Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan s populous eastern Punjab province on Thursday, after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overflowing dams in neighbouring India. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (6:29 PM)
Venerable Narampanawa Ananda Thero has been elected as the Anunayake of the Asgiri Chapter. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (5:30 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)
The Colombo High Court today (28) issued a notice to consider the revision petition filed by former Minister Rajitha Senaratne, seeking an order to suspend the arrest warrant issued by the Colombo Magistrate s Court to take him into custody. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (3:21 PM)
A total of five individuals have been arrested today by wildlife officers for allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant spotted deer within the Wilpattu National Park. MORE..
28 Aug 2025 (11:08 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)