Authorities of the Réunion Island of France repatriated 14 Sri Lankan nationals to Sri Lanka by air on 22nd December 2023. Reportedly, the group of Sri Lankans was apprehended as they were attempting to migrate to the Réunion Island illegally by sea.

A logistics centre in Colombo Port with China’s CM Ports, Sri Lanka Ports Authority and Access Engineering will get a 15-year tax holiday, according to a gazette notice.

The Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company (Private) Limited said today that they had recorded the arrival of 7,522 visitors to the Lotus Tower yesterday (24).

A former TV journalist who announced she would challenge President Putin in Russia's spring election has been barred from standing.

Israel says it has arrested 200 members of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups in the past week and taken them into its territory for questioning.

The power and Energy Ministry advised the Ceylon Petroleum Coporation (CPC), Lanka IOC and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to provide a continuous supply of fuel during the festive season.

A suspected Covid-19 death was reported from the National Hospital in Kandy.

SriLankan Airlines has expanded its fleet with the addition of a newly leased Airbus A320 aircraft, identified by the serial number ‘4R – ABS’, bringing the total number of aircraft in its fleet to 22.

Ukraine's military says it shot down three Russian fighter jets on Friday in the south of the country.

The Supreme Court's decision not to rule quickly on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted on election-subversion charges may help delay his trial, according to ex-prosecutors.

Sri Lanka and India have agreed on a submarine cable to connect the power grids instead is laying overhead transmission lines, a top official said.

The Nepal-Sri Lanka Joint Commission Meeting concluded in Kathmandu on Thursday (Dec.21).

Thousands of users of X in Sri Lanka and around the world have reported issues with the social media site.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) informed that the electricity tariff reduction proposals will be submitted on the 15th of January, 2024.

Ukrainian men between the ages of 25 and 60 living abroad will be asked to report for military service, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has said.

US actor Vin Diesel's former personal assistant is suing the Fast & Furious star, accusing him of sexual assault during the 2010 filming of Fast Five.

• November export earnings total US$ 371.17 mn

In a blow to agricultural development initiatives in Sri Lanka, revelations of mismanagement, corruption and inefficiency have surfaced, impacting both a US $10 million loan earmarked for maize cultivation and a separate US $90 million fund designated for an agriculture modernization project, Daily Mirror learns.

Say probably the right policy, but rolled out at the wrong time

Kochi, Dec 22 (New Indian Express) - Suspecting links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has launched a probe into two cases relating to the attempted human trafficking of Sri Lankan nationals from Kollam.