India s external Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be visiting Sri Lanka this week and call on newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who assumed office on September 23, Indian media reported today. MORE..

2 Oct 2024 (5:40 PM)

The Sri Lankan Embassy in Tel Aviv has issued an announcement to all Sri Lankan nationals residing in Israel in the wake of the Iran missile attacks on Israel. MORE..

2 Oct 2024 (5:05 PM)

The High Commissioner of Australia to Sri Lanka, Paul Stephens, held a courtesy meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this morning (02) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. MORE..

2 Oct 2024 (3:45 PM)

Oil prices climbed more than 2% on Wednesday on rising concerns that Middle East tensions could escalate, potentially disrupting crude output from the region, following Iran s biggest ever military blow against Israel. MORE..

2 Oct 2024 (3:41 PM)

The Colombo High Court has ordered the case against former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka over the hit-and-run incident which took place in 2016, in which the vehicle the former Minister was travelling in had collided with a motorcycle in Rajagiriya, to be postponed until February 28, 2025. MORE..

2 Oct 2024 (2:44 PM)

In a significant diplomatic engagement, the President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has met with the Cuban Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andres Marcelo Gonzales Gorrido, at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (02). MORE..

2 Oct 2024 (2:28 PM)