The United States was Germany’s largest single trading partner last year for the first time since 2015, dethroning China from the top spot as exports to the Asian powerhouse fell, official figures ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is presenting the Budget 2025 in Parliament at the moments. Here’s key points of the President’s Budget speech: By the end of 2024, the new government maintained ...

The government is optimistic about meeting its revenue targets under the tax reforms introduced in the 2024 budget if the economy expands beyond the projections set by the International Monetary Fund ...

Three suspects, including a police constable, have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting in Middeniya that claimed the lives of Aruna Vidanagamage, also known as Meegas Are Kajja, and ...

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has sought public assistance to trace a woman suspected of providing the weapon used in the fatal shooting of notorious underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne, ...

Port of Colombo 2025 began with a volatile start with transshipment container volumes declining amid continued congestion, marking a contrast to the strong growth experienced in the first and latter ...

Ven. Dr. Gallelle Sumanasiri Thero, who was appointed as Chancellor of Rajarata University on 10 February, has resigned from the position. In his resignation letter to the President’s Secretary, the ...

ITAK MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take immediate steps to release military-occupied lands in the Eastern Province and investigate past atrocities ...

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with TikTok owner China. “We have confirmed that DeepSeek is communicating with ByteDance,” the South Korean data regulator ...

Sri Lankan singer Amitha Wedisinghe passed away this morning, family sources confirmed. The veteran Sri Lankan singer, a ranked artiste of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), was 82 years ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to meet on 28 February 2025 to review and approve the third assessment of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme. If ...

A police officer from the Negombo Police has been arrested for his alleged connections with the woman who smuggled the weapon used in the killing of notorious underworld figure “Ganemulla Sanjeewa” ...