Former Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan has been granted Australian citizenship, as confirmed by Australian MP Jason Wood in a social media post.

In response to recent controversy surrounding a planned night event in Unawatuna, the Russian Embassy in Colombo has issued a statement condemning all forms of racial discrimination and nationalism.

One person was reportedly left injured following a shooting incident at Jampettah Street in Colombo 13.

Donald Trump won South Carolina s Republican primary on Saturday, easily beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third straight GOP nomination.

Sri Lanka’s T20I captain Waniidu Hasaranga has been suspended for two matches by the ICC following his run-in with umpire Lyndon Hannibal in the third T20I against Afghanistan on February 21. Hasaranga was also fined 50% of his match fees and will miss Sri Lanka’s first two T20Is against Bangladesh next month. The incident had […]

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has requested the President, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, for an opportunity to apprise the Members of Parliament, through an appropriate Parliamentary Committee, of the process and rationale behind the recent salary hike for CBSL employees.

Police have arrested a 52-year-old Chinese national for her alleged involvement in financial fraud amounting to nearly Rs. 8.4 million.

The Ministry of Public Security has asserted that Government of Sri Lanka has not made any decision thus far pertaining to Russian and Ukrainian tourists despite recent reports, adding that the matter will be thoroughly investigated.

SriLankan Airlines has issued a clarification on the delay experienced at the check-in counters at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake earlier today (25 Feb.).

State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe has suggested that officials of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) be summoned before the parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF), for clarifications pertaining to the recent increase in salaries of CBSL staff.

Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry has assured that signing the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India will have no disadvantageous result to Sri Lanka.

#8203;President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered an investigation into the notification issued to Russian and Ukrainian tourists, requiring them to leave the country within 14 days.

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 25 February 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Badulla district during the morning. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Southern, Eastern, Sabaragamuwa, Uva  and Central provinces in the evening […]

It has been reported that President Wickremesinghe ordered an investigation into the notification issued by the Department of Immigration and Emigration requesting all  Russian and Ukrainian tourists to leave the country within 14 days. According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), the relevant notification was issued without prior approval from the Cabinet of Ministers. The […]

Four SriLankan Airlines flights have been delayed at the Katunayake Airport so far this morning (25) as ground staff have refrained from performing some of their duties, Ada Derana reporter said.

The Meteorology Department says showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Southern, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces in the evening or night.

At least 15 people were killed and 44 injured in a fire at an apartment building in eastern China s Nanjing, local authorities said Saturday.

A contentious Chinese research ship reached the Maldives on Thursday in the latest sign of the archipelago’s diplomatic reorientation towards Beijing and away from its traditional benefactor India. Local residents said they had spotted China’s Xiang Yang Hong 3 at the Thilafushi industrial port near the capital Male.The 100-metre-long (328-foot) vessel was at an anchorage […]

ECONOMYNEXT –The Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects Sri Lanka not to reverse its International Monetary Fund-led policy reforms despite elections soon, the ADB Country Director for Sri Lanka Takafumi Kadono said. The island nation has witnessed repeated reversals of policy reforms in the past due to greedy politicians who misled  the people to vote for […]

Opposition MP and Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) Harsha de Silva is currently in Australia as a special visitor. Taking to ‘X’, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP said he had embarked on a nine-day visit on an invitation extended by the Government of Australia. “My engagements with policymakers, academics, scientists and […]

ECONOMYNEXT – The Government has introduced a minimum investment requirement of 30 and 100 million dollars for new casino licenses in an ‘integrated development’ in amended regulations published by the Finance Ministry. In January, Sri Lanka announced a fee of 10 billion rupees for a 20-year casino license in an ‘integrated development’ of 250 million […]

by Rex Clementine A decade or so ago, Richmond College, Galle was winning all the silverware in school cricket. They played by a different set of rules. Often scoring 1000 runs and taking 100 wickets in the season had been seen as hallmark of a good player. But Richmond didn’t care for the personal milestones. […]

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Colombo (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Cash-strapped Sri Lanka said Wednesday it had exported tea worth $20 million to Iran to partially repay its $251 million oil debts, with Colombo saying Tehran’s visiting foreign minister had expressed “satisfaction” at the deal. “So far $20 million worth of tea has been exported to Iran under the barter […]

State Tourism Minister Diana Gamage says that Night Life Concept can boost the revenue of the tourism industry by 70 percent as nightlife plays a crucial role in catering to the needs of tourists, adding this applies not only to beach resorts but also urban centres like Colombo. Speaking at a press conference themed ‘Collective […]

by Rajan Philips Never mind what Anura Kumara Dissanayake wore in Delhi. Never mind what Ranil Wickremesinghe wears daily. What the people want is not the word salads of sartorial politics by Sunday pundits, but the proffering of substantive politics by contenders for political office. As the pre-election dust takes its own time to settle, […]

‘Umpire hora’ is a famous cry in this country whether be it at backyard cricket after school, soft ball games played on the Parliament grounds during the weekend, inter-school fixtures or even during international games. Some 25,000 ardent cricket fans were yelling the same on Wednesday night as Sri Lanka lost a tense game against […]