COLOMBO, Aug. 30 -- Sri Lanka will deploy special disaster-relief teams from its security forces to Nepal in the coming days to assist with rescue and relief operations following severe flooding, Depu... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 28 -- Sri Lanka ranks 120th out of 130 countries in a global comparison of monthly minimum wages adjusted for purchasing power, with a monthly wage equivalent of just US$200, according t... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 28 -- Sri Lanka's Central Highlands could face sudden and devastating natural disasters similar to the recent landslides and flash floods in Nepal, former Senior Professor Atula Senaratn... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 27 -- Police forcibly dragged away Tamil families of the forcibly disappeared who were protesting outside an Office of Missing Persons (OMP) event in Jaffna on Tuesday (25), held to mark... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 26 -- Sri Lankan nationals living as refugees in India can now return to the country through any international airport without fear of questioning or arrest, Minister of Highways and Urb... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 26 -- Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said no casualties or injuries involving Sri Lankan nationals have been reported so far, following devastating flash floods in Nepal's Rasuw... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 24 -- The proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill requires substantial amendments before it can be considered consistent with international human rights standards or meet th... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 24 -- Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) across Sri Lanka are set to launch island-wide trade union action from 8.00 a.m. Monday (24), protesting the alleged unfair transfer of a PHI attach... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 24 -- The Colombo Permanent Trial-at-Bar has fixed September 22 to deliver its verdict in the case against 25 individuals accused of conspiring to carry out the 2019 Easter Sunday terror... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 24 -- US Ambassador-designate to Sri Lanka Eric Meyer arrived in Colombo on Saturday (22) to assume his duties as the 29th US Ambassador to Sri Lanka. Meyer said he was honoured to repr... Read More