South Asia which once boasted of boosting growth with its rising working age population is now ageing fast with Sri Lanka bound to cross the aged threshold fastest, according to a World Bank report launched yesterday.

Democrats have won control of the U.S. House in addition to the U.S. Senate, delivering a shockingly decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to Preside

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s open US Senate seat on Tuesday, according to media projections, becoming the first ​Muslim elected to the chamber while preserving a crucial Democratic ‌seat in the party’s fight fo

The government should learn a lesson from the US midterm elections, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament today.

Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena today ordered that the decision on the request to lift the overseas travel ban imposed on former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in connection with the investigations into the Easter Sunday t

Heavy traffic congestion has been reported along Parliament Road, starting from Polduwa Junction, due to a protest staged by the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP).

Showers or thundershowers are expected in most parts of the island after 1.00 p.m. today, with fairly heavy rainfall exceeding 75 mm likely in several provinces, the Department of Meteorology warned.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is fleecing consumers by charging a profit margin of Rs.100-120 per litre on petrol and diesel sold by it while denying the three private players a level playing field, former Energ

Pakistan has suffered an estimated USD 40 billion in economic losses since trade with India was suspended in 2019 following the Pulwama terror attack and subsequent escalations, the head of a business advocacy group said

Amidst increasing international discussion about restricting children’s access to social media, including proposals to establish minimum age limits Sri Lanka needs to carefully consider age-appropriate access to digital