Police have arrested the suspected shooter in the killing of a 55-year-old businessman who was shot dead in the Neluwattuduwa area of Hanwella on September 30, allegedly due to a dispute over failure to pay ransom. MORE..

7 Oct 2024 (5:18 PM)

The Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Resident Mission in Sri Lanka, Takafumi Kadono, along with a delegation, met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (07) at the Presidential Secretariat. MORE..

7 Oct 2024 (4:28 PM)

Former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Nilantha Jayawardena has informed the Supreme Court through his Legal Counsel that the arrears of the compensation which was ordered to be payed to the victims of the Easter Sunday attacks, have been completely settled. MORE..

7 Oct 2024 (4:22 PM)

Israelis were holding vigils and somber ceremonies on Monday to mark a year since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, the deadliest in the country s history, which sparked the war in Gaza and scarred Israelis indelibly. MORE..

7 Oct 2024 (3:49 PM)

Police have recovered the body of a 50-year-old police officer, attached to the Expressway Police from a canal at Pamunugama, Ja-Ela.

7 Oct 2024 (2:59 PM)

The World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed the Second Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO) for $200 million. This is the second operation in a two-part series that began in 2022. The first operation, totaling $500 million, was disbursed in June and December 2023. MORE..

7 Oct 2024 (2:09 PM)