The Sri Lankan rupee fell on Monday due to importer dollar demand in the absence of banks’ dollar sales to defend the currency, dealers said.

The Sri Lankan government on Monday ordered the release of 106 Indian fishermen who were in its custody on charges of poaching in Lankan waters.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday assured that the proposed new Constitution would be introduced through a transparent process.

Despite local criticism, the entire world is blessing the program of the new government of Sri Lanka, says President Maithripala Sirisena.

The National Freedom Front (NFF) headed by MP Wimal Weerawansa will be contesting the upcoming local government elections from a newly formed political front.

Sri Lanka has been named as a top under-the radar destination for 2016 by the Fox News, a post on the FoxNews website said.

With the kicking off of the Western Region Megapolis Project Masterplan (WRMP) scheduled for this week the United National Front For Good Governance (UNFGG) hopes to relocate tens of thousands of slum-dwellers

Water supply to Akuressa, Malimbada, Matara, Mirissa, Dondra, Gandara, Kottagoda and Dickwella have been suspended temporarily after 15,000 litres of diesel leaked to the river from an underground tank of a fuel station.

Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Friday promised greater political power to the island’s Tamil minority under a new constitution aimed at preventing a return to ethnic war and healing the wounds of the past.

Thai Pongal is a festive occasion that signifies the everlasting relationship between human beings and nature, President Maithripala Sirisena said in a Thai Pongal message.

Tamil Nadu government announced that 55 out of 104 fishermen from the state, who were arrested by the Sri Lanka in recent months, were released on Thursday.

Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera who was summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday to record a statement into an incident where a two-and a-half-year-old elephant calf was found inside the Thera’s temple

Sri Lankan share index recovered on Wednesday after hitting over 18-month lows in the previous session, as investors picked up battered banking and telecommunications shares, brokers said.

I have been encouraged and impressed by President Sirisena’s government, his commitment to tackle the legacy of Sri Lanka’s conflict – and his keenness to restore democracy

The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady on Tuesday as late importer dollar demand helped offset bank and exporter dollar sales, dealers said.