As part of her enterprising and humanitarian foreign policy, the Government of the Republic of Turkey is donating urgent medical equipment and medicines to the Government of Sri Lanka to ease the hardship faced by the Sri Lankan people during these challenging times. The first consignment, including urgent medicines, arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport, […]

By Hiran H.Senewiratne ‘Sri Lanka is located at the heart of a vital global shipping line and more than 45000 ships and an equal number of aircraft navigate this route via Sri Lanka’s Dondra head annually. However, not a single ship nor aircraft is enabled to make a stop-over at Dondra for bunkering, re-fueling and […]

By Hiran H.Senewiratne The CSE turned negative yesterday having traded with a bullish run for 12 consecutive days due to profit- takings of many counters, especially blue-chip counters. This development could be considered as the market correction, stock market analysts said. Sri Lanka’s shares fell over 1 per cent in mid-day trade, pulled down by […]

MBSL Insurance Company Limited opened its newest fully-fledged branch in the city of Ambalantota recently to cater to the insurance needs of the local community. The company aims to expand and strengthen its reach throughout the nation to serve its customers better. The new branch is located at No. 133/1 (First Floor), Main Street, Ambalantota. […]

By Ifham Nizam On the instructions of the Agriculture Ministry, the Paddy Marketing Board yesterday began purchasing Yala paddy harvest from farmers. Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that necessary steps have been taken to start the purchasing of paddy at a good price this week and a ministerial paper has already been submitted for the […]

The Ministry of Power and Energy, on Monday, revealed that they have released over 1.7 million litres of fuel for motor cars, through the QR system, from 01 to 14 August. In the first week, from 01 to 07 August, 9,325,985 litres were released for cars. However, the number had dropped to 8,013,000 in week […]

Records Rs. 354 MN PAT in its first quarter Hela Apparel Holdings PLC recorded an impressive start to the financial year, with revenue growing by 114% year-on-year to Rs. 24.5 Bn in the first quarter. The significant growth was partly driven by the depreciation of the rupee during this period, while the Group’s underlying US […]

Under the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau’s Visiting Journalists & Blogger Programs, a group of high-profile Indian media personnel was invited to Sri Lanka from July 3 to July 11, to re-discover Indo-Sri Lanka historical relationships. Eight media personnel representing several key states & cities of India, including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad […]

By Norman Palihawadana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a committee to oversee and grant prior approval for new appointments or changes to the existing positions of chairmen and directors of state corporations, statutory boards and state-owned enterprises. President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake will chair the committee including Prime Minister’s Secretary Anura Dissanayake a...

75 years of India’s Independence was celebrated with great fervor in different parts of Sri Lanka on 15 August 2022. The celebrations this year are a part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ initiative, a global campaign to commemorate 75 years of a progressive and self-reliant India through numerous activities and events. The main event […]

Sri Lanka s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry met the Colombo-based Ambassadors and High Commissioners at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a briefing on current developments ahead of the 51st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Investors in government's treasury bills and bonds wait for directions from Thursday's policy rate decision

Market has been on the rise due political stability hope after months of protests

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is spending for his current foreign travels through his personal funds and not through state funds, the Government Information Department said today.

Sri Lanka s Minister of Power and Energy says that India s Adani Green Energy has been issued provisional approvals for two wind energy projects in Mannar and Pooneryn for an investment of over USD 500 million.

The Director General of Health Services has confirmed 06 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 15).

President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the State of Emergency, which is scheduled to lapse by the end of this week, will not be extended.

Regional Director for Asia-Pacific from the United Nations Development Coordination Office (UNDCO) David McLachlan-Karr arrived in Sri Lanka today (16 August).

Issuing a clarification on Sri Lanka lifting the ban imposed on several Tamil diaspora organisations, the Defence Ministry says that such inclusions and exclusions for blacklisted individuals and organizations are routinely carried out by relevant authorities after observation and careful study over a continuous period of time.

Britain has launched a scheme to extend tariff cuts to hundreds of products, such as clothes and food, from developing countries including Sri Lanka, part of London s post-Brexit efforts to set up systems to replace those run by the European Union.

Cabinet approval has been granted for the Cabinet paper submitted by President Ranil Wickremesinghe for the implementation of national guidelines and minimum standards for child development centers in Sri Lanka.

The MPs’ political engagement “in a highly sensitive issue such as this” was “totally unnecessary”, Herath tweeted.