Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Four arrested over alleged Grand Pass shooting plot

Sri Lanka, Jan. 11 -- Police arrested four suspects in connection with an alleged plan to carry out a shooting in the Grand Pass area. During the arrest, police also recovered a foreign-made revolver... Read More


Bride and groom among 8 killed in gas cylinder blast at Pakistan wedding

Sri Lanka, Jan. 11 -- A gas cylinder explosion early Sunday after a wedding reception at a home in Pakistan's capital killed at least eight people, including the bride and groom, police and officials ... Read More


Education reforms should suit the country, not the JVP: Namal

Sri Lanka, Jan. 11 -- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa said that if the President believes education reforms compatible with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) are also compatibl... Read More


Restoration of Northern, Talaimannar railway lines begins

Sri Lanka, Jan. 11 -- Restoration work on the Northern and Talaimannar railway lines began today (11), backed by a USD 5 million grant from the Government of India. The development and modernisation ... Read More


Re-start probe on All Saints Church bomb drama: Catholic Church in SL

Sri Lanka, Jan. 11 -- The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka today urged the government to restart the probe into the bomb drama at the All Saints Church in Borella. Director Mass Communications of the Cat... Read More


Why Sri Lanka needs an independent mechanism to protect calamity-affected SMEs

Sri Lanka, Jan. 10 -- Sri Lanka's economic recovery is threatened not only by past crises, but by a growing governance vacuum in how financial distress is resolved. Today, the fate of thousands of sma... Read More


LTL: Transforming a nation's sighs and struggles of Ditwah to hope

Sri Lanka, Jan. 10 -- In the wake of Cyclone 'Ditwah,' which left a trail of uprooted hopes and mud-smeared dreams, LTL Holdings has pivoted from energy production to human preservation. By prioritisi... Read More


Sri Lanka records highest ever emigrant remittances in 2025

Sri Lanka, Jan. 10 -- The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) announced that the country received a record-high amount of emigrant remittances in 2025, the highest in the 40-year history of... Read More


TikTok reveals Sri Lanka's top searches in 2025

Sri Lanka, Jan. 10 -- TikTok recently shared the top searched words on the platform in Sri Lanka in 2025, offering a snapshot of what Sri Lankans were most curious about this year - from the celebriti... Read More


Sri Lanka Expo 2026 returns after 14 years, set for June at BMICH

Sri Lanka, Jan. 10 -- Sri Lanka Expo 2026, organised by the Export Development Board (EDB) and the Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Ministry will be held from 18 to 21 June, at the Bandaranai... Read More