The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to -0.7% in October 2024 from -0.2% in September 2024, according to the latest data released by the Department of Census and Statistics. MORE..
21 Nov 2024 (5:01 PM)
The Deputy Ministers of the new government have been sworn in this evening (21) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. MORE..
21 Nov 2024 (5:52 PM)
The National People s Power (NPP) Colombo District Member of Parliament, Dr. Rizvie Salih has been unanimously elected as the new Deputy Speaker of Parliament. MORE..
21 Nov 2024 (12:09 PM)
Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in a $265 million bribery scheme, according to U.S. prosecutors. MORE..
21 Nov 2024 (11:30 AM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who arrived in the Parliament a short while ago, commenced delivering the government s policy statement to the House after the first session of the Tenth Parliament was inaugurated this morning (21). MORE..
21 Nov 2024 (1:02 PM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared that will be no room for racial politics of religious extremism hereafter in the country. MORE..
21 Nov 2024 (1:53 PM)