The Ministry of Education has refuted the reports circulating on social media claiming that all schools island-wide will be closed tomorrow (May 22). MORE..
21 May 2024 (4:41 PM)
Mourners in black began gathering Tuesday for days of funerals and processions for Iran s late president, foreign minister and others killed in a helicopter crash, a government-led series of ceremonies aimed at both honoring the dead and projecting strength in an unsettled Middle East. MORE..
21 May 2024 (5:19 PM)
A 38-year-old man has been shot and killed at his residence on Station Road in Katukurunda, Kalutara. MORE..
20 May 2024 (11:22 PM)
An inmate of the Matara Prison has succumbed to an illness, presumed to be brain fever, Ada Derana learns. MORE..
21 May 2024 (10:49 AM)
The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has increased to 2.7% in April 2024, compared to 2.5% in March 2024, according to the latest data release by the Department of Census and Statistics. MORE..
21 May 2024 (5:53 PM)
Amnesty International s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, concluded a five-day visit to Sri Lanka on Monday, in which she met with officials and a diverse cross-section of society, stakeholders to discuss a range of pressing human rights issues. MORE..
21 May 2024 (10:58 AM)