The Government of Sri Lanka has extended its deepest sympathies following the tragic crash of Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 at Muan Airport in the Republic of Korea earlier today.

A Jeju Air plane veered off the runway and collided with a fence in South Korea’s Muan city on Sunday. Out of the 181 passengers, 179 are feared killed. The authorities have so far confirmed 167 deaths from the accident.

Two youths employed at the Matale Water Treatment Plant drowned in the Sudu Ganga yesterday (28), police said.

The Sri Lanka Customs have cleared 75,000 metric tons of imported rice as of December 29, following the government’s move to allow rice imports without permits.

The defence forces will be employed exclusively for their primary role of military assignments in defending the country, Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) said.

At least 62 people were killed when a passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, the local fire department told CNN.

An elephant trampled its mahout during a temple procession in the Dodanduwa area of Galle last evening.

Ceylon Workers’ Congress ( CWC) Senthil Thondaman is also among Sri Lankan political leaders who paid his last respects to late Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

One person died and two others were injured after unidentified gunmen in a car opened fire at a house on Welabada Road, Seeduwa, police said.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stressed the need for a practical and modernised process to prevent smuggling and called for the replacement of the current scanning equipment with advanced, modern scanners.

The National People’s Power (NPP) government now has a struggle with state officials to safeguard the NPP’s policies, whereas the NPP had to struggle on the streets for the rights of the people before taking over power, Minister of Industries Sun

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has announced new maximum retail prices for specific types of canned fish, effective today.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Dr. Prasanna Gunasena agreed to pay a fine for speeding despite officers on duty offering to release the vehicle without imposing a fine, an informed source said.

The government has decided to revamp the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) and convert it into a fully-fledged investigative arm like the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), operating under a senior DIG (Deputy Inspector General of

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has summoned Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, to record a statement regarding the ownership of a government-owned land in Kataragama.

Asserting that Sri Lanka loses a large amount of foreign exchange due to the import of unnecessary drugs, Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said yesterday the government will adopt a scientific solution to address this issue.

A passenger aboard the Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters there was at least one loud bang as the plane neared its original destination, Grozny in southern Russia.

The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has temporarily suspended the licenses of 60 pharmacies during the past five months.

SLPP Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, paid his last respects to Dr. Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India, at the Congress Party headquarters in New Delhi today.

Sulochana Gamage, a former member of the Western Provincial Council, who was arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe, has been ordered to be remanded in custody along with another individual until January 6, 2025.

A special defence team has been appointed to investigate after an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), believed to be a target drone belonging to the Indian Air Force, was discovered by a group of fishermen in the sea off Trincomalee.

The newly appointed Chief of the Department of Excise yesterday asked his officials ‘not to go after small fish’ in the new year to meet annual performance evaluation, but to raid major scale illicit liquor dens and narcotic substances that will

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) ally the Tamil Progressive Alliance is slated to contest the local government elections under its symbol, a party senior said yesterday.

Unusual activities are being reported in the areas where the elephants are being cased or captured to prevent elephant-human conflicts, advisor to the board of the Association of Veterinarians for Humane Management of Animal Population, Dr. Chamith N

MP Dr. Kaushalya Ariyarathne representing the National People’s Power (NPP) has filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) about false information spreading on social media.

The Department of Archaeology has taken steps to preserve an ancient tunnel which is located in the vicinity of Ananda Sastralaya in Kotte and is slated to fell the trees around it despite protests by the school’s Past Pupil’s Association.

Nasa announced on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe is ’’safe’’ and functioning as expected after achieving the closest approach to the Sun ever made by a human-made object.

A couple wanted in connection with massive frauds in Sri Lanka and on whom the INTERPOL had issued a red notice, was arrested on Thursday night (26) at the Bandaranaike International Airport upon their arrival in the country.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition, saying it was the only way to give the country a stable government

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended his deepest condolences following the passing of former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.