The private sector is purchasing paddy at prices higher than the government’s guaranteed rates, meaning the government will be unable to secure the planned buffer stock, according to the President of ...

A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to place 2,200 employees of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave, hours before it was due to happen. Judge ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 08 FEBRUARY 2025  Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 February 2025 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and ...

A canal in a suburb of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires turned bright red on Thursday, alarming local residents. Pictures and ...

Ireland and Zimbabwe continued to zigzag with the flow yet again in Bulawayo but it was the visitors who were better placed ...

The government has not yet disclosed its costing formula for paddy. It only releases information about cost calculations in dribs and drabs in an unorganised manner, which has left the public none the ...

Sri Lanka’s most anticipated open-air art fair, Kala Pola, is set to unfold for its 32nd edition on Sunday, 16th February 2025, at Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha (Green Path), Colombo 07. With its unique ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vijitha Herath,  has confirmed that 59 Sri Lankans, serving in the Russian Army, have been killed on the warfront in Ukraine. The Minister disclosed this information, ...

Visa (NYSE: V), the global leader in digital payments, today announced that Visa saw a marked uptick in spending by both tourists and domestic consumers in Sri Lanka during the holiday season at the ...

A presidential advisor, identified as D. Gamage, had asked a delegation representing the SME sector to “surround the Central Bank” instead of troubling officers at the Presidential Secretariat, ...

By Saman Indrajith The government would try to initiate fresh indictments in the Lasantha Wickrematunga murder case, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya said on Friday, pledging that those responsible ...

To commemorate 60 years of capacity-building partnership between India and Sri Lanka, through the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, the High Commission of India in Colombo ...