One of Thailand's most prominent political activists, Arnon Nampa, has been sentenced to four years in prison under the country's much-criticised royal defamation, or lese-majeste law.

Russia is seeking to rejoin the United Nations human rights council in an election that will be seen as a key test of its international standing.

In a historic milestone, Lanka IOC has unveiled its very first centrally-monitored, fully-automated, women-operated Lanka IOC Filling Station, recently.

The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka for the first 20 days of September crossed the 75,000 mark, fulfilling 62 percent of the target set for the month.

The Government has decided to abandon plans for egg and chicken meat imports in light of the local production surge.

Hayleys Solar, the renewable energy arm of Hayleys Fentons, expands its horizons to make solar energy accessible from the south to north of the nation with its recent strategic launch in Jaffna.

 Screenwriters in the US say they have reached a tentative deal with studio bosses that could see them end a strike that has lasted nearly five months.

Kosovo and Serbia have traded accusations over a deadly stand-off between ethnic Serb gunmen and police in northern Kosovo.

Investment Promotion State Minister Dilum Amunugama said that he has succeeded in obtaining over USD 550 million worth of Foreign Direct investments (FDI) to Sri Lanka after he visited and met Chinese investors last week.

Factories are to face another shock with the increase in the water tariff by 170 per cent.

Central Employees Union of the Sugathadasa Stadium alleges that plans are underway to privatise the Nuwara Eliya racecourse

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team now in Sri Lanka is nearing completion of its preliminary review on the fund-supported economic reform program with some reservations relating to quantitative performance, informed official sources divulged

A seven-year mission to study what has been described as the most dangerous rock in the Solar System is about to reach its dramatic conclusion.

Azerbaijan's military has paraded heavy weapons captured in Nagorno-Karabakh, amid warnings thousands of civilians are without shelter after the surrender of Armenian separatists.

International maritime traffic monitoring platforms revealed that the Chinese geophysical scientific research vessel Shi Yan 6 is engaged in either research or observation activities close to the Exclusive Economic Zone of India.

The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said that the assistance from international antivirus development agencies will be obtained to recover the emails that were lost following a ransomware attack that targeted multiple government websites recently.

The Lawyers’ Collective condemns the latest version of the Anti-Terrorism Bill and the Online Safety Bill gazetted in September 2023.

Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera instructed the relevant officials to look into the opportunities of exporting eggs and chicken.

In order to prevent the deadly Nipah virus disease from entering Sri Lanka, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera today advised the Animal Production and Health Department (DAPH) Director General Dr. Hemali Kotalawala to start appropriate disease surveillance activities immediately.

Minister Bandula Gunawardana has officially granted permission to dub the internationally-produced biopic movie '800' into Sinhala while amending the National Film Corporation Act for the first time.