A Sri Lankan court has served indictments against a controversial Buddhist monk for allegedly making derogatory statements about Islam, insulting the religion and undermining religious harmony in the ...

A landslide triggered by the Ditwah cyclone last year has become active once again as a result of the ongoing rainy weather which has hit Watawala in the Badulla district, authorities said yesterday.

Siyapatha Finance PLC, as part of its “Siyapathen Mihikathata” corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme, recently conducted a one-day cleaning project targeting religious places, public spaces ...

Plans are underway to establish two national schools with modern facilities in Kurunegala under the guidance of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, said Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam.

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 319.20/320.00 to the US dollar in the spot market on Monday, after trades at 319.75/320.00 in the spot next last Thursday, dealers said, while bond yields ...

Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) yesterday announced that the transfer of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s (HSBC) Retail Banking business in Sri Lanka to NTB has officially been completed, with ...

The Supreme Court today vacated a stay order by the Court of Appeal not to enforce the warrants issued for the arrest of the Kurunegala former Mayor and four others over an incident of demolition of a ...

Kurunegala District SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekera has submitted a motion to Parliament seeking to restrict social media use for children under the age of 15, citing growing concerns over mental health ...

In the agricultural heartland of Sri Lanka, farmers are struggling with health issues, rising prices, and shifting climates. Could regenerative cotton offer a solution?

Sri Lanka, May 14 -- The Health and Mass Media Ministry is implementing a major project to enhance cardiac care by installing 16 new cardiac catheterisation laboratories (cath labs) in major ...

Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) has announced that the transfer of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s (HSBC) Retail Banking business in Sri Lanka to NTB has officially been completed, with the ...

Sri Lanka, May 18 -- The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) stated that 5,242 individuals from 1,574 families across 65 Divisional Secretariat divisions in 14 districts have been affected by the adverse ...