Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has welcomed the recent reduction in U.S. reciprocal tariff rates on Sri Lankan goods, while urging the Government to disclose full details of the trade and security agreements reached with the United States. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (1:00 PM)
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced by a judge on Friday to 12 years of house arrest for abuse of process and bribery of a public official, in a long-running case over connections to former right-wing paramilitaries. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (10:25 AM)
The Commissioner General of Examinations announced that the conducting of tuition classes, seminars, workshops and such related to the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination is prohibited from midnight on August 06 (Wednesday) until the end of the exam. MORE..
1 Aug 2025 (8:57 PM)
Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala, stated that while there are approximately 28,000 vacancies in Sri Lanka Police at present, steps have already been taken to urgently fill 5,000 of those vacancies. MORE..
1 Aug 2025 (11:10 PM)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in "the appropriate regions" in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (8:57 AM)
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, Sajith Premadasa, has welcomed the recent decision by the United States to reduce the trade tariff imposed on Sri Lankan exports to 20 percent. MORE..
1 Aug 2025 (4:44 PM)