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)
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)
Policy agreement was reached at the Parliamentary Staff Advisory Committee regarding the proposal to transform the Speaker s official residence into a dedicated "Center for Parliamentary Studies and Research," intended as an exclusive hub for Members of Parliament, Provincial Council members, and Local Government representatives. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (11:46 AM)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in "the appropriate regions" in response to remarks from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the risk of war between the nuclear-armed adversaries. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (8:57 AM)
Two individuals were seriously injured in a clash between two groups in the Araliya Housing area under the jurisdiction of the Mount Lavinia Police Division. MORE..
2 Aug 2025 (10:00 AM)
The Commissioner General of Examinations announced that the conducting of tuition classes, seminars, workshops and such related to the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination is prohibited from midnight on August 06 (Wednesday) until the end of the exam. MORE..
1 Aug 2025 (8:57 PM)