Sri Lankans residing in Italy are facing a challenge due to the temporary suspension of the system of converting the Sri Lankan driving license to an Italian driving license.

Sri Lanka will be renting underperforming State Plantations to private firms for export-focused Agriculture

The water capacity of reservoirs has decreased to 70 percent, but electricity generation will continue, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Engineers Association President Dhanushka Parakrama said.

The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a total of 18 Indian poaching trawlers and 146 Indian fishermen within Sri Lankan waters in 2024.

At least one persons was killed and another 37 persons injured in an accident involving a bus travelling from Nelligala to Pundaluoya at Yahalatenna in Peradeniya.

A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula - the fourth since December.

The US State Department has announced a charter flight for its citizens stranded in Haiti, as gang violence and hunger grip the impoverished country.

A double Russian missile attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa has killed at least 20 people and left more than 70 wounded, local authorities said.

The first criminal trial against Donald Trump will be delayed until at least mid-April, a judge has decided.

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The Treasury’s tax expenditure statement revealed that the government has foregone over Rs. 23 billion in corporate tax revenue in 2022 due to concessions granted to Board of Investment (BOI) approved companies.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) this week requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to urge Sri Lanka’s Government to abandon draft legislation that would severely curtail civil society and jeopardise the IMF’s program in the country.

In a remarkable feat for Sri Lanka’s tourism sector, arrivals surpassed the half-a-million sparking optimism about meeting the ambitious target of 2.3 million visitors by the end of the year.

A total of 14 Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) have been received from potential investors for the strategic divestiture of Litro Gas Lanka Ltd., (LGL) and Litro Gas Terminals Ltd. (LGT)., the Finance Ministry disclosed yesterday.

An Australian farm has smashed the record for the world's largest blueberry with a fruit the size of a ping-pong ball.

At least 60 migrants have died after a rubber dinghy ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea, according to survivors.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has stressed the need to expand the tourism industry beyond coastal areas to strengthen the country’s economy.

The Bill to amend the Parate Act to give effect to the temporary suspension of recoveries till 15 December 2024 has been gazetted.

The Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI) is set to collaborate with the Standardisation Administration of China to alleviate technical barriers hindering non-tariff trade between Sri Lanka and China.

Sri Lanka has refuted recent claims from US intelligence that there are potential plans for a Chinese military base to be established on its soil.