Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi stated that India would always stand with Sri Lanka, a close friendly neighbour, when the visiting Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa called on him earlier today (March 16) in New Delhi.

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa is on a two-day official visit to New Delhi to follow-up on the short and...

The Department of Meteorology has issued a weather advisory for the sea areas in the Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining parts of Southwest Bay of Bengal.

The ‘Amber’ advisory states that the low level disturbance located in the Southwest Bay of Bengal and Adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean has developed in to a low-pressure area and lay centered o...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris has pointed to “inaccuracies” contained in the UK Travel Advisory on Sri Lanka in its successive revisions, resulting in the projection of “a negative image” of the country.  

He has conveyed the above to the UK authorities at a high level on Tuesday (March 15), the foreign ministry said.

“In this r...

The Sri Lanka Petroleum Private Tanker Owners’ Association has called off its strike action following the discussions held with the Energy Minister.

Private tanker owners withdrew from fuel transporting services with effect from midnight yesterday (March 16).

Following the recent fuel price hike, the association had sought the Ceylon Petroleum...