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President Ranil Wickramasinghe has appointed a three-member committee to investigate allegations that former Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva accepted a bribe from a Japanese company while serving as Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Aviation. Other members of the committee include...

The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years on Thursday to help cool rising inflation, becoming the latest central bank to aggressively unwind policy that fueled economic growth during the pandemic, even as global...

India has extended 8 Lines of Credit (LOCs) to Sri Lanka amounting to USD 1850.64 million in the past 10 years, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr.S Jaishankar said on Friday. “Government of India has extended 08 Lines of Credit (LOCs)...

Curb in the distribution in the offing.? Minister of Power and Energy Mr. Kanchana Wijesekera states that importing fuel for the next one year is facing a very challenging situation. Therefore, he said that various proposals have been made to...

Vajira Abeywardena, the president of the United National Party, has been appointed to fill the vacant position of UNP National List Member Ranil Wickremesinghe in the parliament. The relevant gazette notification has already been issued. Earlier some sources said indicated...

The police headquarters states that the security forces have to launch the operation to liberate the presidential secretariat because the militants did not leave peacefully after presenting various conditions. The press release issued by the police headquarters is as follows

At a meeting with President Ranil Wickremesinghe today, US Ambassador Julie Chung expressed her grave concern over the Galle Face attack. https://twitter.com/USAmbSL/status/1550463116345241600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550463116345241600%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FUSAmbSL2Fstatus2F1550463116345241600widget%3DTweet https://twitter.com/USAmbSL/status/1550463118165569537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550463118165569537%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FUSAmbSL2Fstatus2F1550463118165569537widget%3DTweet Meanwhile, UN Human Rights Council also condemned the attack. https://twitter.com/UNHumanRights/status/1550505868503949312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550505868503949312%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FUNHumanRights2Fstatus2F1550505868503949312widget%3DTweet UNHCR co group too issued a condeming...

On Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Ranil Wickremesinghe on his election as President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. In his message, Xi emphasized that China and Sri Lanka have long been friendly neighbors. Since diplomatic ties...

Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe, who became the President with the help of the protestors, attacked the same people and lost his international recognition within a day, said Mr. Patali Champika Ranawaka, the leader of the 43rd Division, Member of Parliament. Ranil...

A person who was pushed in the queue during a rush at the Matugama Pelawatta petrol station has died after falling sick and being admitted to the hospital, according to Meghathanna police. The police say he is a resident of...