Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said 24 Sri Lankans who had attended an event organized by the JVP-affiliated ‘Ethera Api’ Organization have been arrested in Kuwait.

The Election Commission has banned the ‘Urumaya’ land distribution programme spearheaded by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has highlighted the need to promote the cultivation of Wallapatta plants claiming that it is a plant that has a high potential to bring foreign exchange to Sri Lanka.

All arrangements are in place for Sri Lankans to be brought into the country if the conflicts develop in the Middle East, Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the faction of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by Dayasiri Jayasekara have decided to support Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa in the upcoming Presidential Election.

Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara has admitted it would be an ’’exciting prospect’’ to lead England’s white-ball team, but admits he has not yet been approached for the role.

The incumbent government, led by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, has issued a significant number of liquor and gun licenses to Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs, claimed Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara.

The People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) reported that a total of 45 complaints related to violations of election laws have been received during the run-up to the Presidential election.

There has been a significant increase in the number of intercepted forged documents at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) over the past five years, with 181 forged documents intercepted in 2023 alone, the Immigration and Emigration Department s

Naval and fishing communities are advised not to venture into the Arabian Sea areas due to the active south-west monsoonal conditions, the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Meteorology Department said.

Residents of Ilukwala area in Sigiriya area living in constant fear of any possible danger from a bear that roams into the village.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the eastern shore of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

A migratory bird of a rare species, incapacitated and found on the Hikkaduwa beach, was rescued by a team of wildlife officers and transferred to the Attidiya Bird Sanctuary for treatment.

In the wake of declaration of the Presidential Elections, the main candidates, particularly President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa have doubled down on their efforts to woo various parties and individu

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), during its recent mission to Sri Lanka, said the 2025 budget needs to be underpinned by appropriate revenue measures and continued spending restraint.

Sri Lanka’s Immigration and Emigration Department beat the revenue forecasts for 2023, earning a total revenue of Rs.42.76 billion, driven by higher tourist arrivals and passport issuances.

The first ODI in the 3-match series ended in a dramatic tie on Friday at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, as India could only manage to equal Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 230.

Sri Lanka Immigration and Emigration Department securing a position to send an officer to function at the Regional Support Office (RSO) of the Bali Process to watch human smuggling and migrant trafficking is a great achievement for the country, said

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) has been awarded the prestigious ’’Best International Tourism Board’’ accolade at the Global Tourism Awards 2024, held in New Delhi, India today.

A police sergeant attached to the Mahabage Police Traffic Division has been arrested for soliciting a bribe of Rs. 150,000 from a suspect in Uswetakeiyawa.

Italian boxer Angela Carini, who abandoned her Olympic bout against Algeria’s Imane Khelif inside 46 seconds, says she ’’wants to apologise’’ to her opponent for how she handled the moments after the fight.

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Five Fundamental Rights applications filed seeking an order preventing the authorities from issuing any permits to Adani Green Energy Sri Lanka Limited (AGESL), to carrying out the wind power plant in the Mannar Island were today fixed for hearing on

Four more candidates placed cash deposits for the upcoming Presidential election today (02) bringing the total number of candidates to fourteen.

The final rites of the late Ven. Galaboda Gnanissara Thera, known as Podi Hamuduruwo, of the Gangaramaya Temple, will be held under State patronage.

The Supreme Court today issued an Interim Order suspending the Cabinet decision granting the approval in relation to online and expat visa operations in Sri Lanka.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board emphasised that if the consumers clean and maintain their water collection tanks at least in three months, the tap water supplied by the board will be of high quality, even for direct consumption.

Galle district SLPP MP Mohan Priyadarshana, who previously pledged support to Ranil Wickremesinghe during the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) politburo meeting on Monday (29), has withdrawn his decision and officially returned to the SLPP.

While stating that Sri Lanka has made commendable progress with putting debt on a path towards sustainability, the IMF staff encouraged a swift resolution of the remaining steps to achieve debt sustainability and regain investor confidence.

Nearly 67 percent of the country’s population is still without sustainable access to safe drinking water in Sri Lanka, Prof. P.P.A. Wasantha Athukorala of the Department of Economics & Statistics of the Peradeniya University said.