Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrives in New Delhi on Thursday on a two-day visit hoping to strengthen economic ties between the South Asian countries.

A 41-year-old man who was injured in a shooting that took place in Weli para area of Thalawathugoda last night (July 20), died.

Sri Lanka’s parliament on Thursday (July 20) approved a new law to improve the independence of the country’s central bank, the deputy speaker said, as part of reforms linked to a $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund bailout package.

Sri Lanka Government to relax import restrictions imposed on 328 more items from tonight (July 20).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe departed on a two-day official visit to India this afternoon (July 20).

Rohan Fernando, Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), has been removed from his post.

Instructions have been given to school principals to consider only 40 percent of school attendance of the school applicants for the 2023 Advanced Level (A/L) Examination, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha said.

QR code based fuel quotas will be further increased next month after evaluation, Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today (July 20).

Merrill J. Fernando, the founder of Dilmah Tea has passed away at the age of 93 on today (July 20).

A 29-year-old suspect wanted over a murder in Homagama has been killed in a shootout with the Police Special Task Force (STF) in Minuwangoda early this morning (July 20).

The European Commission (EU) has proposed a four-year extension to the current GSP+ scheme until 31 Dec 2027, so that countries, such as Sri Lanka, do not lose their preferential access in the interim.

The Anti-Corruption Bill was passed in Sri Lanka Parliament today (July 19) without a vote with 190 amendments.

Sakvithi Ranasinghe and his wife today (July 19) pleaded guilty to committing financial fraud by misusing its deposits worth over Rs. 1,628 million obtained from the public while maintaining the Sakvithi Housing and Construction (Pvt.) Ltd in Nugegoda.

Deputy High Commissioner of the Indian High Commission in Colombo Vinod Kurian Jacob paid a farewell call on the State Minister of Defence, Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at the State Minister’s Office yesterday (July 18).

A 24-hour token strike has been launched at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for children starting from 8:00 AM today (July 19) will go down in history as the first strike at the hospital.

Sri Lanka’s passport is ranked 95th in the list along with Libya in Henley Passport Index 2023.