UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the Sri Lankan government to repeal or amend existing laws or proposed laws that unduly restrict the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, association, and peaceful assembly. MORE..
14 Aug 2025 (9:23 PM)
The Acting Director of the Police Cultural Division, SSP Sathish Gamage, who was arrested by the Bribery Commission earlier today (14), has been remanded, Ada Derana reporter said. MORE..
14 Aug 2025 (3:53 PM)
Pakistan will create a new force in the military to supervise missile combat capabilities in a conventional conflict, apparently a move to match neighbouring arch-rival India. MORE..
14 Aug 2025 (8:38 PM)
A body of a male has been discovered floating in the Bolgoda River, near the Kospalana Bridge along the Piliyandala-Moratuwa road, police stated. MORE..
14 Aug 2025 (5:03 PM)
At least 38 people have died after flash floods hit a village hosting Hindu pilgrims in Indian-administered Kashmir. MORE..
14 Aug 2025 (11:25 PM)
Approximately 400 containers containing around 28,000 metric tons of imported salt, intended for local packaging, remain stuck at the Colombo Harbour, unable to be cleared, according to the Sri Lanka Salt Producers Association. MORE..
14 Aug 2025 (10:17 PM)