Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will focus on improving tax collection to reduce budget deficits as it streamlines the structure of the tax system, the Treasury Secretary said on Wednesday, with new legislation planned to improve public finances. MORE..
4 Oct 2023 (6:34 PM)
The trains scheduled to operate this evening (Oct. 04) are experiencing delays due to an unanticipated trade union action, Sri Lanka Railway says. MORE..
4 Oct 2023 (5:55 PM)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe suggests that part of the money from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees Trust Fund (ETF) should be invested abroad. MORE..
4 Oct 2023 (9:35 PM)
At least 10 people have been killed in India s state of Sikkim and 82 others, including 23 army personnel, are missing after heavy rainfall caused the glacial Lhonak Lake to overflow, spurring catastrophic flooding in the region. MORE..
5 Oct 2023 (9:45 AM)
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on tiny quantum dots. MORE..
4 Oct 2023 (5:23 PM)
The number of Sri Lankan workers departing for South Korea so far this year has surpassed 5,000, growing by 44 percent compared to the previous year, a minister said on Wednesday. MORE..
4 Oct 2023 (11:33 PM)