President Ranil Wickremesinghe has convened a pivotal meeting with leaders of recognized political parties to discuss the proposals put forth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its high-level delegation.

Three male youths were killed, and two females injured after they were run over by a speeding cab in Rambewa, Anuradhapura early this morning (March 09).

Veteran actress, journalist and former radio news reader Ramya Wanigasekara passed away at the age of 73, this morning (March 08).

Six people including a mother, her four young children and a family acquaintance were killed inside a townhouse in the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven late Wednesday night.

Deputy Chief of the Office for International Military Cooperation (OMIC) of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Major General Zhang Baoqun, met Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary, General Kamal Gunaratne, at the Defence Headquarters Complex, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte today (March 07).

Two Sri Lankans are among the 21 crew members rescued by the Indian warship INS Kolkata from the cargo ship ‘True Confidence’ which was attacked by a missile by Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden, according to the Sri Lanka Navy.

Two fundamental rights petitions were submitted to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, requesting that the appointment of Deshbandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) be declared illegal.

New chairpersons for the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) were appointed today (March 07).

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will start its second review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program for Sri Lanka today (March 07) with a meeting with President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

A police sergeant from the Matara Divisional Crimes Investigation Unit has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) on charges related to aiding and abetting the failed escape attempt of organized crime figure Nandun Chinthaka, also known as ‘Harak Kata’, from the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Former Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has announced the release of his book titled “The Conspiracy to Oust me from the Presidency”.

Sri Lanka’s President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, asserted that the nation’s economy is experiencing robust growth due to the government’s initiatives.

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon met the Maldives Defence Minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon at the Ministry of Defence, Maldives yesterday (March 05).

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in a special statement delivered in parliament today (March 06), unveiled the government’s intention to decrease the Value-Added Tax (VAT) in the near future.

As many as 99 kg of hashish, said to be worth ₹ 108 crore, was seized from a country boat near Mandapam coast in Tamil Nadu by India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Indian Coast Guard Mandapam, an official said on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka and India are working on an estimated USD 1.2 billion undersea transmission line that will link the island nation’s power grid with that of India to provide energy security to the country, a top Sri Lankan official said on Tuesday.