Sri Lanka has earned 26.23 billion US dollars through exports of goods and services, including tourism and labour in 2024, up 12.6 percent from 23.29 billion a year earlier, data from the central bank ...

Photo courtesy of Kumanan Since the escalation of the conflict by a military takeover in February 2021, more than 1.3 million ...

Sri Lanka has announced a defence budget of LKR442 billion (USD1.5 billion) for 2025. According to budgetary documents ...

Sri Lanka is planning to allow number portability from June 2025, according to statement on the proceedings of a Ministerial ...

For years, relations between residents and Israeli visitors were cordial, but cracks in this dynamic are now visible.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy’s ‘Shahid Mahdavi’ oceangoing warship has berthed at Port Klang, the principal port ...

At the time Sri Lanka was in disarray, the economy was bankrupt, the people were struggling, and close to revolution. When he realised that the Aragalaya was not going away, Gotabaya decided it was ...

A train collision near Sri Lanka's Minneriya National Park killed at least six elephants, including four babies. The crash, which caused train derailm ...

Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) graced the inauguration of the 8th Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri ...

The Sri Lanka Navy seized three Indian fishing boats and apprehended 10 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during a special operation conducted in the sea area north of ...

Jet fighters flew over a packed stadium in southern Pakistan, streaking the sky with the green and white of the national flag ...

I read with interest the W.A. Wijewardene column of 27 January titled ‘Nexus Research Policy Dialogue: Can Sri Lanka exist, survive, and prosper without India’. Wijewardene refers to his participation ...