President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today offered a response to the joint letter by the Chief Prelates of the three Buddhist Chapters warning that the proposed Penal Code amendment criminalizing corporal punishment and alleged initiatives promoting LGBTQ-related tourism could undermine cultural values and trigger serious social crises. MORE..
3 Oct 2025 (9:37 PM)
The Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda have established Diplomatic Relations between the two countries with immediate effect, upon the signing of the agreement on Friday (03). MORE..
4 Oct 2025 (12:39 AM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has officially presented the Sannas Pathra (letter of appointment) to the newly appointed Anunayake Thero of the Asgiri Chapter of the Siam Maha Nikaya, Most Venerable Narampanawe Ananda Thero, at the historic Magul Maduwa on the premises of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy. MORE..
3 Oct 2025 (4:50 PM)
The Tangalle Magistrate s Court has granted permission for police to detain and interrogate Sanath Weerasinghe, also known as Beliatta Sanaa, who was arrested in connection with the large haul of narcotics recently seized in Seenimodara, Tangalle. MORE..
3 Oct 2025 (7:40 PM)
A person was killed and five others injured in a fatal road accident that occurred in the Kithulkote area along the Thanamalwila-Wellawaya road this morning (October 3). MORE..
3 Oct 2025 (1:20 PM)
A fire broke out at Chevron s El Segundo refinery, one of the largest on the U.S. west coast, California Governor Gavin Newsom s press office said on Thursday, with a county official adding that the flames had been confined to one area. MORE..
3 Oct 2025 (4:02 PM)