Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of a truce aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza. MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (8:24 PM)
A medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday with a child and five others on board, the air ambulance company that operated it said, adding that it had not confirmed any survivors. MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (11:50 AM)
Two people have reportedly been killed, and at least 35 others have been injured following a collision between a private bus and a van on the Trincomalee-Habarana road today (01). MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (1:59 PM)
The Officer-in-Charge of the Medirigiriya Police Station has been arrested by the Bureau for the Investigation of Abuse of Children and Women for allegedly sexually harassing a Woman Police Constable (WPC), the police said.
1 Feb 2025 (12:02 AM)
India has taken up a strong protest with Sri Lanka after the latter s Navy was accused of opening fire on Indian fishermen in the seas off Jaffna. MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (6:55 PM)
The Sri Lankan government has published Gazette Notification No. 2421'41, signed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, specifying the new luxury tax rates on private motor vehicles imported into the country effective from today (February 1, 2025). MORE..
1 Feb 2025 (10:00 AM)