Singapore has been named the world s most powerful passport again, offering its citizens visa-free access to 195 countries, according to the latest Henley Passport Index released in October 2024. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (1:12 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)
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)
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)
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested a person who is suspected to have circulated a doctored image of a fake currency note of the Rs. 5,000 denomination featuring an image of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on it. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (2:12 PM)
The indefinite strike launched by the doctors at the Karapitiya National Hospital from 8.00 a.m. today (05) has been called off. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (1:08 PM)