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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties' presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want. The outcome of contests across...

IMF Should Oppose Restrictions on Freedom of Expression, Civil Society Groups The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should urge Sri Lanka’s government to abandon draft legislation that would severely curtail civil society and jeopardize the IMF’s program in the country, Human Rights Watch said...

Sri Lanka's rich cultural heritage and natural beauty are planned to be showcased through a special show in Sigiriya, says Tourism Minister Harin Fernando. Sri Lanka Latest News In a press conference held last week with ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) in...

In 2022, Thailand became the first country in Asia to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. The government of that country is preparing to change that decision again and impose restrictions so that it can only be used for medical...

A group of Opposition and Government Parliamentarians are to meet next week to discuss what they claim to be the relevant authorities' failure to curb increasing crimes and the drug menace across the country. Despite the ongoing operation 'Yukthiya' (Justice)...

The United States Department of Defence (DOD) yesterday (12) commenced a two-day specialised training programme to up-skill Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), and stakeholder personnel in Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) related Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) system competency. The training...

France together with Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom as long-standing and active members of the Paris Club recently requested the Southern District Court of New York to consider extending the five-month stay in support of the Government of...

President of the Bar Association Kaushalya Nawaratne, PC, yesterday (12) said that custodial deaths were unacceptable. Referring to the latest killing of a suspect, within 48 hours of him being taken into custody, Nawaratne said that the Bar Association raised...

Ambassador Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a dialogue between visiting Sri Lankan State Minister of Technology, Kanaka Herath, and members of the Sri Lankan community drawn from the field of information technology (IT), entrepreneurs and professionals resident in the United States. The...

The assertion by Tourism Minister Harin Fernando that Sri Lanka is a part of India reignited dormant Indian opposition. However, as early as 1940, former president JR Jayawardena in the Ceylon National Congress initially suggested the integration of Ceylon into...