in total comprising of residential areas, hospital, financial centre and an

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristlina Georgieva said she had a “fruitful exchange” with her Chinese counterparts this week on her repeated calls for accelerating debt treatments for countries like Zambia and Sri Lanka.

The tourist arrivals for the first seven days of December have already crossed the 15,000 mark, indicating the revival of the hard-hit sector is on track.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said China will implement the G20’s Debt Service Suspension Initiative in all respects and added that China will work with relevant G20 members to formulate and participate in a fair and equitable debt-restructurin

Apparel industry points out, given current economic milieu, companies use a considerable portion of export proceeds to purchase raw materials, fuel and other items essential

The World Bank this week approved Sri Lanka’s request to access concessional financing from the International Development Association (IDA).

Brazil were knocked out of the 2022 World Cup at the quarter-final stage after losing to Croatia on penalties in the most dramatic fashion.

India has recommenced issuing electronic visas (e-visas) for Sri Lankan nationals for convenient travel, leisure, business, conferences etc, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said.

Two financial Bills namely Valued Added Tax Amendment Bill and Inland Revenue Amendment Bill were passed in Parliament today.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Buddhika Pathirana today questioned the alledged purchase of a double bed and a mattress for the President’s office in Parliament and to conduct a probe on it.

Sri Lanka is currently subject to trans-boundary air pollution where Carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide particles flying in from India and other countries with the onset of winds, Minister of Environment Nisir Ahamed told Parliame

India’s financial capital Mumbai has been witnessing ’’very poor’’ air quality in recent days.

Though the prices of imported milk powder has been increased, the chairman of MILCO Private Limited today said that MILCO will not rise its prices, despite the challenges they face with packaging costs and taxes.

Conducting coaching or tuition classes targeting at the 2022 grade five scholarship examination will be prohibited from next Wednesday (14), Examinations Department Commissioner General L.M.D. Dharmasena said.

The officers attached to the Customs Narcotics Control Division today carried out the second largest raid on gold at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in the customs history.

At least 165 dairy cows were reported dead in Kilinochchi due to the extreme cold weather that gripped the island over the past few days, area residents said.

The price of a 400g imported milk powder packet has been increased by Rs. 100 from today, the Importers Association said.

The individual who had obstructed duties of two Traffic Police officers in Delkanda recently were remanded until December 23, by the Nugegoda Additional Magistrate today, Police said.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that condoms would be made available for free in pharmacies for 18- to 25-year-olds in a bid to reduce unwanted pregnancies among young people.

Two policemen including the Anti-Corruption Unit OIC of the Ipalogama Police Station were arrested by the officer of the Bribery Commission for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.15,000.

While highlighting that only ten percent of the population will have to pay increased income tax, the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said those who pay increased taxes should look after the low income earners who are affected by th