Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Water levels in several main rivers across the island remain high, but no river currently shows a risk of developing into a flood situation, the Department of Irrigation stated.... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Sri Lanka's rupee weakened against the US dollar on Tuesday, closing at 330.70/331.00 in the spot market, compared with 329.15/35 on the previous day. Bond yields also ended hig... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Sri Lanka's tourism sector has surpassed 1.6 million tourist arrivals in 2026, with a total of 1,609,759 visitors recorded between January 1 and September 14. The milestone was... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Sri Lanka's capital expenditure for 2027 is expected to be around Rs. 2 trillion, with the government working to accelerate procurement and approval procedures so that public in... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Digital literacy across Sri Lanka reached 72%, even as traditional computer literacy remains relatively low at 39.2%. Latest figures released by the Department of Census and St... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- The All-Share Price Index of the Colombo Stock Exchange closed at 21,133.41 after losing 128.72 points. The S&P SL20 index ended at 5,947.29 points following an 29.38-point los... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Warrants were issued today (16) to arrest and produce in court former Sri Lankan star cricketer Aravinda de Silva and his wife Priyangi Anushka Wijenayake, who appeared as bails... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa was ordered to be remanded until September 23 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena today (16) after being named as a suspect by the Crimina... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa, named as a suspect in the highly controversial Airbus aircraft purchase incident, was brought to the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court by pri... Read More
Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- Revenue collection passed the Rs.2 trillion limit during operations yesterday (15). Sri Lanka Customs officially announced this. Published by HT Digital Content Services with ... Read More