U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Asia Robert Kaproth visited Sri Lanka in June 5 – 6 and met President Ranil Wickremesinghe and a range of officials in the country.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Indrika Ratwatte of Sri Lanka as his new Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan with the United Nations ...

NPP insiders scoff at comments linking Govt’s drive to worries over Namal’s popular rallies As he nears the end of his second ...

However, commenting on the proposal, the All-Island Three-Wheeler Union said that regulations are already being drafted, ...

Electricity consumers are likely to face another price hike after the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) hiked naphtha and ...

Seriously wounded in battle in 1996, he survived a life-threatening injury and returned to active service. Such experiences ...

For decades, families across the Jaffna peninsula and surrounding islands have relied on wells and rationed pipe schemes for ...

Heavy rainfall and adverse weather conditions in the upcountry have severely hindered reconstruction work on the railway ...

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) this month cancelled a 2024 tender—called just weeks before the presidential election in September that year—to build and operate new fuel stations as ...

50 newly constructed houses were given to people who lost their homes during a landslide in 2023 in Poonagala and Kabaragala.

In theory, the State is a permanent entity with a specific geographical area and holds the ‘people’s sovereignty’. A ‘government’ administers the State and (temporarily) holds the reins of political ...

Six years after Harry and Meghan made their much-publicised dash to freedom to escape the tyranny of a “racist” Britain, the ...