Sri Lanka has established a Safe Migration Promotion Unit (SMPU) at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake, Labor Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara says.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has held bilateral talks with Singapore s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday (Aug. 22).

Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has held talks with the Consul of the Lao People s Democratic Republic Manilay Thiphalansy regarding the development of the relationships between the two countries under several areas.

One  lady officer and two women sailors from the Sri Lanka Navy as well as three lady officers each from the Indonesian Marine Police and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency successfully completed the Inshore Patrol Craft Handling Foundation Course held at the Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee. The four (04) week course equips the participants […]

Over 860,000 tourists arrivals have been reported thus far in 2023, as per the statistics recorded by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).

By Jehan Perera The situation in the country, particularly with regard to the economy and politics, can be described as stable but stagnant.  The economy is stable in that it has not experienced further collapse in comparison to the kind witnessed last year when international bankruptcy was admitted.  But the economy still continues to contract, […]

Sri Lanka will soon establish a university that offers firefighting courses, the first in South Asia, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara told journalists in Colombo on Sunday (20). The Minister said that the South Korean government has already pledged assistance to establish the university. Trained and qualified firefighters are in high demand across the world, Nanayakka...

Thuesday 22nd August, 2023 No sooner had the Indian government announced its decision to impose a 40% tax on onion exports to overcome a shortfall in the domestic supply than Sri Lankan traders jacked up onion prices exponentially. They would not have reacted so swiftly to a drop in onion prices in the international market. […]

Looking back at the political history of post-independence Sri Lanka (or Ceylon) one can clearly see how the degradation, the disintegration and the death took place of the two main political parties, the UNP and the SLFP. Breaking News: “In the interior of the Tanamalwila Divisional Secretariat, a widow headed family lost the two eldest […]

A discourse on the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, under the theme ‘Reform and Social Justice,’ will be held at 4.00 p.m. on Thursday, 24 August 2023, at the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) Auditorium, 281, Deans Road, Colombo 10, under the auspices of the Socialist Study Circle. The speakers will be Dr W.A. Wijewardena, Former Deputy […]

Sri Lanka’s inflation, based on the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), decreased to 4.6 percent in July, from 10.8 percent in June, the Department of Census and Statistics said on Monday. The Department said inflation in the food category dropped to negative 2.5 percent last month, from 2.5 percent in June. Inflation in the non-food […]

Possibility of communal riots over temple By Norman Palihawadane  Local intelligence services have issued orders to their operatives to collect and process information pertaining to all parties and individuals involved in creating disturbances and unrest over the Kurundimale temple in Mullaitivu. They have responded to the leak of Indian intelligence reports warning of imminent communal […]

By Hiran H.Senewiratne The speed at which young Chartered Accountants leave for other countries has increased during the last 18 months due to the prevailing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, president, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) Sanjaya Bandara said. “At present, out of 9000 members more than 40 percent has […]

Rebel group questions national security review By Shamindra Ferdinando Having elected UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as the President, in July last year, the SLPP couldn’t keep silent as the UNP leader took decisions that would have far reaching implications, Prof. G. L. Peiris warned yesterday (21). Addressing the media at the rebel SLPP group’s Nawala Office, Prof. […]

Sri Lankan students from Royal College Colombo and Samudhi’s Dancing Group enthusiastically observed the Indonesian flag hoisting, commemorating the 78th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia, on 17 August 2023, at the Indonesian Embassy in Colombo. They attended the ceremony, together with the Indonesian community in Sri Lanka. Religious leaders, representatives from the Sri […...

The measures taken to control the drug menace in Sri Lanka were discussed at the Select Committee of Parliament to look into and identify the mechanisms to be implemented in order to immediately control and eradicate the rapidly spreading drug menace in the country and to submit observations and recommendations to Parliament in that regard.

Bangladesh has received the first instalment of $50 million from the $200 million loan taken by Sri Lanka in September 2021.

The Sri Lanka Navy on 21st August 2023 brought ashore a fisherman who had sustained injuries following a brawl while aboard a local multiday fishing trawler. Upon being brought ashore, he was transferred to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital for medical attention. The multiday fishing trawler named ‘Sapna 08’ (Reg. No. IMUL-A-1004 TLE) with six crew […]

Sri Lanka s consumer price inflation slowed to 4.6% year-on-year in July from 10.8% in June, helped by easing food prices, the statistics department said on Monday.