The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has taken steps to increase the death compensation payable to dependents of registered Sri Lankan migrant workers who die while employed overseas to Rs. 2 million.

A meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Catholic religious leaders, led by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, was held at the Presidential Secretariat today (10).

Sri Lanka Police says it has taken steps to introduce a new mobile app to enable the public to promptly notify the police in the event of an emergency.

Twenty-five people have been killed in a fire on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked at a port in eastern China, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

The government has taken steps to increase the compensation amount paid to families of Sri Lankan migrant workers who pass away while employed overseas to Rs. 2 million.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that one of the Government’s foremost objectives is to create an environment in which no community feels insecure or fearful in society because of its cultural identity, while ensuring their psychological security.

A restaurant in Valaichchenai has been fined Rs.750,000 after being found guilty of selling bottled drinking water above the applicable Maximum Retail Price (MRP).

India will host the BRICS Leaders' Summit this weekend, seeking to lift the bloc's global profile even as the US-led war on Iran splits its membership, with Tehran and Abu Dhabi on opposing sides of the conflict.

The individual who was arrested in Maradana by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) of the Police for allegedly transferring USD 80 million, equivalent to more than Rs. 23 billion, to overseas accounts through telegraphic transfers (T/T)

A warm weather advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for residents of the North-Central, Eastern provinces and Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Monaragala and Hambantota districts.

The Attorney General has informed the Colombo High Court that action will be taken against a witness who allegedly provided false evidence in the case filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The writ petition filed by leader of the Sarvajana Balaya, MP Dilith Jayaweera, challenging a reference made by the Colombo Fort Magistrate after it concluded that a statement made by MP Jayaweera during a television interview appeared, on the face of it, to

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has stated that steps are being taken to reduce the use of paper in Parliament and the public sector through digitalization.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has left the island after concluding his official three-day visit to Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lanka Navy said that it has apprehended a suspect and seized approximately 820 kilograms of fish caught using explosives, during a search operation in Mutur.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis ​edged closer on Thursday to gaining leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most ‌important routes for commodity vessels...

Former royal astrologer Sumanadasa Abeygunawardena has left the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) after recording a statement for approximately three hours.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court has imposed a fine of Rs. 200,000 on a bakery after it was found guilty of misleading consumers by selling expired bakery products.