The Ceylon Petroleum Private Tanker Owners Association has written a letter to the Inspector Geenral of Police (IGP) requesting for proper security for fuel tankers due to the unrest in the country. MORE..
22 May 2022 (11:44 PM)
Sri Lanka s Yupun Abeykoon has set a new national record and a South Asian record in the men s 200 meters during an athletic meet held in Italy. MORE..
22 May 2022 (11:28 PM)
Sri Lankan-born Cassandra Fernando has been elected to the Australian Parliament following the federal election. MORE..
22 May 2022 (9:11 PM)
The residence of an owner of a filling station in the Ipalogama area in Anuradhapura has been set ablaze by a certain group of individuals. MORE..
22 May 2022 (8:31 PM)
"Governments need to subsidise the cost of food and energy for the poorest members of society and without the correct support, the protests seen in Sri Lanka could be repeated in other countries." MORE..
22 May 2022 (8:18 PM)
A tourist plane crashed near the town of Les Adrets in southeast France, officials said. Five dead bodies, including a child, were discovered at the site of the crash on Saturday afternoon, French news channel BFMTV reported. MORE..
22 May 2022 (6:44 PM)
An Indian ship with urgent relief supplies like rice, medicines and milk powder for the people of crisis-hit Sri Lanka, worth more than SLR 2 billion, reached Colombo on Sunday. MORE..
22 May 2022 (6:26 PM)
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has presented a set of recommendations that lays down the main anti-corruption reforms that are crucial immediately and in the medium ' long terms, if Sri Lanka is to rise above the present crisis and bring about a real change. MORE..
22 May 2022 (6:08 PM)
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) states that there will be no power cuts during the exam times of the 2021 G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination, which is scheduled to be held from tomorrow (23) to June 1. MORE..
22 May 2022 (5:44 PM)
A person in possession of USD 50,000 has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) in the Welikada area, on suspicion of money laundering. MORE..
22 May 2022 (3:37 PM)
Sri Lanka Police says that around 1,500 suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the violence that took place in the country on May 9. MORE..
22 May 2022 (2:29 PM)
The Commissioner General of Examinations says that steps will be taken to issue diesel from depots belonging to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) for the personal vehicles of examination staff on duty for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination this year. MORE..
22 May 2022 (1:21 PM)
The Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit (AICBU) at the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura has all the necessary infrastructure to test and diagnose monkeypox which has been detected in several countries, according to head of the department Dr. Chandima Jeewandara. MORE..
22 May 2022 (12:55 PM)
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has congratulated the Australian prime minister-elect, Anthony Albanese on winning the election and said the government is looking forward to working with him. MORE..
22 May 2022 (10:34 AM)
A person has died following a shooting incident in the Paragahadeniya area in Mawathagama. MORE..
22 May 2022 (10:13 AM)
Australia s Labor Party was set to end almost a decade of conservative rule as the government was swept away in Saturday s election by a wave of support for candidates who campaigned for more action on climate change and may hold the balance of power. MORE..
22 May 2022 (9:58 AM)
The Department of meteorology says showers will occur at times in Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces. MORE..
22 May 2022 (9:37 AM)
The World Health Organization is working on further guidance for countries on how to mitigate the spread of monkeypox, amid concerns cases could spike further in the summer months, a senior adviser for the U.N. agency told Reuters. MORE..
22 May 2022 (3:05 AM)
Australia s center-left opposition party toppled the conservative government after almost a decade in power, and Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese in his Saturday election victory speech promised sharper reductions in greenhouse gas emissions while he faces an early foreign policy test. MORE..
22 May 2022 (1:29 AM)
Special arrangements are in place to provide fuel to examination staff tomorrow (May 22), the Commissioner-General of Examinations, L.M.D. Dharmasena says. MORE..
22 May 2022 (1:27 AM)