This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and the Law Council of Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation between the two countries’ legal professions. The agreement was signed in Seoul, South Korea, on the sidelines of the 39th LAWASIA Conference. BASL President Rajeev Amarasuriya and Law Council of Austra

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ශ්‍රී ලංකා රේගුව වාර්ෂික ආදායම් එකතු කිරීමේ කාර්යසාධනයේ සුවිශේෂී සන්ධිස්ථානයක් සනිටුහන් කරමින්, රුපියල් ට්‍රිලියන 2 ක ආදායම් සීමාව ඉක්මවා තිබේ. මෙම රුපියල් ට්‍රිලියන 2 සීමාව ඊයේ දිනයේදී ඉක්මවා ගිය බව රේගුව නිවේදනය කළ අතර, එය දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ ආදායම් කාර්යසාධනයේ ප්‍රධාන සන්ධිස්ථානයක් ලෙස හඳුන්වා දී තිබේ. නවතම ආදායම් සංඛ්‍යාලේඛනය මගින් රජයේ ආදායම් එකත

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරක සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය (SLTDA) විසින් නිකුත් කළ නවතම සංඛ්‍යාලේඛන අනුව, මේ වසරේ මේ දක්වා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සංචාරකයින් මිලියන 1.6කට අධික පිරිසක් පැමිණ තිබේ. වාර්තාවට අනුව, ජනවාරි 1 වැනිදා සිට සැප්තැම්බර් 14 වැනිදා දක්වා කාලය තුළ සංචාරකයින් 1,609,759 දෙනෙකු ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණ ඇත. මේ අතර, සැප්තැම්බර් මාසයේ පළමු දින 14 තුළ පමණක් සංචාරක පැමිණීම්

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. A new research partnership is bringing together Australia’s expertise, Sri Lankan knowledge and international support to strengthen food and water security in Sri Lanka. Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are working with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Sri Lankan Government and local partners to develop p

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Australia is supporting Sri Lanka’s efforts to develop sustainable agriculture through its partnership with local innovators under the Australian Government-funded Market Development Facility (MDF). A recent visit by Australian High Commissioner Matthew Duckworth and a delegation to Sassrika Lanka’s Bio Super Phosphate (BSP) manufacturing facility

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is showing strong signs of recovery despite the impact of Cyclone Ditwah in November 2025. The country welcomed a record 2.36 million tourists in 2025, including around 114,000 Australian visitors. Australian arrivals grew by about 20%, crossing the 100,000 mark for the first time. Sri Lanka is now targeting 150,000 Au

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Government has introduced a multi-purpose loan scheme for Sri Lankan migrant workers, allowing them to use their overseas earnings for housing, education, business and other financial needs. The scheme, implemented through the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), is available to Sri Lankans working overseas who can provide proof of

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Sri Lankan community informed with timely updates. SriLankan Airlines has appointed Vipul Misra as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). According to airline spokesman Deepal Perera, Misra previously served as the airline’s Head of Engineering. Misra officially takes over as CEO with effect from today, assuming responsibility for the national carrier’s operations and leadership. Stay tuned with Aus News Lanka – the leading platform for new

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Private-sector employees will be able to apply for monthly railway season tickets online from October 1, under a new Sri Lanka Railways initiative. The service, previously available only to public-sector workers, will allow private-sector employees to apply remotely through the department’s online platform. The programme was officially launched in

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Australia and Sri Lanka have further strengthened their longstanding partnership through a new agreement on electoral cooperation. The Australian Electoral Commission and Sri Lanka’s Election Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Colombo on September 2. The agreement will support closer cooperation between the two institutions,

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Two SriLankan Airlines flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Sri Lanka have been rerouted due to volcanic activity in Indonesia, according to reports. Several Middle Eastern airlines operating routes between Australia and Indonesia have also changed their flight paths. The Anak Krakatau volcano, located between Java and Sumatra, became active on Se

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Police officers who refuse to accept valid Digital Insurance Cards and inconvenience motorists will face disciplinary action, Deputy Inspector General of Traffic Control and Road Safety W. P. J. Senadheera has warned. Speaking at a media briefing on September 3, the DIG said officers at the Padukka and Gampaha Police Stations had reportedly caused

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලොව රටවල් අතරින් වැඩිම රාජ්‍ය නිවාඩු සංඛ්‍යාවක් සහිත රටවල් අතර තෙවැනි ස්ථානයට පත්ව ඇති බව Pew Research Center විසින් සිදුකළ නව විශ්ලේෂණයකින් අනාවරණය වී තිබේ. එම ලැයිස්තුවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ඉදිරියෙන් සිටින්නේ මියන්මාරය සහ බංග්ලාදේශය පමණි. පෙබරවාරි 12 වැනිදා නිකුත් කළ එම වාර්තාවට අනුව, 2026 වසරේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය නිවාඩු දින 25ක් පවතින අත

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Authorities are preparing to introduce daily visitor limits and an online advance booking system at Horton Plains National Park to protect its fragile ecosystem. The proposal was discussed during a special field inspection and progress review held at Horton Plains on August 29, chaired by Deputy Environment Minister Anton Jayakody. Under the propo

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lanka Customs has already exceeded its revenue target for August, reaching Rs. 199.629 billion by August 27. The monthly target was set at Rs. 190.274 billion. With four more days remaining in the month, Customs revenue is expected to pass the Rs. 200 billion mark. For 2026, Sri Lanka Customs has been given an annual revenue target of Rs. 2,20

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. The Port of Colombo has climbed six places in the latest global container port rankings, strengthening Sri Lanka’s position as a major shipping hub in the Indian Ocean. According to Alphaliner’s first-half 2026 rankings, Colombo rose from 26th to 20th place among the world’s busiest container ports. The port handled 4.44 million TEUs during the fi

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. පොලිස් නිෂ්කාශන සහතික නිකුත් කිරීම සඳහා භාවිත කරන පරිගණකගත දත්ත පද්ධතියේ ඇති වූ තාවකාලික දෝෂය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත් කර ඇති බව පොලිස් මාධ්‍ය කොට්ඨාසය පවසයි. ඒ අනුව, අයදුම්කරුවන්ට සාමාන්‍ය පරිදි මාර්ගගතව අයදුම්පත් ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැකිය. පොලිස් මූලස්ථානය මගින් නිකුත් කෙරෙන පොලිස් නිෂ්කාශන සහතික සම්බන්ධ කටයුතු බත්තරමුල්ල සුහුරුපාය ගොඩනැගිල්ලේ 17 වැනි මහලේ පිහි

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lanka is set to receive a US$1 million World Bank grant to help prepare a new project aimed at strengthening nature-based tourism. The 18-month grant will support the preparation of the THRIVE–Nature (Tourism for Heritage, Resilience, Inclusion and Value-driven Employment) project. The initiative will focus on improving tourism destinations an

This is a developing story brought to you by Aus News Lanka, your trusted source for news for Sri Lankans in Australia and beyond. Sri Lanka is moving forward with plans to introduce an Air Cargo Community System (ACCS) to make air freight operations faster, more efficient and transparent. The initiative was previously proposed in 2023 but stalled due to a lack of coordination among key stakeholders. It has now been revived with the involvement of government agencies, airline

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Jetstar has launched its first direct service between Melbourne and Colombo, becoming the first Australian airline to operate the route. The inaugural flight departed Melbourne at 12.30pm on Tuesday on a refurbished Boeing 787. The flight takes about 10 hours and 20 minutes. The return service leaves Colombo at 7.50pm and reaches Melbourne the following morning after about 9 hours and 40 mi