The World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed the Second Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO) for $200 million. This is the second operation in a two-part series that began in 2022. The first operation, totaling $500 million, was disbursed in June and December 2023. MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (2:09 PM)
56 Pakistanis imprisoned in Sri Lanka for several years are finally set to leave today. MORE..
6 Oct 2024 (3:44 PM)
The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya has instructed all police stations to inquire into all pending minor complaints lodged by the public and take necessary actions within the next two weeks. MORE..
6 Oct 2024 (7:59 PM)
The Department of Meteorology announces that the Colombo District has received the highest rainfall within the period from 08.30 a.m. on Sunday (06) to 07.00 a.m. today (07). The amount of rainfall received by Colombo within this period is 162.5mm. MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (12:36 PM)
Prime Minister s Secretary Pradeep Saputantri announced that steps have been taken to suspend the board meetings of statutory bodies and other government institutions. MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (10:16 AM)
Police have arrested 40 foreigners staying in Sri Lanka who were involved in online financial scams this morning (06). MORE..
6 Oct 2024 (9:04 PM)