Remittances from Sri Lankan expatriate workers increased to US$ 4345.1 million from January to September, said Finance State Minister Shehan Semasinghe.
Semasinghe said this is a 68.8% increase when compared to the foreign remittances during the corresponding period last year.
"Remittances...
Israel’s military announced a “state of war alert” on Saturday after militants from Gaza fired a deadly barrage of rockets and sent gunmen into Israeli territory in a major escalation of the long-running conflict between the two sides.
The early...
The Sri Lanka Army today deployed more than 600 personnel for flood relief activities in the Matara district, the Defence Ministry said.
The Ministry said that there was a risk of breaking the stone embankment that was built under the...
In a recent parliamentary debate on the pressing issue of brain drain, MP Harsha de Silva brought to light a significant concern raised by the Professional Trade Union Alliance, consisting of 47 professional organizations. These professionals voiced their grievances...
The Supreme Court today allowed the TISL to intervene in the case filed by the Centre for Environmental Justice seeking fair compensation for the victims of the Xpress Pearl disaster.
Earlier, the Attorney General strongly objected to the intervention. However,...
In a release yesterday, the President’s Media Division said that the government cannot endorse the idea of an international investigation into Sri Lanka’s internal affairs.
"The Constitution of Sri Lanka and all other existing laws do not provide for conducting...
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today requested the government make the public aware of the true situation with regard to the news report that appeared in the state-owned newspaper that seven key places in Colombo would face an imminent attack...
The CID sub-inspector, Sugath Mendis, who had been arrested and interdicted along with former CID Director Shani Abeysekera, was today awarded one million rupees in compensation by the Supreme Court.
Sub-inspector Mendis was arrested and remanded for 11 months in...
Sri Lankan Astrologer Indika Thotawaththa has been arrested for allegedly making defamatory statements harmful to religious co-existence.
Thotawaththa was arrested by the Police Computer Crimes Division today (Oct. 06).
He is accused of having allegedly made defamatory statements about a particular...
The police constable, who was hit by a luxury car driven by the IT engineer son of a former volunteer doctor attached to the police hospital yesterday evening, succumbed to his injuries at Colombo National Hospital this morning.
The PC...
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement today, determined that the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress' decision to expel Minister Naseer Ahmad from the party membership is legally valid.
With this Supreme Court's judgement, Naseer Ahemad's expulsion will lead to the...
Five passengers were killed and twelve others were seriously injured when a tree fell on a SLTB bus on Duplication Road near the Liberty Plaza roundabout. The bus belonging to the Matugama depot was plying from Colombo to Deniyaya...
