Tourists planning to visit Sri Lanka will now need to apply for a visa on arrival following the temporary suspension of the electronic visa system (e-Visa). This change, effective from 2 August ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka has brought back an online visa application platform to encourage to attract more tourists after its top court suspended a controversial multimillion-dollar deal that ...

The janatha aragalaya (people’s struggle in Sinhala) that convulsed Sri Lanka in 2022 summer sought to shake up the country’s political dynamics with a cry for ‘system change’. The ...

Starting from midnight on 26 September, all foreign nationals arriving in Sri Lanka will once again be able to apply for visas under the previous system, Minister of Public Security Vijitha Herath ...

The info-NDRSC Disaster Related Data System, designed to digitally streamline the collection and distribution of statistical data on families affected by natural disasters, was officially launched ...

Sri Lanka’s vehicle tax structure has come under renewed scrutiny, with tax experts warning that the imposition of the value added tax (VAT) on top of an already VAT-inclusive excise duty has ...

Sri Lanka faces backlash over new visa system with higher costs, Indian involvement, and corruption allegations.

Colombo: Bloomberg today announced that the Foreign Exchange market in Sri Lanka has chosen Bloomberg’s BMatch solution for interbank trading in the local spot foreign exchange market.

The procurement process for Sri Lanka’s Multi Lane Free Flow Electronic Toll Collection (MLFFETC) system has faced allegations of corruption. The Road Development Authority (RDA) under the Ministry of ...

He also emphasized that Sri Lanka’s judiciary lacked the institutional development seen in India’s judicial system and was therefore unable to rule in favor of provincial councils when disputes over ...

Australian High Commissioner HE Paul Stephens highlighted the current state of public transportation in Sri Lanka and emphasized the need to establish a passenger-friendly, comfortable, and safe ...

Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...