Sri Lankan migrant workers foreign remittances have seen an improvement in April 2023 in comparison to the inflows recorded in April 2022, according to Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) initiated a 1.5 million USD project, via funding from China as part of the South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme, to improve the quality and value of Sri Lankan fruits in the global market by improving the production and commercialization of fruit value-chains in Sri Lanka. Issuing […]

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 28 (ANI): Amid a rise in inflation and a shortage of foreign exchange reserves, people in Pakistan have started to face difficulties in performing Haj, Pakistan vernacular media reported. The Haj quota is now available for the first time in Pakistani history, but fewer people are making the pilgrimage. Most Pakistanis are […]

Friday 12th May, 2023 There is hardly anything that the ruling party politicians and their cronies hate more than last year’s anti-government protests, which brought them down a peg or two. Never do they miss an opportunity to demonise Aragalaya. Chief Government Whip and Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, speaking in Parliament, yesterday, demanded to know from […]

Foreign Minister Ali Sabry left for Stockholm, Sweden this morning (May 11) to attend the second Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum, scheduled to take place on May 13.

by Sanath Nanayakkare State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said on Tuesday that Sri Lanka Navy will undertake the task of mapping out an essential map for safe marine navigation for ocean-going ships sailing in Sri Lankan waters. “Many countries require merchant ships to have these maps on board for safe navigation when they […]

Thursday 11th May, 2023 Government politicians must have heaved a huge sigh of relief when the first anniversary of barbaric attacks on the Aragalaya activists at Galle Face and the equally violent backlash, which led to the collapse of the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government, passed without incident, on Tuesday. They however should not dupe themselves into […]

The Foreign Ministry says it has limited the authentication of documents by its Consular Affairs Division in Colombo and the regional offices in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Matara, Kandy, and Kurunegala, until further notice.

‘The Port City Colombo envisions a united future of prosperity where there are no divisions and everyone could reap the benefits of the PCC equitably. We believe in meritocracy and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all, regardless of background, Deputy Managing Director, CHEC Port City Colombo Thulci Aluwihare said. Aluwihare was speaking on […]

Wednesday 10th May, 2023 The SJB has said it is opposed to the government’s efforts to privatise strategically important state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne revealed his party’s position at a media briefing on Monday. The SJB has struck a responsive […]

SJB Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne assured that main opposition was ready with a plan and strategies to implement projects for the wellbeing of the people no sooner it comes to office after elections due shortly. People of this country are eagerly awaiting to oust this government which has no mandate or even proper plan to implement […]

Thailand is scheduled to host a retreat of BIMSTEC foreign ministers in July, to reinvigorate the 25-year-old intergovernmental organisation, said a report by the Thai PBS World. An informed source told Thai PBS World that Thailand, the current chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) has scheduled a […]

The Chairman of Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake says that the electricity consumers should receive an immediate electricity tariff reduction of approximately 20 percent given the facts of reduced the electricity demand in Sri Lanka, reduced exchange rate and reduced fuel prices.

The 25th Session of the Joint Commission between Sri Lanka and the European Union will be convened on 09 May 2023 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

BEIJING, April 27 (Reuters) – China’s industrial firms’ profits shrank at a slightly slower pace in January-March but the decline remained in the double-digits as the economy struggled to fully recover despite the country’s exit from its zero-COVID policy. Profits at these firms fell 21.4% in the first three months from a year earlier, cumulative […]

The Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 06 persons suspected of illegal immigration to a foreign country via sea. The apprehension was made during a search operation conducted off Erukkulampiddi, Mannar on 05th May 2023. The operation also led to the seizure of a dinghy used for this illegal act. The dinghy was carrying 06 individuals and […]