India’s external Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be visiting Sri Lanka this week and call on newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who assumed office on September 23, Indian media reported today.

The incumbent Government yesterday announced that it remains uncertain whether it can fulfil the salary increment promised by the previous administration, set for January 2025.

For the past few days, there was a feeling in Lebanon that an Israeli ground invasion into the country’s south was almost inevitable as Israel indicated its campaign against Hezbollah would not stop with the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, who, for three decades, was the face of the group.

Everybody’s phone buzzed at once with an alert at around 19:30 local time.

Mount Everest is 15-50m taller than it would otherwise be because a river is eroding rock and soil at its base, helping push it upwards, according to a new study.

Mount Everest is 15-50m taller than it would otherwise be because a river is eroding rock and soil at its base, helping push it upwards, according to a new study.

A high-level team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by its Director of the Asia Pacific Department, Krishna Srinivasan, is scheduled to visit Colombo from October 02 to 04 to meet with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sri Lanka’s new economic team.

As per the provisional data released by the Sri Lanka Customs, the merchandise export performance in August 2024 amounted to US$ 1,165.4 million, recorded an increase of 4.18 % compared to the month of August 2023.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka announced that headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index, entered negative territory in September 2024. This marks the first instance of deflation since September 2015, with a recorded deflation rate of 0.5%.

Accoringly, the price of Petrol 92 Octane has been reduced by Rs. 21 to Rs. 311 per litre, while Auto Diesel has been reduced by Rs. 24 to Rs. 283 per litre.

Medical and Civil Rights Professional Association President Dr. Chamara Sanjeewa, has filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) regarding yet another stock of alleged low-quality human immunoglobulin vials imported from India.

Sri Lanka has requested a four-month stay of proceedings in the ongoing case with Hamilton Reserve Bank Ltd. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Suga from K-pop boy band BTS has been fined 15 million won ($11,500; £8,600) for driving an electric scooter while intoxicated, according to media reports.

Suga from K-pop boy band BTS has been fined 15 million won ($11,500; £8,600) for driving an electric scooter while intoxicated, according to media reports.

Former parliamentarians have been ordered to return their pistols, which were issued to them for personal security, to the Ministry of Defence without delay, informed sources said yesterday.

Israel's continuing air strikes may have already forced as many as one million people from their homes across Lebanon, the country's prime minister has said.

The Commissioner General of Excise, M.J. Gunasiri, stated that claims made by certain parties regarding the alleged illegal issuance of a large number of excise licenses during the Presidential Election period are false.

The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) has scheduled an insightful session on Forex Market titled, ‘Managing Foreign Exchange through Hedge Accounting’ on Friday, 4th October 2024, from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. at the National Chamber Auditorium.

Colombo, September 28 (Daily Mirror)- The Inland Revenue Department has urged all taxpayers to ensure that their final income tax payments for the 2023/2024 Year of Assessment are made by September 30, 2024.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s decision to re-issue a gazette notification summoning the armed forces for the maintenance of public order has sparked criticism from human rights activists.