SriLankan Airlines has issued a clarification regarding two separate incidents of financial transactions involving an erroneous payment linked to a compromised email account of a service provider in the UAE) and an alleged misappropriation of funds in India, confirming that investigations currently underway. MORE..

16 May 2026 (11:07 PM)

During preliminary interrogations of Ousmand Gunasekera, also known as �Gampaha Ousmand,� who was arrested in connection with the murder of �Ganemulla Sanjeewa,� it was revealed that he had been managing the local money laundering operations of underworld figure �Kehelbaddara Padme.� MORE..

16 May 2026 (10:46 PM)

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has announced that the number of people affected by the adverse weather conditions impacting several districts across Sri Lanka has exceeded 5,000. MORE..

16 May 2026 (9:54 PM)

The Election Commission of India has ordered a probe into the allegations of foreign nationals, including Sri Lankans, �deceitfully� voting in the 23 April Tamil Nadu Assembly election, Indian media reported on Saturday. MORE..

16 May 2026 (8:19 PM)

At least eight people were killed and 25 others injured after a train collision triggered a fire that engulfed a public bus in Bangkok on Saturday, rescue officials and police said. MORE..

16 May 2026 (6:03 PM)

A complaint has been lodged with the police in connection with the Wanawasala train derailment, according to the Railway Department s Superintendent of Train Operations, Asanka Samarasinghe. MORE..

16 May 2026 (5:47 PM)