The Sri Lanka Sevens Rugby Team entered the Semi-Finals of the Asian Games Rugby Competition with a hard fought 17-12 win over China in the Quarter finals played yesterday. The Lankans will clash with formidable Japan in the Semi Finals on September 1st (Saturday) at 12.26 pm.

Sri Lankan banks have the stability and capacity to expand regionally and would be supported by progressive regulations from the Central Bank, assured a top official this week, but this would be coupled with the monetary authority stepping up action on non-compliance to improve the regulatory environment.

The Government is set to invest $ 1 billion to supply electricity and water to the Port City, Megapolis and Western Development Champika Ranawaka announced yesterday in an interview given to China Central TV.

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CID arrested an inbound Sri Lanka passenger from New Delhi who came out after Customs clearance at BIA with 20kg ( Approx worth Rs 130 million) of Gold stitched to his cloth yesterday.

The United States is ending all funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, the US State Department says.

Police in Myanmar are searching a large rusty container ship for clues after it was spotted by fishermen mysteriously drifting near the region of Yangon.