Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes also died, though their exact causes of death have not been released. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (11:32 AM)
A person who was in possession of a large stock of cigarettes illegally smuggled into the country has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake. MORE..
24 Nov 2024 (11:35 AM)
Sri Lanka s new government has agreed to press ahead with a IMF bailout programme that involves tough austerity and economic reforms, the international lender announced on Saturday (Nov 23). MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (6:30 PM)
Another student has reportedly succumbed to injuries sustained in the fatal bus accident that occurred on November 01 in Badulla, increasing the death toll to three. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (3:50 PM)
The Meteorology Department says a low-pressure area has formed over southeast Bay of Bengal and is likely to move west north-westwards and intensify into a depression over southwest Bay of Bengal on 25 November. MORE..
24 Nov 2024 (10:17 AM)
Sri Lanka should be vigilant about the Adani power project in the island, experts said, after Federal prosecutors in New York indicted Group Chairman Gautam Adani and seven others on multiple counts of fraud. MORE..
23 Nov 2024 (8:59 PM)