Polls are starting to close in Venezuela's presidential election, in which the governing socialist PSUV party's Nicolás Maduro is seeking a third term in office.

The Government’s temporary suspension of foreign debt payments leads to US $8.6 billion outstanding over 24 months, the Finance Ministry’s latest fiscal position report revealed.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) of Sri Lanka has mandated prior online registration for passport applications, effective until the e-passport system’s introduction next year.

Sri Lanka’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have turned financial losses into profits within the first four months of this year amidst the delay in the restructuring of selected entities.

The Central Bank (CB) is adhering to salary revisions as directed by an independent committee and the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF), according to Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe, a development that was earlier reported in The Sunday Times Business.

Sri Lanka has urged Myanmar to facilitate the rescue of the group of Sri Lankans held captive for forced criminal activities at a camp in the cyber criminal area operated by a terrorist group in Myanmar.

Scope Cinemas yesterday elevated the experience for moviegoers with the launch of a world-class IMAX theatre at the Havelock City Mall, Colombo 5.

Sri Lanka will review the progress of its economic and trade relations with Pakistan at the bilateral discussions set to take place at the end of this month, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced yesterday.

Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe expresses confidence in shaking off status soon

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One of the world's most powerful drug lords, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by US federal agents in El Paso, Texas.

Bangladesh citizens have hit out at their leader Sheikh Hasina who was photographed crying over destruction at a train station, with some saying she shed "crocodile tears".

Sri Lanka has on average about 12,000 electricity customers who are without electricity after being disconnected for not paying bills, and not a million or hundreds of thousands as claimed, Power Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said.

The Cabinet of Ministers has recently approved President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Cabinet Memorandum to implement the “National Agenda for Anti-Corruption.”

The Central Bank trimmed the policy rates by 0.25 percentage points. While the decision caught some sections of the economy off guard, others were not surprised.

AirSial, a private airline in Pakistan, is slated to start direct flight operations between Colombo and Islamabad, Sri Lankan High Commissioner Admiral (Retired) Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne said.

The Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA) of Thailand and Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry, have signed a Record of Discussion (RoD) to launch a Capacity Building Program for officials attached to forthcoming Public Debt Management Office (PDMO).

Scope Cinemas is set to revolutionise cinema experiences in Sri Lanka with the grand opening of its new IMAX Theatre at Havelock City Mall on 24 July.

The pilot who survived a deadly plane crash in Nepal was saved after his cockpit was sheared off by a freight container seconds before the rest of the aircraft crashed in flames.

Fifty-five years after it sank, killing 21 men, Australia has found the shipwreck of the MV Noongah.