Dhaka and Colombo have stressed accelerating negotiations over signing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) at the earliest to unlock the untapped potential of bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (1:56 PM)
The Supreme Court today (30) dismissed a petition filed seeking an order to reject the nomination of former Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake, who is contesting the upcoming general election under the "United Democratic Voice" party from the Gampaha District. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (2:29 PM)
The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) Kosala Wickramasinghe disclosed that the E-8 visa agreement with South Korea was signed unlawfully by the former minister, without obtaining Cabinet approval or proper government authorization. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (1:02 PM)
Sri Lanka s new government, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will launch a fresh investigation into the handling of the MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship disaster that devastated marine life along swaths of the island nation s coastline three years ago, a senior minister has told Al Jazeera. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (8:06 PM)
In yet another drug bust in Tamil Nadu, India s Narcotics Control Bureau seized crystal methamphetamine, also known as Ice , worth 270 million Indian rupees in Chennai. The drugs were meant to be trafficked to Sri Lanka, the investigators said. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (11:51 PM)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (PALAMA II project), implemented by Save the Children, focusing on addressing short-term hunger in schools and improving educational outcomes in vulnerable urban areas in Sri Lanka, expanded into Colombo-area schools this month. MORE..
30 Oct 2024 (6:14 PM)