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GovPay facilitates Rs.500 million in digital payments

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- The GovPay platform, established to facilitate digital payments for state services, has successfully processed Rs. 500 million in payments for taxes, fines, educational fees, and... Read More


Lanka's exports to surpass USD 18 Bn for the first time - EDB Chairman

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, the country's exports are set to surpass the USD 18 billion-mark, disclosed Mangala Wijesinghe, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Export Develo... Read More


Milinda Moragoda warns of new world order shaped by disruption, shifting alliances

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- Former Cabinet Minister and diplomat Milinda Moragoda, founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, has cautioned that the world is entering an era of unprecedented geopolitical turbule... Read More


Opposition expects prompt meeting with IGP to discuss MPs' security

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- Opposition Chief Whip, Member of Parliament Gayantha Karunathilaka, states that Parliament members expect a meeting with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to be arranged with... Read More


Police discover three unidentified bodies

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- The Police Media Spokesman's Office reports that three unidentified bodies were found yesterday (29) in the Mattakkuliya and Pamunugama police areas. Two male bodies were discov... Read More


MP denies being photographed with Ex-President

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- National People's Power (NPP) Member of Parliament, Nilanthi Kottahachchi, has stated that the person appearing with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a photograph circulatin... Read More


Increase in foreign job scams via social media

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has announced that the number of complaints received regarding financial fraud related to overseas employment opportunities pro... Read More


3,253 youth departed for employment in South Korea this year

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) reports that 3,253 young men and women departed for employment in South Korea during the period that elapsed this year. The SL... Read More


Gammanpila alleges plan to arrest him before opposition rally

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- The leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, Udaya Gammanpila, has claimed that there is a plan to arrest him before the opposition rally scheduled to be held in Nugegoda on 21 Nove... Read More


Bag containing 10 tear gas canisters found on roof

Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- Cinnamon Gardens Police report that a bag containing 10 tear gas canisters was discovered on the roof of the Common Coffee House building on Flower Road, Colombo 7. The canister... Read More