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Reliance Consumer Products seeks deeper partnerships with Sri Lankan businesses

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Reliance Consumer Products Ltd. is looking to strengthen partnerships with Sri Lankan businesses to bring local products to the Indian market and expand cross-border manufacturin... Read More


Sri Lanka targets 25 MW in cloud capacity as private investment lags

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Sri Lanka's shortage of data centre and cloud infrastructure reflects, to some extent, a market failure, as demand from banks and other users has yet to attract sufficient privat... Read More


Rising costs leave 37.7% of listed firms unable to cover interest expenses

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- More than a third of Sri Lanka's listed non-financial companies failed to generate sufficient earnings to cover their interest expenses in the first half of 2026, as rising costs... Read More


Australia blocks elephant dung fridge magnets brought by traveller from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Australian biosecurity officials have prevented a traveller returning from Sri Lanka from bringing elephant dung fridge magnets into the country, warning that animal waste produc... Read More


Qatar emir calls for accountability over Gaza genocide perpetrators

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Tuesday called for accountability for Israel's ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 2023. "What happened in the Gaza ... Read More


Fire breaks out at mattress showroom in Panadura following lightning strike

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- A sudden fire broke out at a mattress showroom in the Thotawatte area of Panadura. Reports indicate that a lightning strike triggered the sudden blaze. The Fire Services Depart... Read More


Court issues travel ban on former police officers and ex-MC member over SF Lokka murder case

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate Siyapath Sasindu Wickramaratne today issued travel bans against three police officers who served at the Anuradhapura Headquarters Police at the time... Read More


Chinese national arrested over extortion racket targeting Port City investors

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- The Central Crime Investigation Bureau arrested a Chinese national linked to an organised crime syndicate in China for operating an extortion racket targeting foreign investment ... Read More


UNODC training on countering drug trafficking by sea concludes

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- The first phase of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) integrated training programme on countering drug trafficking by sea concluded at the Special Boat Squadron... Read More


Cases against Namal and Shiranthi to be taken up in court today

Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Two cases involving Shiranthi Rajapaksa and the Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa are scheduled to be taken up before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court today (13). The case aga... Read More