Month: January 2025
UN predicts global economic growth to remain at 2.8% in 2025
A United Nations (UN) report released on Thursday, 9 January 2025, predicted that global economic growth would remain at 2.8% in 2025, unchanged...
FCID to be revived as CID unit
The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID), set up during the Yahapalana government in 2015 to investigate serious financial crime, is to be revived...
Ajith Kumar Racing Team Secures 3rd Place Finish at 24H Dubai 2025
Ajith Kumar secured third place at the 24H Dubai 2025 with teammates Mathieu Detry, Fabian Duffieux, and Cameron McLeod. He also won the...
IndiGo becomes the largest foreign carrier out of Sri Lanka
IndiGo has become the largest foreign carrier out of Sri Lanka. It currently operates 54 weekly flights to 2 cities in Sri Lanka...
India kicks off a Hindu festival touted as the world’s largest religious gathering
Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday...
The rise of the digitally delivered services in the world and their potential for Sri Lanka
By Saumya Amarasiriwardane In today’s interconnected world, digital technology is reshaping the global economy at an unprecedented pace. Amongst its many transformations, the...
Sustaining Sri Lanka’s nascent climate finance ambitions
By Anushka Wijesinha In late 2023, at the 28th session of the Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on...
Schoolgirl abducted in Kandy found in Ampara
The police have managed to locate the 19-year-old daughter of a businessman from the Daulagala area who was abducted in a van in...
Port City begins work on marina project
The Colombo Port City celebrated a major milestone for Sri Lanka’s business and investment climate on Friday as construction began on a marina...
Top cops dejected
Some of the top police bosses are frustrated with how the department is being managed. The reason for this is that some people...
