President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy, has instructed the Treasury Secretary to provide provisions only for essential government services. MORE..
Families in southern Turkey and Syria spent a second night in the freezing cold on Wednesday as overwhelmed rescuers raced to pull people from the rubble two days after a massive earthquake that killed more than 9,600 people. MORE..
Radella Shortcut Road has been reopened for vehicles weighing below 5 tons after it was closed for traffic following a deadly multiple-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of seven people and injured a further 53. MORE..
Sri Lankan high commissioner Milinda Moragoda met Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday to discuss ways to deepen health cooperation, including help in expediting the process for Sri Lankan importers to procure medicines from India. MORE..