The port in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated northern province is close to the Indian coastline and is being “rehabilitated” with a $61.5 million grant assistance from India.

COLOMBO, April 23, 2025—Sri Lanka’s economy has made a remarkable recovery in 2024, surpassing growth expectations by recording 5 percent growth, compared to the projected 4.4 percent, says the World ...

Under Home Office plans, first reported in the Times, people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it ... as a student and then switches quickly to the asylum route ...

open image in gallery Faithful rest on a pavement under a scaffold to queue overnight at Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple, the Temple of the Tooth, in Kandy on 18 April 2025 (AFP via Getty ...

Cabinet approval is being sought to buy 1.1 million more machine-readable passports (MRPs) from Thales DIS Finland OY to meet demand until Sri Lanka transitions to the e-passport, sources from the ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his Wesak Day message says that all Sri Lankans should unite with determination and diligence... The Presidential Secretariat has organised a series of events to ...

The most severe damage occurred as the tornado moved through the area of 84th Street and Dutch Hall Road, where tree damage and destruction of an all-brick home and large garage supported the ...

ECONOMYNEXT –Foreign investors bought 11 million dollars worth Sri Lanka government securities in the week ended on April 24, the Central Bank data showed, after they dumped the bonds in the previous ...

LOS ANGELES :Netflix executives on Thursday backed the company's revenue outlook for the year and voiced confidence that the streaming service would weather any economic turbulence from President ...

A new luxury care facility for seniors, Grand Leisure Care and Wellness Resort, has officially opened its doors in Kochchikade, Negombo, offering a fresh approach to aged care in Sri Lanka. The resort ...

ECONOMYNEXT – A group of economists and policy analsysts have urged Sri Lanka to remove barriers to exports especially tariffs and para tariffs, which have hurt national competitiveness and benefitted ...

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