“Please don’t hit” – Man rescued after climbing onto traffic light in Colombo
A man who climbed onto a traffic light in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo was rescued this morning by the Police and firefighters. According to video footage, the cloth the man was hanging from suddenly gave way, but…
Sri Lanka Defence Secretary meets UN Officials on troop deployment preparations
Continuing his official visit to the United Nations Headquarters, Sri Lanka’s Secretary of Defence, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sampath Thuyacontha, has held a high‑level meeting with Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary‑General responsible for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and…
Case against Yoshitha and Daisy Forrest postponed
The Colombo High Court has ordered that the case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his grand‑aunt Daisy Forrest Wickramasinghe be recalled on June 10. The case was…
Dollar rate today: Selling rate steady at Rs. 321
The Sri Lankan rupee remains steady against the US dollar across commercial banks in Sri Lanka today (24), compared to Thursday, with the selling rate steady at Rs. 321. According to Seylan Bank, the buying and selling rates of the…
DMT says province identifier on number plates scrapped after failed RFID project
The Department of Motor Traffic has acknowledged that the removal of the Province indication on vehicle number plates was due to the failure of the project. During a session with the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF), DMT officials revealed…
Oil rises above $106 per barrel as US, Iran deadlocked in Strait of Hormuz
Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington and Tehran’s tit-for-tat captures of commercial vessels. Brent crude, the international benchmark, topped $106 per barrel early on Friday morning…
Trump says Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by three weeks
Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following a meeting in the White House with top U.S. officials, President Donald Trump said Thursday. “The Meeting went very well!” Trump said in a Truth Social post announcing…
Sri Lanka’s export earnings rise 1.6% in Q1 despite March decline
Sri Lanka’s total exports, including both merchandise and services, reached US$ 1,467.31 million in March 2026, reflecting a year-on-year decline of 5.2 % compared to March 2025, according to the Export Development Board (EDB) of Sri Lanka. The EDB said…
NDB commissions Deloitte for forensic review into fraud incident
National Development Bank PLC (NDB) has commissioned Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP to conduct a forensic review into the facts and circumstances surrounding the recent fraud incident, the bank disclosed in a filing to the Colombo Stock Exchange dated April…
Medical data of half a million Britons listed for sale on Chinese website
The medical data of half a million volunteers to Biobank, the UK’s health information database, has been offered for sale online, the British government has said. Technology minister Ian Murray told the Commons on Thursday the charity had told the…