At least 100 Iranians arrested in more than 100 days of nationwide protests face charges punishable by death, Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Tuesday.

Minister of Health, Keheliya Rambukwella says that no Emergency Procurement Regulation has been violated in the process of emergency purchase of medicine.

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva has instructed to expedite the currently halted expansion work at Jaya Container Terminal at the Colombo Port.

The Ministry of Education has decided to extend the period of assignment of teachers working away from their regular place of work, attached to other schools due to various reasons.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the Nuwara Eliya District Secretary and Commissioner to immediately provide 30 acres of abandoned land adjacent to the Ambewela Farm to them and provide the necessary facilities to develop it as grazing land to meet the food requirement of the dairy cows. President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued these instructions on Tuesday (27) […]

Sometime in April 2023, we estimate that India’s 1.43 billion people will exceed China’s population. This milestone is bittersweet. Sweet because we have more than doubled the horrible 31-year life expectancy the British left us with in 1947, without brutal freedom-destroying state interventions (China’s one-child policy means it will lose workers equalling France’s population in the […]

As India assumes the G20 presidency, the Chinese State media have begun discussing what it means. Unlike Indonesia, which was the chair till recently, the discussion about India’s presidency is focused on Beijing’s strategic competition with New Delhi. The Chinese State media commentary suggests that Beijing wants to stop the border dispute from being discussed […]

By Samira Hussain Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, is threatening to dissolve two provincial assemblies in a high-stakes attempt to force the federal government to hold early elections. The dissolution of legislatures controlled by his party in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is set for 23 December, about a year before elections are due. “For […]

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to cancel the Finance Business Licence issued to Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (SFSP), effective from today (28 Dec.)

Sri Lanka s economic crisis has deepened the risk of food insecurity, a report released by the World Food Programme (WFP) revealed.

Senior Administrative Officer Saman Jayasinghe has been appointed as the new Commissioner General of Excise Department.

A police constable attached to the Wadduwa Police Station has been arrested by Bribery Commission officers while accepting a bribe of Rs. 5,000 from a three-wheeler driver.

Former pope Benedict, 95, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, is Âvery sickÂ, his successor Pope Francis said on Wednesday, asking the church to pray for him.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Nuwara Eliya District Secretary and Commissioner to immediately provide 30 acres of abandoned land adjacent to the Ambewela Farm to them and provide necessary facilities to develop it as grazing land to meet the food requirement of the dairy cows.

Dozens of vehicles crashed in major car pileup on a bridge in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou in Henan province because of extremely foggy conditions on Wednesday morning, state media CCTV reported.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the 20-member squad selected by the Selection Committee to take part in the upcoming Sri Lanka tour of India 2022'23.

Nishantha Priyadarshana alias Dubai Suddha , who was taken into custody by officials of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) earlier today (28 Dec.) has been granted bail.

Nishantha Priyadarshana alias Dubai Suddha has been taken into custody by officials of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).

A six-year-old girl and her mother who arrived in Madurai from China via Sri Lanka have been tested positive for COVID-19. The both were isolated by authorities. According to the Madurai District Collector, their COVID-19 samples have been sent to the lab for further testing.

When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped into the breach.

Permission has been granted for the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLBFE) to refer the computer system of the Department for Registration of Persons.