PM Dinesh Gunawardena called upon all policy-makers, as well as the private sector and civil society, to use the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) and the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) formulated by the UNDP to understand and implement measures to help move Sri Lanka away from vulnerability and poverty in the future.

Rex Clementine at Pallekele There were doubts about how Sri Lanka’s depleted bowling attack will go about things in the Asia Cup, but the backup bowlers came up with a splendid performance in their opening encounter yesterday at Pallekele helping Sri Lanka to a seven wicket win over Bangladesh. Hometown boy Matheesha Pathirana was sensational […]

In accordance with tradition Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa Pradeep Nilanga Dela, handed over the scroll announcing the successful conclusion of the Esala Perahera  to President Ranil Wickremesinghe this afternoon (31).  

Sri Lanka have begun their Asia Cup title defense with a comfortable five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second match in Pallekele.

A fundamental rights (FR) petition was filed before the Supreme Court today (Aug. 31) seeking the appointment of a five-member committee of specialist doctors led by the Director-General of Health Services (DGHS) to conduct a transparent probe into the deaths of patients and complications caused by substandard drugs imported to Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka produced a clinical bowling display in their Asia Cup opener, bowling Bangladesh out for 164 with more than seven overs to spare. Leading a depleted Sri Lankan bowling attack was Matheesha Pathirana, who took 4 for 32. Maheesh Theekshana was perhaps even more effective on a two-paced surface but had only two wickets […]

Sri Lanka saw a notable increase in workers remittances and a boost in tourist arrivals in July 2023, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says.

A suspect involved in the Thalangama brazen daylight shooting, in which a 44-year-old was murdered, has been arrested by Sri Lankan law enforcement authorities after he fled to Singapore.

Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella has instructed the ministry s officials to urgently take measures for recruiting 3,000 more nurses to the nursing service in Sri Lanka.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says that the authorities, community and society should acknowledge at large that when people go missing, it causes anguish and uncertainty for their families who continue to live in a state of ambiguity, not knowing whether their loved one is alive or dead.

Sri Lanka s Department of Census and Statistics says that headline inflation based on the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) has further reduced to 4% in August, compared to 6.3% in July 2023.

Due to the active southwest monsoon conditions over the island, prevailing showery condition in the southwestern part of Sri Lanka is likely to enhance on September 01, the Meteorology Department said in an Amber advisory issued this afternoon (Aug. 31).

SriLankan Airlines is all set to expand its operations in Kerala. The airline is likely to add one more flight to Thiruvananthapuram during the coming winter schedule.

Sinopec, a Beijing-based leading international petroleum company, has officially kicked off its business operations in Sri Lanka, commencing fuel supply at its first filing station on the island nation established in Mattegoda, Colombo.

The final Randoli Perahara of the esteemed Esala Perahara festival of Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy paraded the streets on Wednesday night (Aug. 30), bringing the festival to a successful draw.

On the apparent southward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 28th of August to 07th of September in this year. The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (31) are Adappankulam (Vavuniya District), Dutuwewa (Anuradhapura District) and Nilaveli […]

Security officers at the BIA in the early hours of yesterday (30) foiled an attempt made by a woman to smuggle out gemstones worth over Rs. 290 million to India. She was handed over to the Sri Lanka Customs officers at the BIA for investigations. According to a Customs spokesperson, the smuggler is a businesswoman. […]

International Day of the Disappeared Colombo (ICRC) –On the International Day of the Disappeared yesterday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) remembered the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are missing or separated from their families due to armed conflict, other situations of violence, disasters, humanitarian emergencies and migration. It […]

A meeting between the Permanent Resident Representative of the United Nations in Colombo Marc-Andre Franch, and the National People’s Power leader Comrade Anura Kumara Dissanayake, took place Tuesday (29) morning at the JVP head office. Edward Rees, Development Adviser and Resident Coordinator of the United Nations Sri Lanka Office, and Comrade Bimal Ratnayake, National Executive […]