Uber announced the launch of its global flagship sustainability product, Uber Green, in Colombo. This will enable riders to book environment friendly rides with just a few taps on their Uber app. With an aim to accelerate its transition to zero emission mobility by 2040 in Sri Lanka,

In the face of competition with a new Chinese player, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has been compelled to reduce fuel imports to US$ 648.71 million in the first four months of 2024 compared to $ 828.4 million in the same period of 2023, finance ministry’s latest fiscal position report revealed

Sri Lanka will wrap up talks with international bondholders on its restructuring process in a few weeks, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said on Tuesday, a major step for the island nation to emerge from its worst financial crisis in decades.

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya stated that the government intends to collect taxes from 14 previously untaxed sectors that have been overlooked until now and to ensure tax compliance from them.

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) launched a program for the establishment of a green zone that will see the reforestation and afforestation of land.

Sri Lanka Navy deployed Sri Lanka Coast Guard ship Suraksha to seize a local multi-day fishing trawler and apprehend 05 suspects involved in smuggling of several bird and reptile species. The operation was mounted in the southern waters on 07th July 2024.

The leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, will head a new right-wing grouping in the European Parliament, Patriots for Europe.

When Luca was born in a Perth hospital two years ago, it flipped his parents’ world in ways they never expected.

Despite boasting about the highest biodiversity per unit area in Asia, Sri Lanka has failed to recognise its conservation as a mandatory development priority, former Wildlife Conservation Department Director General Dr. Sumith Pillapitiya said.

The Election Commission will declare the Presidential Elections only at the end of this month, enabling polling to be taken on a day between September 17 and October 17, an official said.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today called for an oral public consultation over the second Electricity Tariff Revision.

SLFP splits to three factions influencing NPP and SJB to follow suit

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Voters have gone to the polls for the second time in France in crucial parliamentary run-off elections that threaten political deadlock.

Highlighting that today, drug trafficking poses a greater threat to the nation than terrorism, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that some human rights lawyers also represent drug-related criminals after their arrest.

The Meteorology Department has issued a warning for heavy showers exceeding 100 mm of rain in the Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces, as well as the Kandy district.

The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) has seized a luxury BMW registered on model Piyumi Hansamali"s name from a garage in Nawala. The car was found at a two-storied house belonging to a businessman arrested for importing kush and cocaine worth over Rs. 60 million via airmail.

• New anti-corruption law provides for declaration of assets by MPs
  
• Govt. aims for a revenue collection of Rs. 4,106Bn in 2024
• IRD aims to widen tax net by targeting potential frauds among parliamentarians

An undersea transmission line will link the power grids of both countries

Whilst highlighting that he had completed his tasks, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that the people will have to decide the country's destiny at the Presidential polls which will be declared shorty.