The enduring fisheries conflict in the Palk Bay - which impacts fisher folk of northern Sri Lanka and daily wage fishermen of Tamil Nadu - can be decisively resolved only if the Indian side stops using the destructive bottomtrawling method, according to Sri Lanka s Minister of Fisheries Ramalingam Chandrasekar. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:29 AM)
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (11:21 PM)
At least six persons, including a minor boy, were killed in a fire accident at a private hospital in this district on Thursday, police and Fire department officials said. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (9:21 AM)
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central and North-western provinces. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (9:01 AM)
The District Secretary for Colombo, Prasanna Ginige, says that the population and housing census is underway across the island and urges the public to cooperate with the officials visiting homes by providing the required information. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (9:50 AM)
An Indian national, who is the owner of the Galle Marvels team in the Lanka T10 Super League, has been arrested by police over allegations of match-fixing. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (12:52 AM)