President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed to send a team comprising the Defence Secretary, a Foreign Ministry official and a former Sri Lankan diplomat to Russia to look into the Sri Lankans who have joined the Russian military in the Ukrainian warfront, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said. MORE..

16 May 2024 (1:21 PM)

The schoolgirl, who was critically injured in the tragic accident during the recent Fox Hill Super Cross 2024 motorsport racing championship at Diyatalawa, has succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment in hospital last night (15), increasing the death toll from the fatal crash to 08. MORE..

16 May 2024 (12:55 PM)

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to attend the 10th World Water Forum High-Level Meeting in Indonesia, from 18 - 20 May, following an invitation extended by Indonesian President Joko Widodo. MORE..

16 May 2024 (12:39 PM)

The Colombo District Court today rejected the petition filed by Duminda Dissanayake seeking an interim injunction preventing Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from functioning as the Chairman and Keerthi Udawatta as Acting General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). MORE..

16 May 2024 (12:05 PM)

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the prompt commencement of construction of the "Ashraf Memorial Museum" in Kalmunai, honoring the late M.H.M. Ashraf, founder of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and former Minister. MORE..

16 May 2024 (11:08 AM)

Four youths have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to abduct a 16-year-old schoolgirl who was on her way home after sitting for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination. MORE..

16 May 2024 (10:26 AM)