The chairman of the Coconut Development Authority, Shantha Ranatunga, revealed that a Cabinet paper will be presented this week to authorize the import of several coconut products in a bid to prevent an unnecessary coconut price hike in the local market. MORE..
4 Feb 2025 (9:49 AM)
Ten youths have been arrested for riding motorcycles in a dangerous and reckless manner in the Dehiwala area. MORE..
3 Feb 2025 (9:56 PM)
Over 250 inmates detained at prisons across the island will be released on Tuesday (Feb. 04) in view of the 77th Independence Day of Sri Lanka, the Prisons Department said. MORE..
3 Feb 2025 (7:35 PM)
U.S. President Donald Trump suspended his threat of steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Monday, agreeing to a 30-day pause in return for concessions on border and crime enforcement with the two neighboring countries. MORE..
4 Feb 2025 (12:18 PM)
The Government of Japan has extended a grant of 300 million Japanese Yen (approximately LKR 565 million) to Sri Lanka to enhance waste management infrastructure facilities under the Clean Sri Lanka Program. MORE..
3 Feb 2025 (11:23 PM)
A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city on Monday, killing at least 19 people, all but one of them women, and leaving more than a dozen wounded, hospital workers said. MORE..
3 Feb 2025 (8:40 PM)