The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to 1.1% in August 2024, compared to 2.5% in July 2024, according to the latest data released by the Department of Census and Statistics. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (5:59 PM)
Sri Lanka s Ambassador to Israel has requested Sri Lankan nationals residing in Israel to exercise caution due to recent shelling and rocket attacks from Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah targeting Israel. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (5:16 PM)
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says that he was unanimously chosen as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Samagi Jana Sandhanaya for the upcoming General Election. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (4:44 PM)
The newly appointed Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that Sri Lanka s Parliament is most likely to be dissolved today (24). MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (6:48 PM)
(UPDATED) President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has signed the Extraordinary Gazette notification dissolving the Parliament of Sri Lanka effective from midnight today (24). MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (11:34 PM)
Japan s remote Izu islands south of Tokyo were hit by a small tsunami on Tuesday with no immediate reports of damage, after a magnitude-5.9 earthquake occurred near an unpopulated island farther south in the Pacific Ocean. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (12:02 PM)