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The Coconut Research Institute has forecast a further decline of 250 million nuts crop for the first half of 2025 harvest during the first half of this year compared to last year, the current harvest stands at 1,407 million nuts for the first half of 2025, according to statistics from it.
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The proposed $3.7 million oil refinery to be built by China’s Sinopec in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port is facing significant delays over multiple issues like dispute over equity structure, tax concessions, market access, and allocation of land for the project.
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Artificial intelligence ’s use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today.
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A van transporting schoolchildren veered off the road and overturned yesterday afternoon, injuring a schoolgirl, a woman, and the driver, Ragala Police said.
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Sri Lanka’s tourism sector has reached a major sustainability milestone, with Sigiriya being officially declared as the country’s first sustainable destination.
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Sri Lanka has received USD 641.7 million in workers’ remittances in May 2025, according to the latest figures released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the world’s highest single-arch railway bridge in Indian-administered Kashmir
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A special relief flight, UL 302, has departed from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to Medan International Airport on the Indonesian island of Sumatra to transport 101 passengers and crew members of SriLankan Airlines flight UL 306, which was grounded due to a technical fault.
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SriLankan Airlines flight UL 306, which departed from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake for Singapore last evening (June 5), was forced to make an emergency landing at Medan Kuala Namu International Airport in Indonesia due to a technical issue.
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The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (June 6) filed an indictment before the Colombo High Court against former Minister of Labour and Public Relations, Mervyn Silva, alleging that he had accumulated assets exceeding his declared income.
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