Viral dog attack video : Nanuoya youth arrested & remanded
2025-08-30
A 17-year-old youth from Nanuoya who was arrested for brutally assaulting a dog and throwing it into the Nanuoya streamContinue Reading
UN raises concerns over reprisals against families of disappeared in Sri Lanka
2025-08-30
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, Marc-André Franche, has raised concerns over the surveillance, threats, intimidation and reprisals facedContinue Reading
Backhoe Saman’s wife arrested at BIA
2025-08-30
The wife of underworld figure Backhoe Saman, who was arrested in Indonesia recently, was taken into custody upon her arrivalContinue Reading
State residences to holiday resorts : President unveils tourism sector revival plan
2025-08-30
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has invited private investors to convert the President’s Houses and ministers’ official residences in tourist zonesContinue Reading
Western Province to roll out dog population management programme
2025-08-30
Plans are underway to introduce a humane, sustainable, and evidence-based dog population management programme for the Western Province, Governor HanifContinue Reading
UN Assembly : US revokes visas of Palestinian President & 80 officials
2025-08-30
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials have been blocked from attending September’s annual meeting of the United NationsContinue Reading
Two women arrested with over 03 kilos of heroin
2025-08-30
The Colombo Central Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau has arrested a woman with 03.99 kg of heroin in the Maligawatte PoliceContinue Reading
Sun directly over five cities of Sri Lanka today
2025-08-30
The sun will be directly above five (05) cities of Sri Lanka at around 12.11 pm today, according to theContinue Reading
Rain expected in some areas of Sri Lanka today
2025-08-30
Several spells of showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and MataraContinue Reading
US court rules many of Trump’s global tariffs are illegal
2025-08-30
A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, setting up aContinue Reading
Video of Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth releases after 18 years
2025-08-30
While the Indian Premier League (IPL) has risen into cricket’s richest league and become a global sporting phenomenon, one incidentContinue Reading
Govt to reopen probes into thousands of pre-2000 disappearances
2025-08-29
Justice Minister Harsha Nanayakkara says investigations will be reopened into more than 10,000 complaints of disappearances reported in the NorthContinue Reading
Club Wasantha murder case: Tattoo studio owner granted bail
2025-08-29
The Homagama High Court has granted bail to Dulan Sanjula, the owner of a tattoo studio in Athurugiriya, who wasContinue Reading
Police fire shot in the air to subdue suspect in Dharga Town
2025-08-29
Aluthgama police said an officer fired a shot into the air to control a suspect who allegedly attempted to attackContinue Reading
Education sector & budget : Several key instructions from President
2025-08-29
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake instructed officials of the Ministry of Education to focus on strengthening the school system and reformingContinue Reading
Driving in Expressways : Several key updates
2025-08-29
A gazette notification containing regulations that make it mandatory for passengers traveling in passenger buses on expressways to wear seatContinue Reading
New Rs 2000 note with President AKD’s signature released
2025-08-29
To mark its 75th Anniversary, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued a Rs. 2000 circulated commemorative currency note todayContinue Reading
2006 assault case : Nimal Lanza remanded
2025-08-29
Former State Minister Nimal Lanza has been remanded until September 12 after being produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court todayContinue Reading