A group of older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights.

The trial of 27 people charged in connection with the Panama Papers money laundering scandal has started in a Panamanian criminal court.

The leaders of Egypt, France and Jordan have warned Israel an offensive against Gaza's southern city of Rafah would have "dangerous consequences".

Given the current favourable macroeconomic headwinds and economic resurgence, Sri Lanka is optimistic about finalising debt-restructuring talks in London with international creditors and entering into an agreement on the US$12 billion debt re-work proposal, a senior Finance Ministry official said.

Sri Lanka’s budget for the first time in history is set for a complete overhaul, covering the entire government sector to ensure full transparency of fiscal planning and other policy interventions, Finance Ministry sources said.

The government is venturing into public private partnership with suitable foreign investors for the manufacture of phosphate fertiliser making use of the Eppawala rock phosphate deposit in the North Central Province, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Softlogic Life has launched ‘Annual Report Analyser’, Sri Lanka’s first AI-powered tool that analyses and interprets information from its annual report titled ‘Bigger, Better, Bolder’.

Sri Lanka's tourism industry has experienced a robust upswing, achieving a significant milestone by surpassing US $1 billion in earnings during the first quarter of 2024, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando disclosed.

United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka said Sri Lanka defaulted on a payment of USD 6 billion starting from April 2022 when the country announced bankruptcy.

Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is expecting a multiplier effect across all key source markets following United Kingdom’s recent update on the travel advisory for Sri Lanka, which will immediately result in a significant boost in tourist arrivals in the upcoming summer season.

The US has expressed support for Sri Lanka's security and sovereignty and its ongoing efforts to complete the fiscal, monetary, and governance elements of its IMF bailout programme.

More than 90 people have died after a ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique, local authorities say.

A new drone attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant has raised the risk of a "major nuclear accident", the UN's atomic watchdog has warned.

Wide Angle

By Rohana Jith

For more than 50 years, the hippy neighbourhood of Christiania has been a haven of counter-culture, in the very heart of the Danish capital Copenhagen.

Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.

Aeroflot Russian Airlines and Rossiya Airlines are set to continue their summer operations to Sri Lanka, reflecting their confidence in the country as a preferred travel destination.

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung yesterday commended that Sri Lanka has made great progress on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program.

Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera spearheaded a high-level discussion with the visiting South Asia Regional Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to explore avenues for advancing renewable energy projects and electricity sector reforms in Sri Lanka.

The soft pedalling by the Government to carry out crucial reforms of State Owned Enterprises is forcing taxpayer’s wallets to take the brunt of the hit, Advocata Institute said yesterday.