The Western Province North Crimes Division has informed the Walasmulla Magistrate that Acting Defence Minister Aruna Jayasekera has issued a 90-day detention order to further question Sampath Manamperi, said Ada Derana reporter. MORE..
26 Sep 2025 (4:30 PM)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that Israel "must finish the job" against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant U.N. speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war in Gaza. MORE..
26 Sep 2025 (9:52 PM)
The bodies of the Indian and Romanian Buddhist monks who lost their lives in the tragic cable car accident at the Na Uyana Monastery (N #257; Uyana #256;ranya Sen #257;sanaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, will be repatriated to their respective countries at the request of their families, in coordination with the High Commissioner s Office. MORE..
26 Sep 2025 (6:09 PM)
The United Nations (UN) Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), during its 29th session, will review Sri Lanka s first periodic report today (September 26) in Geneva, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism in Colombo. MORE..
26 Sep 2025 (2:00 PM)
The ties between India and Sri Lanka have reached a point of "unprecedented excellence" since the visit of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to India and the following visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Sri Lanka, the island nation s envoy said on Friday. MORE..
26 Sep 2025 (7:49 PM)
A 58-year-old individual has died following a shooting incident reported in the Sandungama area in Tissamaharama this evening (26). MORE..
26 Sep 2025 (10:52 PM)