While Concordes operated by British Airways and Air France became the airplane of choice for trans-Atlantic travel – albeit ...

It is under pressure from India and the U.S. to block Chinese research vessels from docking in its ports. Will the crafting ...

A striking seasonal phenomenon is unfolding off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, as cold, nutrient-rich waters rise to the ...

The so-called economic recovery promoted at this month’s “Debt and Governance” conference in Colombo is being paid for by Sri Lankan workers and the rural masses.

Sri Lanka's top court halted a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war.

The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) recently convened a high-level meeting to explore strategic collaboration for ...

On 30 September 2024, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued the “Banking Act Direction No. 5 of 2024” (“the New ...

A 2001 government census (PDF) says Sri Lanka’s main ethnic populations are the Sinhalese (82 percent), Tamil (9.4 percent), and Sri Lanka Moor (7.9 percent).

Last week, regulators in cash-strapped Sri Lanka raised power prices by 15%. President Anura Dissanayake, who during his ...

On June 17, the Supreme Court ordered the government to immediately issue identity cards for ordained Buddhist nuns, known as Bhikkhuni. The top court also termed the denial over the years a violation ...

Sri Lanka plans to discuss strategies with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lure foreign investment, President Anura ...

South Asia News: Sri Lanka Customs officials have made a record cocaine bust, arresting a 38-year-old Thai national at Bandaranaike International Airport. Nearly 10 kilograms of cocaine, worth $1. ...