The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million loan to upgrade Sri Lanka s power sector infrastructure, enhancing the reliability of transmission and distribution networks and facilitating greater integration of renewable energy. MORE..
25 Nov 2024 (2:21 PM)
Train services on the up-country line have been disrupted due to mounds of earth and rocks falling onto the tracks between Badulla and Bandarawela, according to Sri Lanka Railways. MORE..
26 Nov 2024 (10:02 AM)
The Department of Meteorology has issued a Red alert warning for the land and the deep and shallow sea areas around the island today (25) as a low pressure area intensifies over South-East Bay of Bengal. MORE..
25 Nov 2024 (11:49 PM)
United States international development finance corporation, which is partially funding the Colombo port terminal in Sri Lanka, is employing due diligence on the project after the allegations against the Adani Group chairman by the US Department of Justice came to light. MORE..
25 Nov 2024 (3:28 PM)
Sri Lanka s Foreign Ministry announced that thirty-two (32) Sri Lankan nationals who were victims of human trafficking and stranded in Myanmar have been rescued on Monday (25 November) following a successful, coordinated process. MORE..
25 Nov 2024 (9:34 PM)
Jaffna District Independent Member of Parliament Archchuna Ramanathan, who inadvertently sat in the seat designated for the Leader of the Opposition during the inaugural session of the Tenth Parliament, has apologized for the incident. MORE..
25 Nov 2024 (7:40 PM)