An engine attached to the daily express train operating from Maradana to Hikkaduwa derailed in Maradana this evening (24), railway sources said. MORE..
24 May 2026 (7:31 PM)
The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) has recovered a T-56 assault rifle buried beneath a tree inside the Somawathiya National Reserve. MORE..
24 May 2026 (10:24 PM)
Two workers have sustained injuries and admitted to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital after a section of a six-storey building collapsed along the E.L. Senanayake Mawatha in Kandy, police said. MORE..
24 May 2026 (4:53 PM)
A total of 12 state-of-the-art colposcopy machines have been introduced to government hospitals to improve the detection and treatment of cervical cancer, which ranks as the fifth most common cancer among women in Sri Lanka, according to the Ministry of Health. MORE..
24 May 2026 (4:13 PM)
The Governing Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has tightened the maximum Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratios applicable to credit facilities granted for motor vehicles while also introducing a maximum LTV ratio for credit facilities secured by gold with effect from tomorrow (25). MORE..
24 May 2026 (11:07 PM)
Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting a murder committed by shooting in Dangedara, Galle on May 12, police stated. MORE..
24 May 2026 (5:22 PM)