Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana announced today that meeting the salary increase demands of striking public servants would necessitate raising the current Value Added Tax (VAT) from 18% to 20-21%.

An electronic ticketing (E-ticketing) system for public transport services, including trains, will be introduced before the end of this year.

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the government in a case linked to crashes of its 737 Max jets in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people — a stunning turn for the aerospace giant after the Justice Department determ

The car used in the Athurugiriya shooting this morning has been found abandoned at Korathota in Kaduwela.

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by a businessman seeking an order restraining the Election Commission from holding the Presidential election in 2024 was today dismissed by the Supreme Court with Rs.100,000 cost.

Binura Fernando of the Colombo Strikers has been fined 20 percent of his match fee and handed over a demerit point for breaching the player’s code of conduct during a game between the Colombo Strikers and the Kandy Falcons held on July 2.

Two Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs will leave the party shortly after accepting rewards in dollars, an SJB MP said today.

She had already sold her vehicle a year ago, so she doesn’t understand this, model Piumi Hansamali said in a message on her official Facebook page.

Two persons including Surendra Wasantha Perera alias ’Club Wasantha’ were killed and several persons including singer K. Sujeewa have been hospitalised following a shooting at Oruwala Junction in Athurugiriya a short while ago, police said.

While raising preliminary objections against the Fundamental Rights petition seeking an order restraining the Election Commission from holding the Presidential election in 2024, the Attorney General today moved the Supreme Court to dismiss this petit

Dambulla Sixers having undergone three successive defeats in the ongoing fifth Lanka Premier League tournament saw the winning post for the first time with an easy eight wicket win over Colombo Strikers in the 10th match played under floodlights at t

The Education Ministry has decided to offer an interest-free student loan scheme.

Animal lovers across the country are eagerly anticipating the passage of the Animal Welfare Bill in Parliament, Veterinarians for Humane Management of Animal Population Association said.

Sri Lanka’s bid for the extension of its continental shelf beyond its Exclusive Economic Zone has hit a snag since India has also made overlapping claims prompting both the countries to seek bilateral engagement for the resolution of it, a top sour

With the completion of three key steps in its debt restructuring— the finalisation of Domestic Debt Optimisation....

Tourism achieved a significant milestone with earnings surpassing the US$ 1.5 billion mark in the first six months of the year, reflecting improved performance.

If the island nation improves transparency as suggested by commercial creditors and successfully reduces corruption....

Remittances from Sri Lankans working abroad continued to come above US$ 500 million a month reflecting the fire power it has in keeping the country’s current account of the balance of payment in check.

As Sri Lanka secures US$ 8 billion in debt relief, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that the island nation is now free to pursue a new economic direction.

SriLankan flight UL 470, heading to Incheon International Airport in South Korea, returned to Colombo due to a technical issue.

Hangzhou Asian Games women’s javelin throw silver medalist Dilhani Lekamge of Army SC has been named as the captain of the Sri Lanka Athletic Team for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which will be held from July 26 to August 11 in France.

An unbeaten 84 in just 49 balls, inclusive of 11 boundaries, and two sixes by Tim Seifert, who was ably supported by Alex Hales, helped Galle Marvels record a comfortable six-wicket win over Kandy Falcons in the ninth match of the fifth Lanka Premier

Rohit recently led India to a T20 World Cup title after the Men in Blue beat South Africa in the final of the tournament in Barbados.

More than 200 public sector trade unions, including Grama Niladhari officers and surveyors, will engage in a two-day strike by reporting ’sick’ on Monday, July 8, and Tuesday, July 9.

Former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed as the interim Head Coach of the Sri Lanka men’s national cricket team.

Sri Lanka has decided to lift from next year a ban on the visit of foreign research ships imposed after strong security concerns raised by India and the US following frequent docking requests from hi-tech Chinese surveillance vessels, the Japanese me

The Meteorology Department has issued a warning for heavy showers exceeding 100 mm of rain in the Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces, as well as the Kandy district.

Highlighting that today, drug trafficking poses a greater threat to the nation than terrorism, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that some human rights lawyers also represent drug-related criminals after their arrest.

Voters have gone to the polls for the second time in France in crucial parliamentary run-off elections that threaten political deadlock.

At least 13 people were injured when an elephant went on a rampage shortly after the Ruhunu Kataragama Mahadevala perahera began last night.