President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that rural development and upgrading the rural people s social and economic well-being is one of the primary objectives of the government during this term, the President s Media Division (PMD) reported. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (9:56 PM)
It has been revealed before the court today that the bus driver involved in the recent fatal bus accident in Badulla, while transporting a group of students of the Southern Campus of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), previously had his driving license suspended.. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (4:42 PM)
The Court of Appeal has upheld a prison sentence given to former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne who was found guilty of the charges of obtaining a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a woman after promising employment. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (4:13 PM)
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has voiced suspicions of a possible plot to assassinate her, similar to the politically motivated assassination of her husband, the late Vijaya Kumaratunga. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (3:44 PM)
Mr. Kavinda de Zoysa has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon (BOC), Sri Lanka s leading state-owned financial institution. MORE..
6 Nov 2024 (12:01 AM)
Sri Lankan authorities have frozen assets valued at approximately Rs. 80 million belonging to notorious drug trafficker Palani Shiran Clorian, who is currently serving a prison sentence in India on drug-related charges. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (4:08 PM)