COLOMBO, Aug. 5 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya on Wednesday (5) held separate talks with Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, reviewing bilateral coop... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 5 -- Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe filed an indictment in the Colombo High Court against former minister Duminda Dissanayake on Wednesday (5) over the recovery of a gold-plated T-5... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 5 -- Sri Lanka's government on Wednesday (5) rejected Opposition allegations that the loss of US$2.5 million during a foreign debt repayment was caused by failures in public debt managem... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 4 -- The death toll from weather-related incidents across Sri Lanka rose to eight on Tuesday (4), with more than 11,800 people affected by heavy rains, floods and landslides, the Disaste... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 4 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday (4) stressed the need for coordinated action by state and private sector institutions to successfully complete Sri Lanka's third Mutual... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 4 -- Sri Lanka's newly established Public Officers' Salaries and Pensions Commission officially commenced operations on Tuesday (4), with the government inviting trade unions, profession... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 4 -- India on Tuesday (4) handed over 500 litres of Technical Malathion to Sri Lanka to support the country's efforts to combat the ongoing dengue outbreak. The consignment was formally... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 4 -- Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa said the government's proposed constitutional amendment to extend the retirement age of judges will be open... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 3 -- Sri Lanka recorded an 18% decline in dengue cases compared to the previous week, the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) said on Sunday (2), even as the country's total caseload thi... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 3 -- The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has launched a special investigation into the violent unrest at Mahara Prison, deploying a three-member team to the facility as auth... Read More