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