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Sri Lanka's customs authorities arrested on Friday a woman and seized the largest haul of cocaine ever detected at the country's main international airport, an official said.
Sri Lanka’s recently elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s political coalition, the National People’s Power (NPP), won an overwhelming amount of support from the majority Sinhalese community as ...
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi accompanied by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake reached Anuradhapura on Sunday (April 6). During the visit PM Modi and Dissanayake jointly ...
March 25, 2025 This March marks the mid-point of Sri Lanka’s four-year economic reform program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the two years since its inception difficult but ...
The IMF Executive Board completed the Third Review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka, providing the country with immediate access to SDR 254 million (about US $334 million) to ...
As Sri Lanka emerges from its worst economic crisis, the new government faces the challenge of balancing recovery with sustainable growth.
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting. No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the ...
The Sri Lanka team drew the attention of some commentators at the opening ceremony of the Paris olympics with one saying the Sri Lanka flag was among the“most beautiful”.
Chicopee Mayor John Vieau hosted a Sri Lanka flag raising ceremony at City Hall to celebrate the country’s independence.
THE ORIGINAL FLAG BROUGHT BY VIJAYA The short epilogue of a play of the imagination about the death of the Lion, of why Sinhabahu killed the animal father, why Prince Vijaya revolted and was expelled ...
Faris Hadad-Zervos, World Bank Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka at the "Towards Sri Lanka's Recovery: Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development" Press Club Event, organized by the ...