IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the third review of Sri Lanka s economic reform program supported by the IMF s Extended Fund Facility (EFF). MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (12:59 PM)
Two individuals were killed in an accident when a jeep traveling from Kuliyapitiya to Hettipola veered off the road and plunged into the Bujgamuwa Oya near the Kamburapola Bridge on the Kuliyapitiya-Hettipola road this morning (23). MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (12:27 PM)
A person who was in possession of a large stock of cigarettes illegally smuggled into the country has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake. MORE..
24 Nov 2024 (11:35 AM)
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in the Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Hambantota District. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (3:51 PM)
The Sri Lanka Navy says that a total of 497 Indian fishermen have been arrested for violating the country s maritime boundaries so far this year. MORE..
24 Nov 2024 (11:13 AM)
Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (11:32 AM)