Companies and institutions have no legal provisions to impose additional charges ranging from 2.5% to 3% on customers for transactions made using credit or debit cards, the Director of Payments and Settlements at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Vasantha Alwis has stated. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (4:20 PM)
At least two Thai civilians have been killed and two others injured by shelling from the Cambodian side on July 24. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (11:51 AM)
A 28-year-old Chinese national suspected of involvement in an international cybercrime ring was arrested by the Border Surveillance Unit of the Department of Immigration and Emigration upon his arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (5:21 PM)
A Sub-Inspector attached to the Kompannavidiya Police Station was arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) near the Fort Magistrate s Court premises for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs. 100,000.
24 Jul 2025 (6:28 PM)
Five newly appointed ambassadors and one high commissioner to Sri Lanka officially presented their credentials to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (24). MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (9:02 PM)
The bodies of a mother and her two daughters have been recovered from a well located in the garden of a residence in the Panikkankulam area of Mankulam in Mullaitivu today (24), according to Mankulam Police. MORE..
24 Jul 2025 (8:46 PM)