Sri Lanka’s new Chinese Ambassador, Wei Huaxiang, met VIII Executive President Ranil Wickremesinghe at his political office on Flower Road in Colombo, in an engagement between China’s new diplomatic representative and the
Saudi Arabia has taken a bold step to reshape regional security dynamics by forging a new Red Sea security bloc with Egypt and Somalia, leaving the United Arab Emirates on the sidelines.
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Sri Lanka has embarked on an ambitious effort to address the long-standing housing crisis among families displaced by decades of civil conflict, with the launch of the National Housing Program 2026. President
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Sri Lanka is facing a critical juncture in its electricity sector, with industry bodies raising serious concerns over the Draft National Electricity Policy. In a joint submission, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce,
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Sri Lanka is grappling with a fresh controversy in its energy sector after former Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka revealed that two laboratory tests at the Norochcholai Lakvijaya Power
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The protester, who descended after two hours on Thursday, told reporters that he had been unfairly detained and beaten by police. “My jaw hurts all over. I can’t eat or chew due
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has thrown her support behind U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, warning that eroding central bank independence risks economic stability at home and abroad. Speaking
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China is placing population policy at the heart of its economic strategy as it prepares to report a fourth consecutive annual population decline, with official data due on January 19 expected to
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Thursday that she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump, an emotional gesture aimed at winning over an American
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Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday extradited two alleged organized criminals and a woman from Dubai as part of an ongoing investigation into money laundering and other serious crimes. The suspects arrived at
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Two senior Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have reportedly begun a hunger strike in prison following their arrest over the installation of a Buddha statue in Trincomalee, authorities and sources close to
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Lord Hermer, the attorney-general and legal chief under Labour leader Keir Starmer, has defended the legal autonomy of the US Central Intelligence Agency, asserting that the agency “acts within their own law”
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Drug addiction in Kandy, a major district in Sri Lanka’s Central Province, has risen dramatically in 2025, with authorities reporting a fivefold increase in usage compared to the previous year. Senior Deputy
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A 25-year-old computer engineer from Kandarmadam, Jaffna, has been arrested by Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly posting nude images of her ex-boyfriend on social media, authorities confirmed. The case
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Sri Lanka’s Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is witnessing an unprecedented political debate over the possible parliamentary entry of General Secretary Tilvin Silva, a move that would break a tradition dating back to
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Financial markets were rattled on Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell revealed that the central bank had received grand jury subpoenas and was facing the threat of criminal indictment by the
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