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IMF eases June targets to accommodate recovery needs

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- Sri Lanka must accelerate its reform momentum and maintain prudent economic policies as it enters the final stage of its US$3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended F... Read More


President presses India on 10 wanted fugitives.

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has requested India's support to repatriate 10 drug traffickers and organised criminals currently in Indian custody after fleeing Sri Lanka and... Read More


SJB MP's remarks on CJ expunged from Hansard

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- A portion of remarks made by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Amila Prasad Siriwardana in Parliament on Thursday (10) will be expunged from the Hansard after they were deemed to h... Read More


Namal to be named suspect in aircraft deal case

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- The Attorney General has instructed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to name Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa as suspect in the case before the Co... Read More


Victim's brother believed to be target

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- Police suspect that the brother of the person injured in Friday's grenade attack in Dehiwala was the intended target and that the attacker mistakenly threw the grenade at the nei... Read More


A golden achievement

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- University of Colombo medical graduate Dr. Hashini Rangika Epa Arachchi takes to the stage to receive yet another of her many accolades at the University's General Convocation 20... Read More


SLTB to get 600 new deluxe buses

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- The Cabinet has approved the purchase of 600 new air-conditioned deluxe buses for the Sri Lanka Transport Board's (SLTB) intercity and long-distance passenger services. The buse... Read More


Sri Lanka targets mine-free status by 2032

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- Sri Lanka is targeting completion of its mine-clearance programme by 2032, with 20.5 square kilometres of contaminated land remaining to be cleared, according to the National Min... Read More


SLNS Sindurala sets sail for SLINEX 2026

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- SLNS Sindurala departed the island last week to participate in the bilateral naval exercise SLINEX 2026 between the navies of Sri Lanka and India. The annual exercise is due to ... Read More


Shanakiyan questions two-year absence of Legal Director at Port City Commission

SriLanka, Sept. 13 -- Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has questioned how the Colombo Port City Economic Commission has functioned for nearly two years witho... Read More