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ASP to lead SL’s team In the wake of several underworld figures being taken into custody by the Dubai law enforcement agencies, the Police Department awaits notification from Dubai Police to dispatch a special Police team to repatriate organised crime-related...

Sri Lanka’s credit to the private sector contracted by Rs. 52 billion in January 2024 with low demand for import credit and reduced private consumption as Value Added Tax(VAT) hike slowed down the economy. According to Central Bank’s weekly indicators,...

Near-term world growth prospects have improved and Fitch Ratings has raised its 2024 global GDP growth forecast by 0.3 pp to 2.4% in its latest Global Economic Outlook (GEO) published recently. This reflects a sharp upward revision to the US...

The National Building Research Organization says that the Air Quality Index in some areas across Sri Lanka has significantly dropped. The NBRO cites the the current dry spell experienced across the island as reasons for this. The NBRO says that...

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that Tamil fishermen were attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy because of the sins jointly committed by the DMK and the Congress, and said that Katchatheevu was given to...

Bulgaria’s deputy PM Mariya Gabriel has expressed gratitude to the Indian Navy for the successful operation to rescue the hijacked vessel Ruen & its crew members, including 7 Bulgarian nationals After Republic of Bulgaria’s deputy prime minister and minister of...

They received these awards at the ceremony held at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo for seniors who have completed 50 years in the legal profession. The ceremony was organized by the Sri Lanka Bar Association and was presided over by...

A Deputy Comptroller and former Deputy Comptroller of the Immigration Department have been arrested for helping arrange passports for two organized criminals to flee the country.Sri Lanka Latest News One of the two arrested suspects is to be produced before...

A protest has been launched demanding the release of eight people who were arrested and imprisoned by the police in a Shiva temple located on a rock in Vanni, which has been worshiped for more than two centuries. Sri Lanka...

Navy rescued sailors held hostage aboard the Bangladesh-flagged ship MV Abdullah, which had fallen into the hands of pirates in the Indian Ocean earlier this week. MV Abdullah was hijacked by Somalian pirates in Indian Ocean Navy responded to an...