The United National Party (UNP) and the New Democratic Front (NDF) have decided to submit a proposal recommending to establish a Select Committee to verify the educational qualifications of the Ministers and MPs representing the National People s Power (NPP). MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (5:59 PM)
Former Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) Director, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Nevil Silva, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), has been further remanded until December 20 by the Ratnapura Magistrate s Court. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (5:43 PM)
Kahathuduwa Police have arrested six individuals, including an elderly couple, with a stock of narcotics worth around Rs. 40 million. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (5:28 PM)
The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange gained 169.53 points to close at 14,205.34 points today, marking a new all-time high. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (4:55 PM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has officially appointed members to the Port City Economic Commission, the President s Media Division (PMD) reported. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (4:14 PM)
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentary group, led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, has commenced signing the Motion of No Confidence against the Speaker of Parliament, according to the SJB Media Unit. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (3:42 PM)
Indian conglomerate Adani Group s port project in Sri Lanka will go ahead despite US charges against its founder and sudden changes to its financing, the island nation said Friday. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (2:34 PM)
The Indian owner of the Galle Marvels team in the Lanka T10 Super League, who was arrested yesterday (12) over match-fixing allegations, has been remanded until December 16 after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate s Court today (13). MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (2:16 PM)
The Canadian Government has expressed its strong commitment to supporting Sri Lanka s initiatives to combat corruption and fraud, the President s Media Division (PMD) reported. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (1:59 PM)
The Fraud Investigation Bureau (FIB) has informed the Colombo Magistrate s Court today (13) that it has initiated an investigation into several candidates that contested the last Presidential Election and their representatives who have failed to submit proper expense reports as mandated under the Regulation of Election Expenditure Act. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (1:53 PM)
"We will not allow the trust the people have placed in us to be undermined in any way," stated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a meeting with the heads of state media today (13). MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (1:01 PM)
The Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT) says that the Geminids meteor shower, considered as one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year, will be visible tonight (13) and tomorrow (14). MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (12:13 PM)
A diplomat who "entrapped" a domestic worker in her Canberra home, forcing her to work 14 hours, seven days a week, for less than a dollar an hour, has been fined more than $100,000 in the Australian federal court. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:57 AM)
The enduring fisheries conflict in the Palk Bay - which impacts fisher folk of northern Sri Lanka and daily wage fishermen of Tamil Nadu - can be decisively resolved only if the Indian side stops using the destructive bottomtrawling method, according to Sri Lanka s Minister of Fisheries Ramalingam Chandrasekar. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:29 AM)
Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Bimal Rathnayake says that several new projects will be initiated to enhance the transportation of goods by rail. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:12 AM)
U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs at the Department of State, Ambassador Donald Lu, along with Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Robert Kaproth...MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (11:02 AM)
The District Secretary for Colombo, Prasanna Ginige, says that the population and housing census is underway across the island and urges the public to cooperate with the officials visiting homes by providing the required information. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (9:50 AM)
At least six persons, including a minor boy, were killed in a fire accident at a private hospital in this district on Thursday, police and Fire department officials said. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (9:21 AM)
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central and North-western provinces. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (9:01 AM)
An Indian national, who is the owner of the Galle Marvels team in the Lanka T10 Super League, has been arrested by police over allegations of match-fixing. MORE..
13 Dec 2024 (12:52 AM)