Acting Technology Minister Kanaka Herath has called for a comprehensive inquiry into the major cyber attack and data breach that affected numerous Government entities operating under the ‘gov.lk’ domain.

Approximately 28% of the population believes Sri Lanka’s ongoing program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will make things better for Sri Lanka’s economy in the future, according to a new survey released yesterday by Verité Research.

Approximately 28% of the population believes Sri Lanka’s ongoing program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will make things better for Sri Lanka’s economy in the future, according to a new survey released yesterday by Verité Research.

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Chairman Priantha Fernando on Friday formally notified the General Managers of Colombo City hotels about the introduction of Minimum Room Rates (MRR) from 1 October 2023 ending speculation about a possible deferment due to protest by tour operators.

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The government mulls the liquidation of certain institutions under its programme for restructuring state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a top source said.

Police launched investigations into the shooting incident targeting the vehicle of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Uddika Premarathne last night, police said.

Two cargo ships have arrived at a Ukrainian port after travelling through the Black Sea using a new route, Ukrainian port authorities said.

Fourteen people have been killed in a plane crash during bad weather in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday.

Following a research, the Agriculture Department has found two new varieties of pomegranates which give higher yields that can be successfully grown in Sri Lanka.

Although many government institutions have been called before the COPE and COPA Committees, the state company Milco has not been audited so far.

The Family Health Bureau has decided to use Artificial Intelligence at Maternity and Child Care Centres.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Employment will start a survey to assess the number of Sri Lankans who have left the country with no records and offered houses, Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said.

Sri Lanka’s gross domestic product has contracted 3.1 percent in the second quarter of 2023 against the same quarter last year, with steep falls in construction, financial services and manufacturing, Census and Statistics Department reveled inits latest report.

Sri Lanka is under pressure to show it is serious about eradicating corruption, as the bankrupt South Asian nation is now under the first review of its International Monetary Fund bailout package of US$3 billion, official sources said.

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Says the business sector benefited from tax cuts introduced by the SLPP Government

Authorities in Kerala are working to contain the spread of the Nipah virus, with around 950 people potentially exposed. Five people have tested positive for the virus, with two deaths.

The British Foreign Office announced that a large number of foreign embassies in London, including the Sri Lankan High Commission, owe the country millions of pounds in unpaid congestion charges.