News from 2020

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…

A man walks inside a conference room used for meetings between military commanders of China and India, at the Indian side of the I…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is seen in January. Multiple intelligence reports have called into question his administration’s trans…

MOSCOW AFP May13, 2020 -  Russia reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, continuing a grim trend that has …

Five more Covid-19 infected patients were reported increasing the total cases to 889 in Sri Lanka, the Health Ministry said.…

Popular international video blogger and social media influencer Nuseir Yassin, whom host Nas Daily has posted a video, praising Sr…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today reviewed the current status of the proposed “unique digital identity card”, which will be i…

A total of 320 Sri Lankans including an expectant mother who were stranded in Chennai had arrived at the Katunayake International …

The European Commission has de-listed Sri Lanka from its list of High Risk Third Countries with Anti-Money Laundering and Counteri…

The Examination Department said the external candidates who wish to apply for the Advanced Level (A/L) Examination can make the ex…

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the officials to focus on rapid development of several main cities in the country incl…

Sri Lanka’s banks have seen a massive upsurge in their digital transaction volumes as the COVID-19 pandemic has upended how bank…