COLOMBO, July 6 -- Sri Lanka's Deputy Speaker Dr Rizvie Salih and Member of Parliament and leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Rauff Hakeem, officially paid their final respects to Iran's late Supreme... Read More
COLOMBO, July 6 -- Over 1,000 young leaders from across Sri Lanka and the Maldives came together on June 27, 2026, at the Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo, for the 36th Rotaract District Assembly, marking t... Read More
COLOMBO, July 6 -- Sri Lanka's dengue outbreak continued to intensify on Monday (6), with confirmed infections surpassing 61,000 and hospitals in the worst-affected areas coming under mounting pressur... Read More
COLOMBO, July 3 -- A delegation representing Sri Lanka's Tamil National Council (TNC) has urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. to initiate an all-party conference aimed at building a unifi... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 3 -- COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's National Transport Commission (NTC) on Friday (3) officially released the revised bus fares, with the minimum fare increasing to Rs 34, effective Monday (6).... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 3 -- COLOMBO - The Court of Appeal on Friday (2) dismissed an appeal filed by Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, seeking to prevent prosecutors from pro... Read More
COLOMBO, July 3 -- Sri Lanka's reclassification by the World Bank as an upper-middle-income country masks the country's worsening social and economic reality, with poverty having doubled since 2019 de... Read More
COLOMBO, July 2 -- The World Bank on Thursday (2) announced the reclassification of Sri Lanka as an upper-middle-income economy effective July 1, 2026, based on its Gross National Income (GNI) per cap... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 2 -- COLOMBO - Sri Lanka on Wednesday (July 1) lifted the nationwide state of emergency imposed following the devastating Cyclone Ditwah, nearly eight months after the storm killed hun... Read More
COLOMBO, July 2 -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, with support from the Government of Canada, hosted a 'Knowledge and Experience Sharing' event on Thursday (2) to showcase... Read More