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Around 673,000 driving licence cards are awaiting printing and issuance due to shortages of printing machines and blank cards, the Transport Ministry's Consultative Committee was informed. ..

Representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) participated in a progress review meeting on reforms and modernisation at Sri Lanka's key revenue-collecting institutions, held at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday (15). ..

Between now and end December 2026, Sri Lankan taxpayers will be closing one tax year while funding the next. Y/A 2025/26 ended on 31 March 2026, and the return of income must be filed by 30 November 2026. Instalments for Y/A 2026/27 now operate on a new b

Arugam Bay has been ranked Asia's best beach in the Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Choice Awards 2026, one of four Sri Lankan beaches to make the region's top 20.The surfing destination on Sri Lanka's eastern coast scored 98.84, the highest in the Asian ra

Parliament's Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) is seeking the Attorney General's opinion on whether Colombo Port City apartments can lawfully be sold on a freehold basis when the underlying land is held on 99-year leases. The committee is also pressing f

The Port of Colombo has risen to 20th place among the world's major container ports, recording an 11.9% year-on-year increase in container handling during the first half of 2026, according to Alphaliner figures. ..

The second programme of the

PhysioPremiere and Physio Medicare, together with LUXUZ as joint organiser, are set to take their message of movement, mobility and preventive health to a wider audience with Move It Sri Lanka 2.0, a national movement initiative organised to commemorate W

The final Randoli Perahera of the annual Esala Perahera at the historic Sri Dalada Maligawa paraded through the streets of Kandy last night (27), drawing thousands of devotees and spectators. ..

Those living in an abyss will not easily comprehend the true reality of their existence.When the abyss is societal, when that society's ways and habits are accepted as a norm, when its narration is endlessly self-affirming, comprehension of the human cond