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)
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)
The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for strong winds and rough seas for naval and fishing communities in the deep-sea areas in the South-eastern Arabian Sea and in the southwestern Bay of Bengal Sea. MORE..
21 May 2024 (4:20 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)
Sri Lanka s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry will leave for Iran tonight to attend President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi s funeral in Tabriz, Iran, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. MORE..
21 May 2024 (6:30 PM)
Four suspects have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a store at Imaduwa in Galle. MORE..
21 May 2024 (2:52 PM)