Myanmar s economy is forecast to contract this year, the World Bank said Wednesday, as flooding and fighting take a severe toll nearly four years after the military ousted its elected government headed by Aung San Suu Kyi. MORE..
11 Dec 2024 (6:35 PM)
The Colombo District Court today issued a restraining order preventing the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) from submitting their National List without including the name of Nizam Kariapper of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (1:21 PM)
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition submitted by a lawyer, which claimed that his fundamental rights were violated by the Constitutional Council s rejection of a proposal made by then-President Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint Appeals Court Chairman Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne as a Supreme Court Judge.
12 Dec 2024 (12:42 PM)
Attorney-at-Law Manoj Gamage has claimed that the incumbent government has taken steps to significantly reduce the security detail of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. MORE..
11 Dec 2024 (9:43 PM)
Following tests on multiple samples, the fever which spread in the northern region of the island and claimed 7 lives, has been identified as Leptospirosis, also known as rat fever , the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health confirmed. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (1:04 PM)
The Meteorology Department says the low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal is very likely to continue to move west-northwestwards slowly, towards the Tamil Nadu coast close to Northern Sri Lanka during the next 24 hours. MORE..
12 Dec 2024 (10:25 AM)