President Ranil Wickremesinghe cautioned the public against making the "mistake" of transferring a "recovering patient", who was in critical condition, to the care of an "unqualified doctor" after receiving emergency treatment, on September 21. MORE..
17 Sep 2024 (7:52 PM)
Police have arrested another suspect in connection with the recent murder of two persons including businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera, also known as Club Wasantha , in Athurugiriya. MORE..
17 Sep 2024 (7:28 PM)
The Commissioner General of Examinations Amit Jayasundara says that investigations are to be held tomorrow (18) into an incident where three questions similar to those on the Grade 5 Scholarship exam paper had allegedly been posted online via a model exam paper. MORE..
17 Sep 2024 (3:23 PM)
Floods in Myanmar have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, state media reported on Tuesday, after heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi battered the central provinces of the war-torn Southeast Asian country. MORE..
17 Sep 2024 (2:22 PM)
At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said, as aid agencies reported more than 1,000 people had died across western and central Africa. MORE..
16 Sep 2024 (10:41 PM)
A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) has arrived in Colombo for Sri Lanka s presidential election, marking the Commonwealth s 200th election observation since it began observing in the 1980s. MORE..
16 Sep 2024 (11:29 PM)