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China’s treatment of religious and spiritual communities has returned to the spotlight in US congressional scrutiny after a former senior American official described the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) policies as a “war on belief systems.” Speaking at a Capitol Hill...

A special meeting was held between Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and Andreas Kravik, State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during which a forward-looking strategy to strengthen bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Norway was presented. The Opposition...

Approximately 18% of Sri Lanka’s total population consists of senior citizens aged 60 years and above, according to Professor Manori Weeratunga, President of the Sri Lanka Demographers’ Association. She made this statement while addressing the annual Population Conference held at...

The import and clearance process of goods into Sri Lanka under the permit system has become highly chaotic. At present, the Colombo Port and the container clearance yards are congested with containers that cannot be cleared. According to regulations, containers...

Foreign media report that several data centers belonging to Amazon, the world’s leading cloud services provider, have been targeted in drone attacks amid the ongoing military situation in the Middle East. According to reports, two data centers in the United...

Nalinda Jayatissa, Minister of Mass Media and Health, stated that a significant number of media institutions have failed to pay salaries to their regional journalists.

Opposition Members of Parliament staged a protest against the Speaker in Parliament today.

Foreign media report that wholesale gas prices in the global market have surged by nearly 50 percent, particularly in Europe and the United Kingdom, after major liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter QatarEnergy took steps to suspend production following attacks by...

A total of 33 flights scheduled to arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake from Middle Eastern countries were cancelled between 12.00 a.m. yesterday (02) and 12.00 midnight the same day due to the closure of airspace in parts of...

Sri Lanka’s export sector is likely to face a severe crisis as a result of the ongoing war in the Middle East, according to Inam Gafur, Secretary of the Lanka Goods and Services Association.