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Key measures to strengthen country's tourism industry

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- The Presidential Task Force on the Implementation of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Programme met at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of the Foreign Affairs, ... Read More


Russia ready to provide fuel, crude oil

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- The Russian government expressed readiness to provide crude oil and all types of refined fuel required to the country during a high level meeting held at the Finance Ministry ye... Read More


Evening thundershowers likely in parts of island

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- The Department of Meteorology Sri Lanka says showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Sabaragamuwa Province and in the Galle, Matara, Kalutara and Nuwara Eliya... Read More


SC finds former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and others guilty in unregistered medicine procurement scandal

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ruled that former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and several senior officials violated the public's Fundamental Rights by procuring heal... Read More


Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody granted bail in corruption case

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody has been indicted by the Colombo High Court over allegations of corruption during his tenure at the Ceylon Fertilizer Company in 2016. The case, ... Read More


2025 recorded highest debt repayment in Sri Lanka's history - Minister

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment Upali Pannilage says 2025 recorded the highest debt repayment in Sri Lanka's history.Sri Lanka Recovery ... Read More


Govt discusses migrant worker issues amid Middle East conflict

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- A discussion on the challenges facing Sri Lanka's foreign employment sector amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East was held yesterday (26) at the Ministry of Foreign Affai... Read More


Dushyanth Weeraman restrained from singing "Nelum Wilen Pana"

Sri Lanka, March 27 -- Dushyanth Weeraman has been restrained from performing the song "Nelum Wilen Pana" after the Colombo Commercial High Court found that he had been performing it as his own withou... Read More


Iran punctures Pak 'peace' bubble; issues blood-curdling threat to US

Sri Lanka, March 26 -- Iran has turned back a vessel headed for Karachi at the Strait of Hormuz, delivering a sharp blow to Pakistan's projection of itself as a mediator in the ongoing Iran-US conflic... Read More


VP Vance eyed to take over US-Iran peace talks

Sri Lanka, March 26 -- Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, says his country is ready to "facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks" to end the war in the Middle East amid attempts to push Isla... Read More