The controversial Krrish deal case filed against Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa was today fixed for trial by the Colombo High Court.

The Government has decided to pay compensation of Rs. 1 million each to four patients who lost their eyesight or suffered vision impairment following eye surgeries after the use of Prednisolone Acetate eye drops at government hospitals during the ten

The Government has approved the expansion of the Kandy Urban Wastewater Management Project to include the premises of the University of Peradeniya.

Chartered Engineer Rohana Randombage has been appointed as the new Director General of the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority.

Australia’s seventh ICC Women’s T20 World Cup title capped a record-breaking 2026 tournament, with players and teams setting new milestones throughout the biggest edition in the event’s history.

The Cabinet has approved a proposal to expand the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to cover around 1,500 multi-day and one-day fishing vessels operating in Sri Lanka.

The Government has approved a pilot programme to introduce a bus sector clustering system to improve public transport services and address existing issues in the bus sector.

Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran has died in India after battling an illness. He had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in India for some time.

Former diplomat Ambassador Kananathan, who has maintained a close and long-standing relationship with Ethiopian Prime Minister and Chairman of the Prosperity Party Dr. Abiy Ahmed, has extended his heartfelt congratulations following the Prosperity Pa

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has called on Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to convene a meeting of all democratic political parties to oppose the government’s reported move to extend the retirement age of Supreme Court judges.

Bombs exploded near the hotel where Emmanuel Macron was staying in Syria on Tuesday, a security source said, but the French president did not hear ​the explosions, the Elysee said, and he met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ​soon afterwards.

A court in eastern China has sentenced a former city official to death for taking more than 2.2bn yuan ($325m; £243m) in bribes over 30 years.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired at least two missiles at commercial ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, Axios reported, citing two U.S. officials.

A total of 734 inmates, who were involved in the clash at the Negombo prison have been transfered to other prisons, Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara said today.

Parliament is to take up a debate on the Negombo prison clashes today from 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm, Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne announced today.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on a man found guilty of murdering his neighbour by electrocuting him with illegally connected live electrical wires surrounding his property in Galle.

The daily Intercity Express train operating between Mount Lavinia and Kankesanthurai (KKS) will be limited to four days a week from July 10, due to a shortage of power sets, the Railway Station Master’s Association said.

Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Sunil Watagala refuted claims that security provided to political leaders has been removed.

The University of Moratuwa has been temporarily closed for two weeks due to a dengue risk, university authorities said.

The death toll from the violent unrest at the Negombo Prison has risen to 27 after another inmate who was injured in the clashes died while undergoing treatment at the Negombo Hospital, Police said today.

The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and eight-year rigorous imprisonment imposed on a man who had sexually abused a six-year-old girl in Moneragala in 2010.

A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said.

The Government has launched a special relief programme to support small-scale ornamental fish breeders affected by Cyclone Ditwah, with Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar directing officials to import new breeding

Thirty-one Opposition MPs have submitted a motion to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne seeking an urgent adjournment debate on the recent clashes at Negombo Prison.

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has incurred losses of Rs. 615 million due to untrained Sri Lankan nationals leaving the country for overseas employment, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Arun Hemachandra to

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the subject minister and the government as a whole should accept the responsibility for the clash at Negombo Prison, which has left 26 people dead, the opposition said yesterday.

A 12-year-old schoolgirl of Bogahakumbura in Welimada has been raped by three young men at times, and one of them is her 21-year-old brother.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched an investigation into the unrest at Negombo Prison, deploying three investigation teams to inspect the facility and question those involved.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has raised concerns that the actual number of dengue infections in Sri Lanka could be significantly higher than the officially reported figures, warning that the country may be witnessing the earl

In what appeared to be yet another deadly outbreak of rioting, 19 inmates and seven prison officers were killed, and around 100 were injured in the Negombo jail yesterday. Initially, riots broke out between two drug gangs on Sunday, and the confronta