Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe embarked on an official two-day visit to Indonesia to participate in the high-level session of the 10th World Water Summit. He arrived at Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali on Saturday (May 18).
Reuters reports that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian crashed on Sunday while navigating mountainous terrain in dense fog.
The 15th commemoration of Sri Lanka’s civil war victory will take place this afternoon (May 19) at the Battaramulla War Heroes Memorial.
A total of 114 officers and 1,395 other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army have been promoted in honor of the 15th Victory Day Anniversary.
The United States expresses its solidarity with all Sri Lankans, reflecting on their resilience and hope for a united future, on the 15th anniversary of the end of Sri Lanka’s war.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week praised Sri Lanka for the progress it has made in implementing economic reforms, despite the difficulties faced by the public.
The Sri Lankan Government must take decisive steps to reveal the fates and locations of the tens of thousands who have disappeared over the years and hold those accountable, according to a UN Human Rights Office report released today (May 17).
The Gampaha High Court Trial-at-Bar acquitted the four accused involved in the shooting incident that killed three people and injured 45 others during a protest for clean drinking water in Rathupaswala on August 1, 2013.
Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander, retired General Mahesh Senanayake, has joined the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB).
The Indian Navy detained 14 Sri Lankan fishermen and confiscated five boats for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and engaging in sea cucumber fishing on Thursday, May 16, 2024, as reported by The Hindu.
A British town’s new mayor is a refugee from Sri Lanka who will be the first Hindu to hold the position.
Reuters reports that Sri Lanka will send a high-level delegation to Russia to investigate the situation of hundreds of nationals allegedly fighting in the Ukraine war, according to a top official on Thursday.
Retired administrative officer W.A. Chulananda Perera has been appointed as Sri Lanka’s first-ever Sports Ombudsman by the Minister of Sports, Harin Fernando.
The 16-year-old schoolgirl, Sathdarani Kavishka, who was critically injured during the Fox Hill SuperCross 2024 racing event, died last night (May 15), increasing the death toll from the fatal crash to 08.
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Tourism, Harin Fernando, suggests that a government holiday should be declared for the debate between opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and the leader of the National People’s Power (NPP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake, so that people can easily watch it.
Calls for Indian travelers to boycott the Maldives is “absolutely” helping Sri Lanka’s travel industry, the country’s Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said Wednesday.
