Three foreign workers trapped inside a collapsed train tunnel have died despite rescue efforts that lasted over five days, Thai authorities have said.

Claiming that the promise to increase government employees' salary by Rs. 25,000 is an utter lie, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today the National People's Power (NPP) will increase government servants' salary every six months propotionate to the cost of living.

The five-member-Special Committee appointed by the Bar Council of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) over the controversial BASL-JICA issue has found that BASL President Kaushalya Navaratne PC has failed to act with transparency in relation to the contract entered into by the BASL with JICA and thus has violated the trust reposed in him as the President of the BASL.

Telegram boss and founder Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation in France as part of a probe into organised crime on the messaging app, Paris prosecutors say.

Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts (MMA), saying it is incompatibile with Islamic law.

Afinancial fraud involving the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) has been exposed. .

In a significant move towards boosting Sri Lanka’s energy infrastructure, President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday inaugurated the first phase of the Sobadhanavi Combined Cycle Power Plant at Kerawalapitiya.

Sri Lanka’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are to be transformed into active exporters making use of their export potential with the assitence of International Finance Corporation.

The Sri Lankan Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement to amend the pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) tax, says President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The first payment towards the implementation of the Hybrid Power Projects on three islands off Jaffna was handed over to Secretary, Minister of Power and Energy Sulakshana Jayawardena and Chairman of Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) Ranjith Sepala by the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha.