Delta Air Lines is offering $30,000 each to passengers on a flight to Toronto. It was not immediately clear how passengers would receive their money, but if Delta accepts its offer, it would have to ...

Sri Lanka’s 2025 Budget Fitch Ratings warned that risks remain strong The country’s fiscal stability remains substantial. Commenting on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s maiden budget on Monday, ...

South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with TikTok owner China. “We have confirmed that DeepSeek is communicating with ByteDance,” the South Korean data regulator ...

Sri Lankan batsman Chamari Atapattu is set to miss the final leg of the ongoing Women’s Premier League (WPL) after being named as the national team captain for the white-ball series against New ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that employers have agreed to increase the monthly minimum wage of private sector employees to Rs. 30,000 by 2026. This will be done in two phases. Accordingly, ...

The government has unveiled plans to modernise Sri Lanka’s public transport sector under Budget 2025, introducing a fleet of advanced buses to improve urban mobility, President Anura Kumara ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is presenting the Budget 2025 in Parliament at the moments. Here’s key points of the President’s Budget speech: By the end of 2024, the new government maintained ...

The budget deficit for the 2025 fiscal year is projected at Rs. 2,200 billion, accounting for 6.7% of Sri Lanka’s GDP. The government’s total expenditure is estimated at Rs. 7,190 billion (21.8% of ...

The government has announced a significant salary increase for public sector employees under Budget 2025, marking the first major revision in nearly a decade. This move aims to provide a decent ...

Days after the company announced it would pull out of a major wind energy project on the island, top executives of Adani Group are set to resume talks with the Sri Lankan government next week.

Sri Lankan canned fish producers are seeking to remove the 18 percent VAT imposed on locally produced canned fish to ensure that low-income families have access to the cheapest source of protein to ...

Former State Minister of Finance in previous government Shehan Semasinghe has commended President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s approach in Budget 2025, highlighting its commitment to a liberal economic ...