President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that the government has already succeeded in initiating a stable recovery of an economy that was dragged to the depths by corrupt and elitist system.

Issuing the International Workers’ Day Message, Dissanayake highlighted the National People’s Power (NPP) government’s move to significantly increase the minim...

Political parties and trade unions across Sri Lanka are commemorating International Labour Day today (May 01) with a series of May Day rallies and parades under various themes.

The National People’s Power (NPP) is set to hold its main rally at Galle Face Green, under the theme “May Day Rally of the People’s Power Building the Country.” The event wil...

Ukraine and the U.S. on Wednesday signed a deal heavily promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump that will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine’s reconstruction.

The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, with uncertainty...

The Intertropical Convergence Zone (where winds from the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere converge) affects the island’s weather, the Department of Meteorology says. 

In its latest forecast, the department stated that showers or thundershowers will occur at most places of the island during the afternoon or night today (May 01).

Showers...