Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says he has received several requests urging him to run for president in the upcoming election.

Denmark’s historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire. The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city’s oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames. Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people rushed to rescue some of its historic […]

When women in Pakistan held protests on International Women’s Day on March 8 this year, they did not just seek basic rights but also demanded the elimination of bonded labour.[1] The practice of bonded labour is widespread in Pakistan and is causing huge injustice to poor, helpless people despite the legal protection against modern-day slavery. […]

A 52-year-old man was hacked to death with a sharp weapon in Borupana, Rathmalana early this morning (16).

At least 17 people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rain across Oman since Sunday, the country s National Committee for Emergency Management (NCEM) reports.

The Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kenji Okamura has commended the Sri Lankan authorities on the implementation of a strong program and excellent reform progress, says Finance State Minister Shehan Semasinghe.

Australian police have declared Monday s stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated Âterrorist actÂ.

Donald Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial has begun with half of a group of potential jurors ruled out within minutes on impartiality grounds. Mr Trump denies falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Sixty of 96 potential jurors were quick to say in the New York court that they could […]

Weather forecast for 16 April 2024 issued at 12.00 noon on 15 April 2024 Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern,  Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, Southern, North-central  and North-western […]

China s economy in the first quarter grew faster than expected, official data released Tuesday by China s National Bureau of Statistics showed.

At least 11 commuter trains have been cancelled this morning (16), according to the Sri Lanka Railways.

State Minister Chamara Sampath Dasanayake s vehicle has suddenly caught fire at around 12.45 a.m. today (16), Ada Derana learns.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-western provinces and Mannar, Galle and Matara districts, the Department of Meteorology says.

A statement by academics of the university system We are in the midst of an existentially threatening economic crisis. With an ever-increasing debt burden and low economic prospects, we continue to grapple with uncertain economic futures and related social and political distresses. As university teachers, we are concerned about the multiplicity of recent proposals seeking […]

The British School in Colombo (BSC) celebrated the 2024 Sinhala and Tamil New Year with several cultural events and traditional games during Special Avurudu Assembly held recently at the school premises. The school’s student population, which is made up of over 53 nationalities, with students from all over the world, joined hands to celebrate this […]

Sri Lanka is looking forward to making progress in ending the ongoing debt restructuring negotiations at the IMF and the World Bank’s spring meetings, scheduled to begin from Monday, in Washington, PTI has reported. Shehan Semasinghe, the State Minister for fFnance, will lead the government delegation, along with Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe, and Treasury Secretary […]

The “uncertainty” over the impending elections in Sri Lanka will cause a possible downward trend in the country’s economic outlook, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said, according to a PTI dispatch. Sri Lanka is set to face a presidential election in the last quarter of this year, while the parliamentary election is due mid-next year. […]

By Norman Palihawadane Ten persons died in eight road accidents across the country   during the 24 hours that ended at noon yesterday, Police Media Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa said. Thirteen others injured in these accidents are receiving treatment at hospitals, he said, adding that five of the eight road accidents were caused due to vehicles skidding off the roads. The […]

Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves had exceeded the five billion US dollar mark, State Minister of Finance, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya told journalists in Colombo yesterday (15). Siyambalapitiya said that in the recent past the Central Bank had bought large quantities of dollars from the domestic market as well. Siyambalapitiya also mentioned that Sri Lanka, in 2022, limited the imports […]

by Norman Palihawadane A 62-year-old woman who was receiving treatment at the Jaffna Hospital had died of Covid-19, sources there said yesterday. The woman, a resident of Arali, Jaffna, had arrived from France last week and was admitted to the Jaffna Hospital due to fever. She died last Friday (12) and the post-mortem report has revealed that her […]