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The United States has announced a reduction in the reciprocal tariff rate imposed on goods imported from Sri Lanka, lowering it from 30 percent to 20 percent. According to a statement issued by the White House, the revised tariff rate…

With just a day left for the August 1 deadline set by the Donald Trump administration to wrap up agreements with its trading partners, the American President on Wednesday announced 25 percent tariffs “plus a penalty” for India. In a post…

Germany’s double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has been “seriously injured” in a mountaineering accident in Pakistan. The incident occurred in the Karakoram mountains on Monday when the 31-year-old was caught in a rockfall.…

President Donald Trump says the US will charge a 15% tariff on imports from South Korea, in what he called a “full and complete trade deal”. It comes just a day before a 1 August deadline for countries to reach agreements with the US or…

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada plans to recognise a Palestinian state in September, becoming the third G7 nation to make such an announcement in recent days. Carney said the move depends on democratic reforms, including the…

The body of an individual, reportedly an assistant to an elephant mahout who participated in the Kandy Esala Perahera, has been found floating on the banks of Kandy Lake this morning (31). The deceased had arrived from the Aranayake area…

The second Kumbal Perahera of the Kandy Esala Festival is scheduled to parade the streets of Kandy tonight (31). The Kumbal Perahera will commence from the Kandy Temple of the Tooth Relic at 7.05 p.m. tonight. The first Kumbal…

The number of tourists who have arrived in the island so far this year has exceeded 1.3 million, according to the latest data. The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said a total of 1,341,953 tourists have visited the island…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has arrived in the island last night (30), following the conclusion of his three-day state visit to the Maldives. This visit, which took place from July 28, was made at the invitation of Maldivian…

With a tsunami hitting the coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido and warnings ringing across Pacific Islands and the US, local officials have ruled out any threat to Sri Lanka. The tsunami…