In the eight months to August, exports were up 12.04 percent to 8.8 billion US dollars.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to provide further financial support to Sri Lanka, a top official of the regional lender said on Tuesday, as the Indian Ocean nation battles its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades.

United States Permanent Representative to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, Ambassador Cindy McCain and US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung said they have had a productive conversation with Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera.

A senior airport security officer has reportedly been arrested by Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Control Division, while trying to smuggle eight gold biscuits weighing approximately one kilogram, worth around Rs. 20 million, out of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) premises.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe attended the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo today (Sep 27) to pay tribute to the leader who was assassinated back in early July this year.

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has instructed authorities to appoint a three-member interim committee to the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) through a gazette notification.

The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) says that earnings from the merchandise exports have increased by 10.24 % y-o-y to US$ 1,213.7 million in August 2022 as per the data released by the Sri Lanka Customs.

An incident of a train crashing into a building has been reported from Dematagoda. The train in question had been operating on the track at the Dematagoda railway yard...

Two suspects have been arrested in the Peliyagoda area, with a stock of sugar unfit for human consumption.

Japanese and foreign dignitaries paid tribute to assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe at a controversial state funeral on Tuesday, as long lines of people gathered to offer flowers and prayers.

The Consumer Consultative Committee of the PUCSL has decided to investigate the complaints

Sri Lankans in rural areas are severely affected with CKD

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The Sri Lankan Customs says Sri Lankan expatriates should deal only with the institutions registered with the Customs when sending goods to the island.

Tennakoon had made this announcement at the first meeting of Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence

The duration of power interruptions scheduled for today (Sep. 27) has been extended to three hours, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) chairman Janaka Ratnayake.

The Ceylon Electricity Board has informed that Unit 3 of the Norochcholai power plant has been shut down due to a stream leak, Minister of Power Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has authorised the purchase of power from private plants

Market generated a turnover of 4.2 billion rupees.

"We need a long term solution for this. Otherwise the country will go into a more critical situation."

President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong in Tokyo today (Sep. 27).

President Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions with Japan s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi this morning in Tokyo.

He had also expressed an interest in exploring investment opportunities in renewable energy in Sri Lanka