The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says the workers remittances channelled through official channels in July 2022 saw 50% drop in comparison to the corresponding period in 2021. MORE..
13 Aug 2022 (1:08 PM)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the request for the Chinese ballistic missile- and satellite-tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 to call at Hambantota Port for replenishments, which was deferred earlier, has now been granted. MORE..
13 Aug 2022 (11:33 PM)
Sri Lanka s death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 16,619 today after the Director General of Health Services confirmed 09 more Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (Aug 12). MORE..
13 Aug 2022 (9:02 PM)
Salman Rushdie, the author whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran s leader in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. MORE..
13 Aug 2022 (3:42 AM)