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The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) successfully concluded the second stage of its landmark reforestation initiative in collaboration with the non-profit “Rainforest Protectors of Sri Lanka” withmembers of CSE planting the first 200 saplings of the second stage in the Rajawaka...

Nepalis travelling to Sri Lanka can now use their domestic payment app to scan & pay at more than 400,000 LankaQR merchants In a significant milestone for regional digital payment interoperability, on 12th May 2026 Sri Lanka and Nepal officially...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the government’s objective is to reduce fuel consumption, and that recent decisions, including fuel price increases, have been taken with that goal in mind. Speaking at the Nuwara Eliya District Special Coordination Committee meeting, the...

Mr. Shani Abeysekara, who served as the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from September 2017, was removed from the position after Gotabaya Rajapaksa came to power in 2019 and was transferred as the Assistant DIG in charge of...

A student has attacked five other students with a sharp weapon at a government main school in Eppawala town, Sri Lanka Latest News reports. The five injured students have been admitted to Eppawala District Hospital. The injured students are all...

The Pensioners' Association has organized a protest campaign on May 27th at 10.00 a.m. at the Anuradhapura Kada 12 Roundabout to raise its voice to the country regarding the rights that were lost in the 2025 budget.

The Department of Meteorology has issued a red advisory for heavy rainfall affecting the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, and North-Western provinces, as well as the Galle and Matara districts. According to the department, the prevailing rainy conditions are expected to continue...

In a special post shared on his official Facebook account, MP Harsha de Silva has made a statement regarding his political future, party stance, and vision for the country. He stated that no one in his family has been involved...

Last March, China’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, proposed a China–India–Sri Lanka trilateral cooperation framework within Sri Lanka. He stated that such cooperation would be important for the progress of the region. He made this statement after India removed...

Former parliamentarian M. A. Sumanthiran has accused the Sri Lankan police of attempting to prevent the implementation of the law out of fear of Sinhala Buddhist clergy, alleging that officers were acting under a “Sinhala-Buddhist supremacist mindset” in relation to...