In his first campaign speech of 2024, President Joe Biden cast his likely election opponent, Donald Trump, as a fundamental threat to American democracy.

One person died and four others were injured in an accident when a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus tried to overtake a van in the Tittawelkada area of the Colombo-Kandy main road and collided head-on with three other vans, police said.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena accompanied by the High Commissioner to Uganda, Kana Kananathan, held constructive discussions with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and the meeting, which took place in Kampala focused on strengthening diplomatic ties and exploring avenues for collaboration between the two nations.

The government is in the process of evolving fresh legislation to curb or eliminate the distortion of core religious teachings by some individuals creating social tension, Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake said.

The price of almost all varieties of vegetables have gone through the roof. According to a fact-finding mission to the Narahenpita Economic Centre, the prices of most upcountry and low-country vegetables remained as high as over Rs.800 a kilo.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's young daughter, who has accompanied him to missile tests and military parades, is his "most likely" successor, the South's spy agency has said.

A student shot six people, one of them fatally, at a high school in the US state of Iowa before taking his own life on the first day back from holiday break, police said.

United Nations Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Director for Asia and the Pacific, Kanni Wignaraja, expressed strong support for Sri Lanka's ongoing socio-political development reforms during a meeting with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today (January 4th).

The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka in association with the IGTD Exim Chamber of Commerce in India, will conduct a B2B session for the Sri Lankan corporate/business community to explore trade and investment opportunities between the two countries on Tuesday,

 The number of individuals registering with the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) in Sri Lanka has reached nearly 01 million, according to the Inland Revenue Department.

US $ 100 million Asiri Port City Hospital recognised as a primary business, $ 100 Million TIQRI information technology venture recognised as a secondary business at Port City Colombo

Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, says the killing of Hamas's powerful deputy leader will "not go unpunished".

Ukraine and Russia have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war, in what is being described by officials in Kyiv as the biggest swap of the war.

A proposal to select a prospective investor for the first phase of the development of 61 fuel storage tanks in the Upper Tank area of the China Bay Harbour of Trincomalee was approved at the Cabinet meeting held on Monday (01 Jan.).

The Asiri Port City Hospital (Pvt) Company is to begin primary business of strategic importance at Colombo Port City through a gazette notification and to grant related exemptions or incentives.

The United States and Sri Lanka are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to prevent the smuggling of nuclear and other radioactive material.

In a strategic move of aiming to strengthen diplomatic relations, the Sri Lankan government has approved plans to establish a High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand.

Sri Lanka Customs has achieved a record revenue exceeding Rs. 900 billion in 2023, according to Customs Media Spokesman Seevali Arukgoda.

Sri Lanka has just barely missed its 1.5 million tourist arrivals target set for 2023, despite seeing a record number of tourists visit the island nation in December last year.

Selling prices of all types of mobile phones will be increased by 35 per cent from today with the imposement of the new VAT, the Mobile Phone Marketing and Sales Association (MPMSA) said.