By Uddeepa Peiris The Colombo Stock Exchange's All Share Price Index (ASPI) has reached an unprecedented milestone, surpassing the 17,000-point mark for the first time in history. This remarkable ...

Gomi Senadhira “It is easier to fool people than convince them they have been fooled”– Mark Twain The signing of US $3.7 billion deal to construct a “state-of-the-art oil refinery” oil refinery, with ...

Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath on Wednesday confirmed that Sri Lanka and China agreed to establish a working group to resume negotiations on the delayed Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Speaking at a ...

The year 2025 marks a significant chapter in modern history, symbolizing milestones of both remembrance and progress. It is the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of ...

One analyst attributes the baby bump to the auspicious Year of the Dragon but warns the long-term outlook is bleak.

According to N.S. Kumanayake, secretary to the president, ministers are permitted a maximum of 15 support staff, while deputy ministers are allowed 12. Most of these staff members must be recruited ...

Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory …” China has supported Sri Lanka during its struggle against separatism, ...

Hot on the heels of signing an agreement with China’s Sinopec for an oil refinery in Hambantota, the government is planning ...

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila said that he was delighted that the National People’s Power (NPP) government had decided to go ahead with the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm development ...

Xiong Hongfeng, a manager at China Harbour Engineering Co, said that the project, once completed, is expected to attract ...

President Dissanayake sat across the table from President Xi, looked him in the eye, and in his second reference within seconds (he’d got it right in his first) called the People’s Republic of China ...