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Sri Lanka's 5th and 6th reviews to be evaluated on May 27 by IMF Board

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- The International Monetary Fund scheduled the 27th of May for its Executive Board to consider the fifth and sixth reviews of Sri Lanka's Extended Fund Facility programme. Its app... Read More


Low-pressure zone weakens, showers to continue across island

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- The low-pressure zone located to the north of Sri Lanka is gradually weakening, the Department of Meteorology says. Due to the influence of this system, showers or thundershowers... Read More


People's Bank clarifies technical error in foreign currency remittance system

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- A technical error in a foreign currency exchange remittance system led to some customers being paid higher amounts than scheduled, People's Bank clarified in an official media rel... Read More


SriLankan Airlines confirms transaction errors in UAE and India

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- SriLankan Airlines officially clarified two separate incidents involving an erroneous transaction caused by a compromised email account of a service provider in the United Arab Em... Read More


SJB-led opposition defeats NPP in Medawachchiya cooperative election

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- The united opposition led by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya won the election to appoint members to the Medawachchiya Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society, securing 66 member seats. The ... Read More


MFA document attestation services suspended

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- All document attestation services conducted by the Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism are temporarily suspended until fu... Read More


Three-year-old dies after father falls from attic floor

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- A three-year-old boy lost his life when his father fell through a broken wooden plank in an attic and landed directly on him. The father had gone up to retrieve a water hose. Ga... Read More


Hiru wins big at Business World International Awards 2026

Sri Lanka, May 16 -- Hiru Media Network won numerous awards at the Business World International Awards 2026 ceremony held at the Mount Lavinia Hotel premises in Colombo tonight (16). Hiru TV secured ... Read More


Unidentified body found in Homagama

Sri Lanka, May 16 -- Police discovered an unidentified male body suspected to have died after being caught in a water current in a paddy field near the Deepangoda highway in Homagama today, approximat... Read More


Man arrested over suspected railway sabotage in Wanawasala derailment

Sri Lanka, May 16 -- A man has been arrested by police on suspicion of removing iron components from the railway track at the site of the recent train derailment in Wanawasala. The arrest was made fo... Read More