Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillayan , has been remanded by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate s Court pending the Attorney General s recommendations in connection with investigations into the disappearance of a Vice Chancellor in the Eastern Province in 2006. MORE..
2 Apr 2026 (6:29 PM)
A court has granted approval to detain and question the six fishermen who were arrested with over 300 kilograms of heroin during a Sri Lanka Navy surveillance operation in the deep seas off Beruwala. MORE..
2 Apr 2026 (8:25 PM)
The Iran war requires a �serious� approach that does not change every day, Emmanuel Macron has said, in an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump s seemingly contradictory remarks about the conflict. MORE..
3 Apr 2026 (9:55 AM)
Sri Lanka and Russia has convened the 11th Round of Bilateral Political Consultations today (2) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment Tourism of Sri Lanka in Colombo. MORE..
2 Apr 2026 (11:00 PM)
A discussion on water management was held this afternoon (02) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in view of prevailing weather and climate variations, the potential onset of El Ni�o conditions and the commencement of paddy cultivation for the Yala season. MORE..
3 Apr 2026 (12:12 AM)
An Amber advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for severe lightning in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Northwestern, and Uva provinces, and in Galle, Matara, and Anuradhapura districts. MORE..
2 Apr 2026 (3:59 PM)