General The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has called on Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to immediately convene a meeting of opposition parties to coordinate a…
General A deadly clash inside a Sri Lankan prison was triggered by a leak of information related to drug smuggling operations, authorities have revealed, as an…
General Sri Lankan authorities have ordered a formal investigation into a devastating prison riot that has now claimed the lives of 27 people, marking one of the…
General Sri Lanka Tourism has taken a bold step in diversifying its international visitor base by launching a landmark promotional campaign in South Korea, highlighted…
General Sri Lanka has launched a significant tourism promotional drive in South Korea, staging a landmark roadshow aimed at positioning the island as a premier…
General A leaked tip-off about drug smuggling operations inside a Sri Lankan prison is believed to have sparked a series of violent clashes that left 26 inmates dead,…
General Sri Lanka has been reclassified as a lower-middle-income country by the World Bank, marking a symbolic milestone in the island nation's recovery from its worst…
General Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's largest container shipping line, is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire a stake in Sri Lanka's…
General Sri Lanka's government is moving to acquire approximately 27 acres of land in Maruthankerni, in what critics and Tamil community advocates are describing as…
General Several Sinhala nationalist organisations have urged the Sri Lankan government to prioritise the settlement of Sinhalese communities in the Northern Province,…
General Sri Lankan authorities have opened a formal investigation into a devastating prison riot that has claimed the lives of at least 27 people, making it one of the…
General The death toll from a violent clash inside a Sri Lankan prison has risen to 26, with a further 77 inmates requiring hospital treatment following the deadly…
General A New Era for Public Transport Sri Lanka is poised to take a landmark step forward in modernising its public transportation infrastructure, with the government…
General Foreign investors have purchased approximately US$3 million worth of Sri Lankan government bonds, signalling renewed confidence in the island nation's…
General The Department of Prisons Sri Lanka has held a solemn ceremony to honour the memory of seven prison officers who made the ultimate sacrifice during a violent…
General The Commissioner General of Prisons has categorically stated that authorities had received no advance intelligence indicating that trouble was brewing at…
General Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has raised serious concerns about the Government's ability to maintain national security, pointing to the deadly unrest that…
General Sri Lanka's prison system is in crisis. A series of deadly riots has erupted across the country's correctional facilities in recent months, leaving inmates…
General Minister Points to Narcotics Trade as Root Cause of Fatal Unrest A senior Sri Lankan government minister has identified drug smuggling as the primary cause…
General Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers has approved compensation for four additional patients who suffered permanent vision loss following the administration of…
General Foreign investors have purchased approximately three million US dollars worth of Sri Lanka's government bonds, signalling a renewed appetite for the island…
General Sampath Bank PLC has taken a landmark step in Sri Lanka's digital payments landscape by launching Google Pay for all its Mastercard and Visa Credit and Debit…
General Sri Lanka's Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has revealed that construction work is currently underway to expand the capacity of the country's prison…
General Several opposition politicians have called for an independent and transparent investigation into the recent violence at Negombo Prison, warning that they will…