SLPP leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, MP yesterday (20) alleged that USD 10,000 mn in new ISBs (International Sovereign Bonds) issued between 2015 and 2019...
By Prasanna Samarakoon Over 20,000 persons in 12 districts, have been severely affected by the current spell of inclement weather, according to the Disaster Management Centre. Storms, winds,...
By Hemantha Randunu Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon yesterday said action would be taken to confiscate ill-gotten assets including luxury vehicles worth over 70 million rupees seized from criminals....
By Norman Palihawadane Prisons Commissioner and spokesman Gamini B. Dissanayake yesterday said that their Department had commenced installing CCTV cameras in busses that transport inmates labelled...
A Sri Lankan sous chef has been charged with murder over the alleged stabbing death of a young female colleague in a kitchen storeroom at a...
By Norman Palihawadane The Kandy Magistrate’s Court has remanded till Jan 01 two schoolboys for posting nude pictures of schoolgirls on the Internet. The suspects, residents...
The Secretary to the President has declared electricity and petroleum amenities as essential services from Monday (18). An extraordinary gazette (2363/02) issued by order of the President notes...
By Norman Palihawadane The Colombo Crime Division yesterday took into custody a lay custodian of the Kataragama Devale, known as ‘Chooti Kapuwa,’ over a missing gold tray made...
Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and presidential Chief of Staff, Sagala Ratnayaka says that representing the diaspora does not make a person an extremist or...
WHO MEDIA ADVISORY Due to its rapidly increasing spread, WHO is classifying the variant JN.1 as a separate variant of interest (VOI) from the parent lineage...