The Director General of Health Services has decided to suspend a consultant obstetrician and gynecologist along with a senior resident medical officer attached to the Trincomalee District General Hospital, following a preliminary investigation into the death of a newborn during childbirth on April 9. MORE..
11 May 2026 (6:11 PM)
A total of three individuals have died in separate road accidents reported from different parts of the island, police said. MORE..
11 May 2026 (1:29 PM)
The government has decided to permit the private-sector to distribute urea fertilizer, according to Director General of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Thushara Wickramaarachchi. MORE..
11 May 2026 (3:24 PM)
A fire has broken out in a building opposite the Dam Street Police Station in Colombo. MORE..
11 May 2026 (5:40 PM)
A detainee who had been sentenced to death in connection with the killing of former Polonnaruwa District Member of Parliament Amarakeerthi Athukorala has died after falling from a building within the Welikada Prison. MORE..
11 May 2026 (7:07 PM)
The leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, former Minister Udaya Gammanpila today (11) appeared before the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) to record a statement.
11 May 2026 (3:47 PM)