The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) announced a new initiative to recover unpaid taxes from individuals by visiting their premises, after September 30 to collect taxes from those who have not paid ...

Sri Lanka’s National Cricket Selection Committee is expected to pick young fast-bowling all-rounder Chamindu Wickramasinghe and aggressive batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa for the upcoming West Indies series.

Sri Lanka’s construction sector will totally recover in the first quarter of next year, said President, Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB), Dr Rohan Karunaratne. He said that one of the main reasons ...

Massive explosions have rocked the Lebanese capital, marking the “most violent night” of attacks since Israel expanded its military offensive against Lebanon on September 23. Israeli warplanes carried ...

CIOB has notified the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of the need for low-interest loan schemes with repayment grace periods etc. for contractors. CIOB also suggests that an Infrastructure ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday said that the Easter Sunday Attack which happened on April 21,2019 was the most tragic disaster in the recent past and that it will not be allowed to be ...

National People’s Power (NPP) Executive Committee Member K. D. Lal Kantha stated that combatting fraud and corruption will be high on the agenda of the NPP Government. Lal Kantha also noted that the ...

It has been proposed to appoint a female officer as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director, a first in the history of Sri Lanka Police. Police internal information disclosed that the ...

The Sri Lanka Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRCSL) is currently seeking comments from the public regarding the implementation of the Number Portability Service for mobilephones, to make ...

An apparent Israeli airstrike killed 18 people in central Gaza on Sunday morning, Palestinian medical authorities said. The strike hit a mosque which was sheltering displaced people near the al-Aqsa ...

The spectre of suicide has long cast a shadow over society. Though Sri Lanka has made strides in recent years to curb suicide rates, a significant number of people still attempt suicide each year. The ...

The University of Kelaniya, under AIESEC Sri Lanka, a member of AIESEC the global youth-led organisation, Global Expansia 1.0 was held recently, at the Mahaweli Centre in Colombo. The semi-virtual ...