News from 2020

The Lanka-IOC (LIOC) has increased the 92 Octane petrol price with effect from midnight today.  Accordingly, the price of pet…

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha requested the overseas Sri Lankans to rethink their plans to return to Sri Lanka unless in c…

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Sri Lanka’s trade deficit in the month of February widened by US$ 574 million as exports languished and imports rose, latest dat…

With the emergence of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, the country has seen far reaching social and economic consequences affecting the live…

Fast bowler Kyle Jamieson, spinner Ajaz Patel and batsman Devon Conway have been awarded a New Zealand Cricket (NZC) contract for …

Emergency teams raced Friday to prevent a coronavirus “nightmare” in the world’s largest refugee settlement after the first …

UN diplomats will vote on new Security Council members in person despite the coronavirus pandemic Johannes (AFP)  UNITED NATI…

Residents try to salvage belongings amongst their houses destroyed at the height of Typhoon Vongfong in San Policarpo town (AFP) M…

The curfew in the Colombo and the Gampaha districts would continue until further notice while curfew in other districts would cont…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has surrendered his three-month salary of Rs. 292,500 to the COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security …

Nine more Covid-19 infected patient was reported today increasing the total cases to 925, the Health Ministry said.…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested the banking sector to deviate from conventional thinking and practice to support the co…

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Informal sector appears to be making the most of the direct-to-consumer model,which flourished during the two-month long shelter-i…

The coronavirus outbreak risks sparking a major global mental health crisis, the United Nations warned on Thursday, calling for ur…

President Trump said he wanted American schools to be reopened because ‘our country isn’t reopened if they’re closed.’&nbs…

 A sombre image in a funeral hall of the coffins of an elderly husband and wife who both died from Covid-19 captures the trag…

The suspension of scheduled passenger flights of SriLankan Airlines due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has been extended till …

Sixteen more COVID-19 infected patients were recovered and discharged from the hospital today, the Health Ministry said. They said…

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The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) rebounded yesterday after two days of losses, with the benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) inc…

REUTERS: Sri Lankan stocks closed sharply lower yesterday, weighed by consumer discretionary and industrial stocks, as investors r…

Although Sri Lanka’s tea industry has been able to brew a strong cuppa amid the global pandemic, the sector representatives caut…

The standard of football in Sri Lanka is on the decline not because players lack skill but because the selection committee members…