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The U.S. Embassy Colombo concluded its Youth Forum Leadership Summit 2024, an event that united 120 young leaders, change-makers and visionaries from across the region to facilitate dialogue on global challenges, foster a spirit of entrepreneurship and social responsibility, and...

Indian-administered Kashmir has been transformed economically since it was stripped of its semi-autonomous status, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. Security was tight for his first trip to the Muslim-majority region since he made the controversial change in 2019. "I am working...

Minister of State for Defense Pramitha Bandara Thennakone says that there are 62 lakh stray dogs in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Latest News Mr. Pramita Bandara Tennakoon mentioned this in Parliament. The minister pointed out that a serious situation has...

A family slain in a stabbing spree at an Ottawa home late Wednesday threw a birthday party for their alleged killer just days ago, says a religious leader who knew them.  The father who survived the attack, which killed his...

Our present and who we are as a person, society, community and nation is the aggregation of our collective past, it is said and it is often virtually impossible to separate out each strand of influence that shape our thinking,...

Sri Lanka has received six proposals for the construction of nuclear plants here. Prof. S. R. D. Rosa, Chairman – Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board (SLAEB) said during a recent seminar organised by the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)...

Titled ‘The Conspiracy to oust me from the Presidency,’ Rajapaksa’s book was out for sale starting Thursday but there was no official book launch Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa ended a long silence over his ouster Thursday by releasing...

The Attorney General has urged the Court of Appeal to suspend further actions concerning the transfer of shares in Sri Lanka Telecom and Lanka Hospitals, citing concerns over potential adverse effects on the national economy. The request, made during the...

The Request for Qualification (RfQ) for the sale of the segregated life and general insurance business of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) has attracted five bidders, four of which are local firms. For Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Life Ltd., those...

China registered a surprise jump in foreign trade at the start of the year, partly because of strong demand from Russia, India and emerging markets in Africa and Latin America. Exports from the world’s second-largest economy rose by 7.1 per...