The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that the IMF Executive Board approved Sri Lanka’s program under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The program will allow Sri Lanka to access ...

By Reemus Fernando Ratnayake Central, Walala prodigy Tharushi Karunaratne blazed the track with the country’s second fastest time ever in the women’s 800 metres to provide a sensational start to the ...

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 21 March 2023 by the Department of  Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-Central and North ...

Ambassador Julie Chung announced yesterday the recent arrival of 770 metric tons (MT) of fortified rice and 100 MT of fortified vegetable oil through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign ...

The Bar Council of England and Wales has urged the Sri Lankan government not to undermine the independence of the judiciary. It has, in a media statement, said it is hopeful that the parliamentary ...

Sri Lanka is fast creating a Viyathmaga II. When observing how various categories of professionals – teachers, musicians, artists, officers from armed forces, doctors …. are getting on a single stage, ...

By Dinasena Rathugamage Vavuniya High Court Judge, M.M. Mohamed Nihal, yesterday ordered former MP J. Sri Ranga to be remanded until 27 March. Ranga was arrested on 17 March. for allegedly influencing ...

Jehan Perera The government’s plans for reviving the economy show signs of working out for the time being. The long-awaited IMF loan is about to be granted. This would enable the government to access ...

By Shamindra Ferdinando Chief Government Whip Prasanna Ranatunga has accused the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of delaying investigation into attacks on his residence at Udugampola, Gampaha, on 09 May ...

Shrewsbury School is delighted to announce a new partnership with Jagran Social Welfare Society to establish its first international boarding school in India. The signing ceremony took place in ...

The Sri Lankan rupee would gradually appreciate against the US dollar, once the country entered into an agreement with the IMF, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday night, addressing an event ...

Sri Lanka finds itself in a distressingly unprecedented and unenviable situation. All three tiers of government—Parliament, the Provincial Councils and the local government institutions—are now under ...