The water capacity of reservoirs has decreased to 70 percent, but electricity generation will continue, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Engineers Association President Dhanushka Parakrama said.

The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a total of 18 Indian poaching trawlers and 146 Indian fishermen within Sri Lankan waters in 2024.

At least one persons was killed and another 37 persons injured in an accident involving a bus travelling from Nelligala to Pundaluoya at Yahalatenna in Peradeniya.

The Treasury’s tax expenditure statement revealed that the government has foregone over Rs. 23 billion in corporate tax revenue in 2022 due to concessions granted to Board of Investment (BOI) approved companies.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) this week requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to urge Sri Lanka’s Government to abandon draft legislation that would severely curtail civil society and jeopardise the IMF’s program in the country.

Sri Lanka has refuted recent claims from US intelligence that there are potential plans for a Chinese military base to be established on its soil.

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 Sri Lanka to safeguard the ongoing debt restructuring process.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested Dr. Thusitha Sudarshana, the Deputy Director of the Health Ministry’s Medical Supplies Division on arrival in Sri Lanka at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that he will submit the IMF technical assistance reports to Parliament soon.