WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free on Wednesday from a court on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Saipan after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law in a deal that allowed him to head straight home to Australia. MORE..

26 Jun 2024 (3:33 PM)

A shooting incident was reported in the Pathakada area in the Nivithigala police division today (26). MORE..

26 Jun 2024 (3:16 PM)

Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesting members of the teacher-principal trade unions at Lotus Roundabout in Colombo, Ada Derana reporter said. MORE..

26 Jun 2024 (2:29 PM)

UPDATE- Meanwhile, the Lotus Road in Colombo Fort has also been blocked for traffic owing to the protest march by teacher-principal trade unions, Ada Derana reporter said. MORE..

26 Jun 2024 (1:30 PM)

The Colombo Fort Magistrate s Court has issued an order preventing the General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers Union Joseph Stalin, Ven. Ulapane Sumangala Thero and 8 others from staging a demonstration in a manner that inconvenience the public or pedestrians along Galle Road, NSA Roundabout and several roads in Colombo today (26). MORE..

26 Jun 2024 (12:58 PM)

Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera says a discussion on the timeline and process for implementing the reforms pertaining to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) took place yesterday with the senior management of the CPC and the refinery. MORE..

26 Jun 2024 (12:39 PM)