A discussion has been held with the aim of taking urgent measures to minimize congestion in container handling, export, import and transshipment operations, which typically increase during the year-end period. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (4:07 PM)
An individual has been apprehended with a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) in Karandeniya, police stated. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (2:53 PM)
At least nine people were killed and 10 others wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire at a tavern in a township near Johannesburg early on Sunday, in the latest mass shooting to shock South Africa. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (2:28 PM)
A group of the world s top economists including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz have called for Sri Lanka s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (11:51 PM)
The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) has directed the activation of a special Operations Room at the Army Headquarters to ensure public safety and security during the ongoing festive season. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (7:41 PM)
Reopening schools located in landslide-prone areas would be extremely dangerous and therefore the government is focusing on identifying such schools and relocating them to suitable locations based on scientific assessments, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has stated. MORE..
21 Dec 2025 (5:46 PM)