Rohitha Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left the Central Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) after nearly five hours, having recorded a statement in connection with an investigation into an investment he had made in an institu

Indian and Pakistani delegates have held a fresh round of Track Two diplomacy talks in Colombo and Bangkok earlier this week. The primary objective was to strengthen mechanisms for dialogue during crises, alongside measures to prevent and manage pote

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a landmark $140 million funding programme that will provide a $10,000 grant to every eligible Olympian competing at the Games.

Sri Lanka’s judicial system marked a historic milestone today as the Court of Appeal successfully accepted and heard its first-ever electronic filing (E-Filing) case, ushering in a new era of digital justice and paperless court administration.

World football’s governing body FIFA has suspended Nepal’s football association, officials said Thursday, barring the country from all international competitions.

The media will not survive in this society if they fail to come out of the garbage pile they have put themselves into, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament today.

The price of oil has fallen to levels not seen since before the Iran war as traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route gradually resumes.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, Marc-André Franche, and the World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director, Philip Ward, met with Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) at the Ministry of

Sri Lanka’s state hospital system is set to receive four modern catheterisation laboratory (cath lab) units within the next week, the Ministry of Health and Mass Media said.

The Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be abolished in a few months, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament today.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned shipowners on Wednesday that any new transit route through the Strait of Hormuz established without coordination with Tehran is “unacceptable and dangerous,” threatening actions against vessels th

More disclosures regarding those arrested today will be made during the course of the day, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told Parliament.

The government won’t accept that an individual can survive with Rs. 17,700 per month as claimed by the Department of Census and Statistics, Deputy Minister Anil Jayantha told Parliament today.

The global risk ’’remains low’’ from a deadly Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization chief said Wednesday, after a case was confirmed in France. France on Wednesday announced its first confir

Private bus operators have formally requested the National Transport Commission (NTC) to implement the annual bus fare revision from July 1, ahead of the previously proposed date of July 5.

No decision has been taken on the change of fuel prices yet, Minister of Power and Energy Anura Karunatilaka told Parliament today.

Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, collapsing buildings in the capital of Caracas and killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds of others, officials said.

The defeated leftwing candidate in Colombia’s presidential runoff has conceded to the far-right, Trump-admiring millionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella.

There is a scandal behind claiming Ditwah relief where some house owners in places such as Opanayake who have been relocated due to landslide threats had come and settled in vulnerable areas before cyclone Ditwah hit the area, Deputy Minister Aruna J

Rohitha Rajapaksa, the son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, appeared before the Colombo Central Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) today to record a statement in connection with an ongoing investigation.

An SLTB bus driver died after suffering a sudden medical emergency while transporting nearly 50 passengers from Colombo to Ampara, causing the bus to veer out of control and crash into several roadside structures in Wellampitiya early yesterday morni

A group of NPP politicians have received a santhosham from a leading businessman for allowing a solar power project on a land in the reserved forest area in Polonnaruwa, opposition MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake alleged in Parliament yesterday.

A 25-year-old wild elephant died during a rescue operation after falling into a narrow well in the Kudaoya area of Samagipura, Thanamalwila, despite desperate efforts by wildlife officials and local residents to save the animal.

The Inland Revenue (Amendment) Act No. 11 of 2026, which was certified on June 3, 2026, has introduced several significant changes to Sri Lanka’s tax framework. Here are some of the key amendments.

After Sri Lanka lost US$ 2.5 million to cyber hackers, the Finance Ministry is now working with the relevant Australian authorities to settle the outstanding amount according to an agreed repayment schedule, a top source said.

Sri Lanka is currently seeing both dengue fever and seasonal influenza circulating at the same time, and doctors are urging the public not to try and self-diagnose at home.

In the wake of a worrying increase in fatal road accidents across the country, the Police Traffic Division has raised serious concerns over the quality of driver training and the regulation of driving schools.

Attorney-at-Law Rakitha Nirmala Rajapaksa, son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Horana organizer Charith Abeysinghe, and former Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Corporation Director Warusha Henna

It had all the trappings of a dream wedding. Till a deadly twist. Planned and executed allegedly by the fiancee and her lover.

A total of 154 death row inmates who were recommended for release under a presidential pardon by several expert committees appointed by the Ministry of Justice in previous governments have remained behind bars for more than four years, according to p