The passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka, which resumed in October 2023 after almost 40 years only to be stopped days later, is set to recommence on May 13. MORE..
1 May 2024 (5:21 PM)
The government plans to designate 49 more destinations as official tourist zones, says State Minister Diana Gamage. MORE..
30 Apr 2024 (3:35 PM)
The Gampaha High Court the Trial-at-Bar has deferred delivering the verdict in the case against a Brigadier and three soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring several others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala, Gampaha. MORE..
30 Apr 2024 (5:16 PM)
The censured Chairman of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) former President Maithripala Sirisena says that Minister Wijayadasa Rajapakshe will be the SLFP s presidential candidate in the upcoming election. MORE..
1 May 2024 (12:38 PM)
Today is International Workers Day, also known as Labour Day, which is observed annually on May 1 in Sri Lanka and the world at large. MORE..
1 May 2024 (1:35 PM)
The overall rate of inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on year-on-year (y-o-y) basis increased to 1.5% in April 2024, the Department of Census Statistics (DCS) says. MORE..
30 Apr 2024 (6:52 PM)