Sri Lanka cruise tourism industry is projected to continue to grow with large number of travellers expected to cruise, this year .

India-Sri Lanka Joint Committee established under MOU on Passenger Transportation by Sea held a virtual meeting on 14th July 2023.

Britain has added a number of construction roles to its “shortage occupation list”, allowing the building industry to bring in staff from abroad including Sri Lanka more easily to help employers struggling to fill positions.

The Motor Traffic Department (MTD) has taken a prompt initiative to blacklist vehicles that have failed to obtain revenue licenses for five consecutive years.

The government has unveiled strategy to restructure the country's domestic debt, as the island nation attempts to recover from its worst-ever economic crisis while sticking to International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) directions to come out from the deep debt abyss.

Sri Lanka’s banking sector is now saddled with additional pressure from the ever increasing non-performing loans given to covid-19 hit businesses and individuals under government’s relief scheme, finance ministry data underlined.

A blistering US heatwave is forecast to intensify this weekend, with warnings issued across the south-west.

Seven people have died and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes due to flooding in South Korea.

With the resumption of train services between Colombo Fort and Kankesanturai (KKS) on the northern railway line, the renovated section from Anuradhapura to Omanthai wll be open to the public from today, the Railways Department said.

Cinnamon Air, Sri Lanka’s premier domestic airline, recently launched scheduled flights to Jaffna, which will provide travellers with easy access to the most popular city in the northern region of the island along with an exceptional travel experience.

At least 15 passengers have been hospitalised after a Colombo bound private bus from Badulla ran off the road and toppled at Demodara in Ella on the Badulla-Colombo road.

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Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (July 12) launched the Skill Verification Program (SVP) in Sri Lanka as part of a scheme to attract more skilled workers from the island nation, foreign media reported.

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has discovered that the online auctioning system for coconut harvests, introduced with the aim of demolishing the monopoly Mafia has been opposed and obstructed as a result of the agenda of the brokers.

Following a series of public complaints received the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) is to start probing several leading private hospitals in Colombo for billing its patients with exorbitant rates for common drugs, which has maximum retail prices.

The tax policy advisory of the Finance Ministry has given assurance to the business community that if there is no proper refunding mechanism in place, the removal of the Simplified Value-Added Tax (SVAT) scheme may not take place in January 2024, the National Chamber of Exporters (NCE) said.

A Special Gazette notification has been issued ordering to conduct a population and housing census for the years 2023-2024.

The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing said an agreement was reached to restart the construction of 10 middle-income housing projects in Colombo city, which were stopped midway due to several issues including the rise in the price of raw materials.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s upcoming visit to New Delhi is expected to be “a point of positive transformation” in the relations between the two countries, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Tuesday (July 11).

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (July 12) launched the Skill Verification Program (SVP) in Sri Lanka as part of a scheme to attract more skilled workers from the island nation, foreign media reported.