Police have informed the Fort Magistrate s Court that former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SriLankan Airlines, Kapila Chandrasena, was found dead under suspicious circumstances. MORE..
8 May 2026 (4:04 PM)
The Deputy Mayor of Kurunegala Municipal Council, Ashardeen Moinudeen, has been arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs. 3 million to award a tender to a businessman. MORE..
8 May 2026 (9:12 PM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the Government of Vietnam has donated 100 metric tons of urea and superphosphate fertiliser to Sri Lanka. MORE..
8 May 2026 (1:59 PM)
The Colombo High Court today (08) announced that its ruling on the preliminary objections raised in the case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, a son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, will be delivered on May 14, 2026. MORE..
8 May 2026 (5:51 PM)
Two people, including a woman, have died in separate incidents suspected murder reported from Pitigala and Tissamaharama areas. MORE..
8 May 2026 (6:24 PM)
Health authorities say that a fever illness reported around the Kotapola Medical Officer of Health (MOH) area has been identified as a viral infection, according to Specialist Dr. Palitha Karunapema of the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health. MORE..
8 May 2026 (7:37 PM)