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Singapore s X-Press Feeders has hit back at the Sri Lankan Supreme Court s order to pay $1bn within a year over the 2021 X-Press Pearl casualty, warning the decision tramples on due process, scapegoats its crew, and poses a dangerous precedent for global shipping. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (6:26 PM)
Several spells of showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in the Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today (16), the Department of Meteorology said. MORE..
16 Aug 2025 (7:59 AM)
Chinese involvement in Sri Lanka s gemstone industry is causing significant revenue losses to the island nation s crisis-ridden economy and impacting local businesses, according to an article in The Financial Post. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (8:23 PM)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that the secondary tariffs on India could go up if "things don t go well" during talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (12:07 PM)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 79 years of independence from British colonial rule. MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (6:04 PM)
The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka has announced the visit of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) to the Port of Colombo tomorrow (August 16). MORE..
15 Aug 2025 (2:20 PM)