Sri Lanka's central bank trumpeted the country's settling of a maturing $500 million sovereign debt on Tuesday, affirming the ultranationalist government's decision to use its scarce available foreign currency reserves to assuage overseas bondholders while its beleaguered public takes another economic hit.

Opposition lawmaker Imthiaz Bakeer Markar urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to learn a lesson from the fate that befell former Tunisian dictator, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

India has handed over 1,000 houses built under the third phase of its housing project to beneficiaries in Sri Lanka’s plantation areas on the occasion of Pongal, Indian High Commission here said on Sunday (16).

The late Mangala Samaraweera has been awarded the ‘Gold Award for Reconciliation’ for his commitment and dedication to promoting reconciliation in Sri Lanka.

British Tamils and human rights groups are urging the UK Government to use the Global Magnitsky Act to sanction Sri Lankan Generals with command responsibility for alleged war crimes in the final stages of the civil war in 2009.

Sri Lankans living in countries across the world have been barred from attending Independence Day celebrations at all Sri Lankan embassies and high commissions abroad, 'Lanka Leader' learns.

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga will launch her autobiography today (14) at 3. 00 p.m. at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH - Lotus Hall).

The U. S. government’s Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a free online mentoring platform today to connect emerging entrepreneurs with experienced business experts.

The Sri Lankan government in 2021 suppressed minority communities, harassed activists, and undermined democratic institutions, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2022.

Commenting on the recent steps taken by the government to rectify the economic issues plaguing Sri Lanka, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the government has failed to take adequate measures to avert an economic crisis.