Japan s top trade negotiator cancelled a visit to the United States at the last minute on Thursday, further delaying talks designed to finalise a $550 billion investment package offered by Tokyo in exchange for relief on punishing tariffs. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (11:58 PM)
An individual has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport while attempting to smuggle a consignment of mobile phones and cardamom worth approximately Rs. 20 million into the country. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (6:55 PM)
The UK, France and Germany have begun the process of restoring major UN sanctions on Iran - lifted under a 2015 deal - as tensions once again escalate over Iran s nuclear programme. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (9:56 PM)
The driver of the tipper truck, which collided head-on with a school van in the Kuliyapitiya area on August 27, killing three persons including two schoolgirls, has been remanded after being produced before court. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (3:09 PM)
Former Executive Director of the National Lotteries Board, Thusitha Halloluwa, has been further remanded until September 4 by the Colombo Magistrate s Court, said Ada Derana reporter. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (3:09 PM)
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested on charges of misappropriation of state funds and later released on bail, is still receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Colombo National Hospital. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (3:35 PM)