Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka can transact in Indian currency since the Central Bank has made it a designated currency, Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.

The Power and Energy Ministry has decided to continue with the increased weekly fuel quota that was provided for the New Year season.

The Asia for Animals Coalition (AfA) comprising 19 associations and its Macaque Coalition (MACC) involving 22 associations, have strongly opposed plans by Sri Lanka to export 100,000 toque macaques to China.

France, India and Japan have teamed up and invited others to join in the rescue of Sri Lanka’s crippled economy; a crisis blamed on mindless spending by the island’s former rulers of money borrowed from various countries.

The Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 24th of April launched a new initiative to strengthen socio-economic recovery via home-based agriculture and energy security measures.

Two years after the MV X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire in Sri Lankan waters, local authorities continue to take a snail-paced approach to file a compensation claim. The inferno is reported as the single worst incident of chemical and plastic pollution at sea.

Former Attorney General Dappula de Livera filed a writ petition before the Court of Appeal yesterday against the summons issued on him by the Terrorism Investigations Division (TID).

Sri Lanka is to file a case in Singapore against the shipping company of MV X-Press Pearl over the disaster in Sri Lankan waters in May 2021.

The High Commission of India in Colombo has issued an advisory for travellers to Sri Lanka on fraudulent visa websites.