Four cargo ships carrying urea, di-ammonium phosphate and sulphur crossed the Strait of Hormuz last week to boost India's fertilizer stocks, according to an Indian government statement issued on Monday. The vessels,...
Gold fell as inflationary concerns overshadowed early optimism around negotiations to resolve the Iran war. Bullion slipped as much as 1.2% to below $4,140 an ounce, erasing a modest gain in the previous session. Higher...
Argentina's government authorized up to $5 billion financing from international entities backed by multilateral credit organizations, according to an official gazette publication on Monday. The decree, signed by...
Sri Lanka’s ICT sector is expanding rapidly as a major contributor to service exports, recording approximately $ 536 million in earnings during the first four months of 2026 and maintaining an annual growth rate of...
Foreign tourist arrivals reached 145,745 this May, marking a 9.65 per cent rise compared to May last year and securing the highest-ever figure for the month in the history of the country. The Sri Lanka Tourism...
Tuesday June 23, 2026 9:18 am ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has plans to enact key reforms to attract investments and boost exports within the next 90 days including changes in the Board of Investment (BOI) and Export...
Some might say that Debbie Gwyther, who did so much to orchestrate a reunion between her fiance Liam Gallagher and his estranged brother Noel, can now afford a champagne supernova lifestyle as a result. I can reveal...
අමෙරිකාව ඇතුළු රටවල් රැසක දැඩි අර්බුදයක් මතු කර ඇති ‘ෆෙන්ටැනීල්’ නමැති කෘතිම ඔපියොයිඩ් මත්ද්රව්ය නිෂ්පාදනයට ගන්නා රසායනික ද්රව්ය නීතිවිරෝධී ලෙස අපනයනය කරන බවට සැකකෙරෙන චීන සංවිධානයක්, ජපානය කේන්ද්ර කරගනිමින් මහා...
කළුතර උතුර හෝටලයක් තුළදී රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 10ක අල්ලස් මුදලක් ලබා ගනිද්දී පොලිස් පරීක්ෂකවරයෙකු ඊයේ (22) රාත්රියේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් බව අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාව සඳහන් කරනවා. මෙලෙස අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත්තේ, කළුතර දකුණ...
Kylian Mbappe scored twice to move joint-second in the all-time World Cup goalscoring list as France cruised past Iraq in a weather-delayed game in Philadelphia. Mbappe netted early in both halves to take his World Cup...
Erling Haaland scored twice as Norway booked their place in the last 32 of the World Cup with victory over Senegal in New Jersey. After just two games in the competition, the Manchester City striker has now scored twice...
Lionel Messi became the all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup history after netting a spectacular double during Argentina's 2-0 victory against Austria. The 38-year-old forward opened the scoring with a trademark...
At least 13 people have been killed and 66 injured after an explosion at Qatar's largest gas facility. The city's main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site suffered a "technical accident" in Ras Laffan industrial...
Cat owners could be faced with new laws forcing them to lock up their pets or risk hefty fines. Fifteen NSW councils have signalled their support for changes to feline management laws in submissions to a parliamentary...
At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heatwave hung over Europe, smashing temperature records in several cities on Monday. As schools in France closed or modified timetables,...
A Chinese organization suspected of illegally exporting fentanyl precursor chemicals also was linked to a large-scale cryptocurrency fraud through a base in Japan, according to an investigation by Nikkei published...
The Department of Meteorology forecasts showers or thundershowers at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Showers or thundershowers may occur...
A police inspector was arrested yesterday evening while accepting a bribe of one million rupees inside a hotel in Kalutara North, according to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption. The...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued a stern warning to all media organisations in the country, instructing them to immediately cease promoting and publishing advertisements for fraudulent financial and...
It’s been 25 years since Anne Hathaway burst onto the showbiz scene with The Princess Diaries. Just 18 years old at the time, Anne couldn’t have predicted the success that lay ahead of her, with the actress going on to...
