A fortnight later, when the votes were counted, Anura won a clear mandate, beating key challengers like Sajith Premadasa of ...

The economic challenges loom large, but the task before the new president is much larger. It involves uniting the ethnic and religious communities, eradicating corruption, introducing a work ethic, ...

It was a happy Aldoris, the choon- paan karaya, who came down the lane, with his signature tune louder than the usual volume. “Jayawewa, api denum (Jayawewa, we won),” he said joyfully, as he came to ...

You could blame the Buddhist extremists of the majority Sinhalese population who led the first pogroms against the Tamil minority in 1958, or the Marxist insurrection that broke out in 1971 (30,000 ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited the “Colombo International Book Fair” being held at the Bandaranaike International Conference Hall today (28). The ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says ...

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved parliament and called for a parliamentary election in an ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Russia to grow 3.2% this year, significantly more than the UK, France and Germany. Oil exports have "held steady" and government spending has ...

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The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s biggest task is to pull the country out of its current economic crisis; Amit Shah’s comments on ...