At a ceremony held today at Sri Lanka Air Force Base in Katunayake, U.S. Navy Admiral Steve Koehler, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, officially handed over a Beechcraft King Air 360ER aircraft, gifted by the United States, to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF). MORE..
10 Oct 2024 (8:27 PM)
The Department of Meteorology has issued a Color- Red warning for heavy rainfall in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts, in the next 24 hours. MORE..
10 Oct 2024 (10:38 PM)
Sri Lanka s economy has stabilized, with growth expected to reach 4.4 percent in 2024, surpassing earlier forecasts. This positive outlook follows four consecutive quarters of growth driven by the industrial and tourism sectors and supported by critical structural and policy reforms, says the World Bank. MORE..
10 Oct 2024 (2:07 PM)
South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life," the award-giving body said on Thursday. MORE..
10 Oct 2024 (6:19 PM)
Former Minister of State for Finance Shehan Semasinghe has announced that he will not be contesting in the upcoming parliamentary elections. MORE..
10 Oct 2024 (4:55 PM)
The Colombo Fort Magistrate s Court has imposed an overseas travel ban on former Member of Parliament Johnston Fernando today (10). MORE..
10 Oct 2024 (5:01 PM)