කටාර් රාජ්යයේ ‘රාස් ලෆාන්’ (Ras Laffan) කාර්මික කලාපයේ පිහිටි එරට විශාලතම ද්රවීකෘත ස්වභාවික වායු (LNG) පිරිසැකසුම් මධ්යස්ථානයේ සිදු වූ පිපිරීමෙන් පුද්ගලයන් 13 දෙනෙකු ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත්ව ඇති බව විදෙස් මාධ්ය සඳහන් කරනවා.එයින්...
බස්නාහිර, සබරගමුව සහ වයඹ පළාත්වලත් ගාල්ල, මාතර, මහනුවර සහ නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්රික්කවලත් අද (23) විටින් විට වැසි හෝ ගිගුරුම් සහිත වැසි ඇති විය හැකි බව කාලගුණ විද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් සඳහන් කරනවා.ඌව...
Artificial intelligence is transforming traffic management in Dhaka, one of the world's most congested capitals, significantly improving motorist behaviour and reducing daily altercations on the road. For a city of over...
Madonna has opened up about family trauma and hinted at a rift with her eldest daughter Lourdes Leon in a new interview. In a wide-ranging conversation with Interview magazine, the 67-year-old admitted that her new...
By Asoka S. Seneviratne – Prof. Asoka. S. Seneviratne “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” — Winston Churchill Sri Lanka has emerged from the brink of economic collapse and...
By Hema Senanayake – Dr. Hema Senanayake Sri Lanka is soon to be shocked by another wave of rupee depreciation after mid-August this year unless the government and monetary authorities do something proactively to avoid...
By Jehan Perera – Jehan Perera Sri Lankans have reason to take satisfaction in their country’s latest international achievement. Sri Lanka has climbed 14 places in the 2026 Global Peace Index to rank 67 in the world out...
iMage: Kumanan ශ්රී ලංකාවේ දශක තුනකට ආසන්න කාලයක් පැවැති බිහිසුණු සන්නද්ධ ගැටුම නිමාවට පත්ව දැන් වසර 17ක දීර්ඝ කාලයක් ගතවී අවසානය. යුද්ධයේ වෙඩි හඬ නිහඬ වුවද, ඉන් පීඩාවට, වින්දිතබාවයට පත් ජනතාවගේ හදවත් තුළින් නැගෙන...
ඉන්දියාවේ උත්තර ප්රදේශ් ප්රාන්තයේ ලක්නව්හි අලිගන්ජ් (Aliganj) ප්රදේශයේ පිහිටි තුන්මහල් වාණිජ ගොඩනැගිල්ලක අද (22) ඇති වූ දරුණු ගින්නකින් පුද්ගලයන් 15 දෙනෙකු ජීවිතක්ෂයට පත්ව ඇති බව ඉන්දීය මාධ්ය වාර්තා කරනවා. මියගිය...
Monday June 22, 2026 3:31 pm Monday June 22, 2026 3:31 pm ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has urged investors from Belgium and Luxembourg to seize opportunities in the island nation, citing economic reforms, affordable real...
Tata Electronics said on Monday it had detected a recent "cybersecurity incident", after researchers said World Leaks posted purported component design and specification papers of Apple and Tesla, both customers of the...
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao will visit Brussels on June 29 for a meeting with European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, a European Commission spokesperson said on Monday. Last week, European Union leaders...
Disney-owned ABC on Monday said it was launching an on-air campaign encouraging viewers to show support for the network in its two ongoing battles with the U. S. government. The Federal Communications Commission in...
Climate adaptation has never had more public attention or more documented economic rationale. It has also never been further from the decisions that actually govern how money moves, how infrastructure gets built and how...
Outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his departure on Monday amid plunging approval ratings, but there were warm words from European leaders who had generally found him easier to work with than his...
Belgium has issued five visas to a Taliban delegation to attend an EU meeting on migration in Brussels, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday"These are visas with limited territorial validity and limited...