The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) wouldn’t be amended in view of the...
Sri Lanka’s economy has “stabilised decisively” under its International Monetary Fund (IMF)-supported programme, with growth rebounding, tax revenues doubling, and...
More than 5,600 motorcyclists had been killed due to road accidents during the last five years, the Ministry of Transport said yesterday (15). “About 5,677 motorcyclists...
By Ifham Nizam A critically endangered Dugong, commonly called sea cow, killed due to blast fishing in the seas off Norochcholai was found yesterday. It was...
Continuing with their focus of uplifting the country’s educational landscape by way of encouraging more readers and bringing books closer to the country’s youth, SLT-MOBITEL, the...
Uber Eats announced the launch of operations in Kurunegala, its fourth city in Sri Lanka, giving eaters there access to their favourite foods at the tap...
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) spokesperson Suren Surendiran said that the Tamil community did not believe in commissions appointed by the government of Sri Lanka to...
A fire destroyed 50 houses at Kajeema Watta, Grandpass, around 3am yesterday. There are about 250 houses in the area. Eight fire trucks of the CMC...
The government had no intention of banning the hijab as it did not pose a threat to national security, Minister of Public Security Rear Admiral (retd.)...
By Dinasena Ratugamage The Navy, on Sunday, seized a multi-day trawler, with a high engine capacity that had no crew, off the seas of Delft Island....
UN Security Council support cannot be mustered for anti-SL move Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbeldon has told...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the relevant parties to take steps to expedite the process of conducting the Provincial Council elections. Currently, the Provincial Councils function...
By Dmitry Medvedev, who served as Russia’s President from 2008 to 2012 and Prime Minister from 2012 to 2020. He has been Deputy Chairman of the...
By Ifham Nizam The number of elephant deaths for 2021 jumped to 65 yesterday with four new deaths within 72 hours. Scientists, elephant experts and environmental...