Expanded capacity enables the company to explore new markets beyond 50 countries it is currently serving Nestlé Lanka has invested over Rs. 6.6 billion in Sri Lanka over the past five years by Sanath Nanayakkare Nestlé Lanka yesterday reaffirmed its commitment towards Sri Lanka by investing over Rs. 2 billion in its state-of-the-art factory in […]

Given its enduring topicality, ‘terrorism’ unfailingly surfaces in international forums focusing on law-and-order questions in particular. For example, Sri Lanka is on record as calling for ‘greater political will’ in managing ‘terrorist financing’ at the recently conducted third ‘No Money for Terror’ international ministerial conference held in New Delhi. Reports said that Sri Lanka’s High [̷...

2022 has seen the most dramatic uprising of people against the government’s tyrannical rule since independence. Amidst a devastating economic crisis, the people raised their voices against corruption, misrule and economic mismanagement, demanding greater democracy. Instead of heeding the people’s call for change in the political culture and economic accountability, the government has responded wit...

Chamika Karunaratne, the Sri Lanka, all-rounded, has been handed a one-year ban, suspended for a year, by Sri Lanka Cricket following a “disciplinary inquiry”. The SLC found Karunaratne to have breached multiple clauses by a three-member inquiry panel. The all-rounders pleaded guilty to all charges levelled against him. Karunaratne was handed a suspended ban of […]

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) disclosed that complaints against the currently suspended officer of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman were made since February this year, however a decision on the matter has been delayed.

The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) decided today (Nov. 23) to invite the General Manager of the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit, Mr. Alex Marshall to Sri Lanka to investigate recent allegations of 'match fixing' made by a parliamentarian regarding the recently concluded Pakistan Tour.

Sri Lanka cricketer Chamika Karunaratne has pledged guilty for all charges levelled against him over the alleged breaching of several clauses in the Player Agreement during the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup held in Australia, the national cricket board says.

Lanka Sathosa has decided to reduce the prices of 04 food items with effect from tomorrow (Nov. 24).

Sri Lanka is hopeful that China will step up to provide it with debt restructuring assurances, along with India so that the island nation can go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to resolve the matter and get back the path for economic recovery, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry says.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on all parties in the parliament to join a meeting in the week following the budget to discuss a lasting solution to the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka.

The Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested five individuals who were in possession of 05 firearms manufactured in Sri Lanka, in the Wakare area.

Nimsara Nadija Seneviratne and Chamika Pasan Kalhara Nandasiri of the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, became the international champions at the Indo-Pacific Quiz Competition 2022 organised by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi, Kerala with support from the U.S. Mission in India.

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) says that among the 77 Sri Lankan females currently at a Sri Lankan Embassy safehouse in Oman, only 12 have left Sri Lanka after registering themselves with the SLBFE.

To address the looming shortage of grains for the animal feed industry and maize based food items due to the ongoing socio-economic crisis in Sri Lanka, as a part of the response efforts through the United Nations (UN) joint Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan...

SJB, JVP, SLFP and SLPP dissidents vote against Budget By Saman Indrajith The second reading of Budget 2023 was passed with a majority of 37 votes in Parliament yesterday. The vote taken at 6 pm received 121 votes in favour and 84 votes against. The SJB, JVP, SLFP and SLPP dissidents voted against the Budget. […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver the Lalith Athulathmudali commemorative freedom speech today (23) at 5.00pm at the BMICH (Lotus Hall). The event has been organized by the Lalith Athulathmudali Foundation in collaboration with the Institute for Democracy and Leadership and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom -Sri Lanka November 26 will mark the 86th birth […]