Singer Chillie also known as Thilanka Vidusha was arrested by the Thalangama Police today for the alleged assault of a 57-year-old man last Thursday.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has taken steps to grant Sri Lanka a loan of Rs.46, 622 million or approximately Yen 33,137million, to enable the government to maintain its financial stability, continue its development agenda within the next five years and achieve its development goals.

The amount of territory controlled by the Islamist militant group, the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), has shrunk by 16 percent so far this year, according to new research from IHS Markit.

Sri Lanka recently signed agreements worth USD 10 million with two companies to produce drugs in Sri Lanka.

The Indian Union Power Ministry is considering laying a sub-sea power cable to transmit power from India to Sri Lanka, said a senior Indian Ministry official.

A dreaded Pakistani terrorist linked to the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore was killed in a joint operation by Afghan—US special forces in Afghanistan bordering Pakistan, a media report said on Sunday.

A group of men reportedly led by a son of VVIP had allegedly assaulted security personnel at a leading night club in Colombo when they were denied entry to the club in the early hours on Saturday, informed sources said.

The selection of a name for the new party to be formed under the leadership of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa is to be completed by next week sources close to the joint opposition said.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said it remains positive of Sri Lanka’s growth prospects.

Sri Lanka did not pull out of the SAARC summit, the country only expressed regret that the prevailing environment in the region was not conducive to hold the event, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera told the parliament on Friday.

New Delhi: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today marked out India and China as the only countries that can drive economic growth across the globe, saying manufacturing companies have no other place to go.

Sri Lanka will build a second refinery with a capacity of at least 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in a tie-up with Indian Oil Corp, a top Sri Lankan official said on Thursday, a move that strengthens New Delhi’s engagement with Colombo.

Sri Lanka on Wednesday said it is happy with the progress in its economic ties with China.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, will pay an official visit to Sri Lanka from 10 to 20 October 2016 to assess the current situation of national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in the country.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has always been a friend of India even at a time when most Sinhala political leaders disliked New Delhi for its support of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.