The Court of Appeal has upheld a prison sentence given to former Deputy Minister Shantha Premaratne who was found guilty of the charges of obtaining a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a woman after promising employment. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (4:13 PM)
Residents in U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris ancestral village in southern India were preparing to hold prayers on election day on Tuesday in a Hindu temple more than 8,000 miles (13,000 km) from Washington. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (4:02 PM)
The doctors at the Karapitiya National Hospital have launched an indefinite strike starting from 8-00 a.m. today (Nov. 5), in protest over the alleged misconduct by a specialist doctor in the hospital s oncology unit. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (10:28 AM)
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested a person who is suspected to have circulated a doctored image of a fake currency note of the Rs. 5,000 denomination featuring an image of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on it. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (2:12 PM)
The Chairman of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka R.M.A.L. Rathnayake states that the 2024 General Election will be held on 14 November 2024 as scheduled, as the petition challenging the election date was dismissed by the Supreme Court without taking into consideration. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (11:22 AM)
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized that the National People s Power (NPP) is committed to transforming the country s political culture, noting that there must be a certain standard for politics. MORE..
5 Nov 2024 (11:50 AM)