A total of 646 individuals have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in criminal activities and also over illicit liquor and drug-related offenses during a special island-wide operation conducted yesterday. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (8:03 PM)
Japan s top trade negotiator cancelled a visit to the United States at the last minute on Thursday, further delaying talks designed to finalise a $550 billion investment package offered by Tokyo in exchange for relief on punishing tariffs. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (11:58 PM)
A schoolgirl and a lorry assistant have died in a road accident that occurred this afternoon in Alayapattuwa along the Horowpothana -Kahatagasdigiliya main road. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (8:23 PM)
A total of five individuals have been arrested today by wildlife officers for allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant spotted deer within the Wilpattu National Park. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (11:08 PM)
The UK, France and Germany have begun the process of restoring major UN sanctions on Iran - lifted under a 2015 deal - as tensions once again escalate over Iran s nuclear programme. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (9:56 PM)
The driver of the tipper truck, which collided head-on with a school van in the Kuliyapitiya area on August 27, killing three persons including two schoolgirls, has been remanded after being produced before court. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (3:09 PM)