Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced by a judge on Friday to 12 years of house arrest for abuse of process and bribery of a public official, in a long-running case over connections to former right-wing paramilitaries. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (10:25 AM)
A bus transporting garment factory workers veered off the road and toppled down a precipice in Dehiowita, along the Kegalle-Avissawella main road, early this morning (02), said Ada Derana reporter. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (10:37 AM)
The Nugegoda Magistrate s Court today ordered that the notorious underworld criminal figure known as "Loku Patty", who is accused over the murder of businessman "Club Wasantha", be remanded until August 04. MORE..
1 Aug 2025 (8:40 PM)
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has commended the Government of Sri Lanka and the national negotiation team for securing a further reduction in the reciprocal tariff rate imposed by the United States on Sri Lankan exportsfrom 30% to 20%. MORE..
1 Aug 2025 (6:29 PM)
Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, Sajith Premadasa, has welcomed the recent decision by the United States to reduce the trade tariff imposed on Sri Lankan exports to 20 percent. MORE..
1 Aug 2025 (4:44 PM)
The Meteorology Department states that showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the Northern, North-Central, Uva, Eastern, Central, and Sabaragamuwa provinces, and in the Kurunegala and Hambantota districts after 1-00 p.m. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (8:53 AM)