The All Party Conference, chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to discuss the impact of recent U.S. tariffs on Sri Lanka, concluded with consensus on the government's approach, multiple party ...

Vendors in Kandy town have been given permission to sell goods on the pavements until the end of the New Year season. The decision was taken at the Coordinating Committee meeting of the Kandy District ...

This lady from Kirulapone regularly makes Avurudu sweetmeats and other food during the New Year. But she says this year the demand has dropped for her orders because of rising prices. Pic by M.A.

The shockwave created by the imposition of a 44 per cent “reciprocal tariff” by the United States on imports from Sri Lanka reverberated across the House as MPs from both sides grappled with how to ...

This year’s Aluth Avurudda is being celebrated today in the traditional manner with customs from time immemorial. The national New Year is being welcomed with family reunions, new clothes, playing ...

I thought I must write to you now because you must be having difficulty in deciding what gifts you should bring as you usher in the Sinhala and Tamil New Year for all of us in Paradise. As I see it, ...

Mr. Ravi Kumararatne, former Royal and Ceylon Schools athletics captain was the Chief Guest at the Royal College Inter-House Athletics Meet held on Monday at the College Main ground ...

The government will seek concessions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for its 48-month Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka to offset the impact of the US tariffs on the economy, a senior ...

A multi-pronged plan will seek solutions to the human elephant conflict in areas where issues are widespread. One such issue which contributes to elephant injuries and death are train collisions and ...

Special arrangements have been made to facilitate the influx of passengers on public transport during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year season. Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) has deployed 10 new trains from ...

Sri Lanka exports high priced teas to the US and this is likely to be impacted by the tariffs imposed recently just as the country saw a significant hike in export volumes, industry sources said. Last ...

HONG KONG (CNN) – What was supposed to be a historic, era-defining trade war launched by US President Donald Trump against a range of countries has, for now, narrowed in on a singular target: China.