In another landmark judgment pertaining to the scope of the pardon granted by the executive President, the Supreme Court today ruled that former President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to grant a Presidential pardon to to Royal Park murder convic

A 17-year-old student was arrested for fatally assaulting a 15-year-old student in Sippikulama, Hambantota.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe auspiciously opened his political office in Colombo.

Thirty-five days have passed since the University Trade Union Joint Committee (UTUJC) launched their trade union action, crippling the entire university system, UTUJC Co-Chairman Dhammika S. Priyantha said.

Uganda captain Brian Masaba said it ’’doesn’t get more special than this’’ after his side beat Papua New Guinea to earn their first win at a T20 World Cup.

Overseas Sri Lankan missions are in the process of being stripped of their authority to issue different categories of visas for foreign nationals including resident visas with the introduction of online application, an official said.

ColomSeveral spells of showers are expected in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-Western Provinces, as well as in the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts today, the forecasting division of the National Meteorological Centre said.

Sri Lanka faces a worrying upswing in HIV/AIDS cases, with over 200 new infections and 13 deaths reported in the first quarter alone in 2024.

Japan, Sri Lanka’s biggest bilateral lender after China, yesterday stressed the island nation must speed up in its debt restructuring efforts for its own betterment.

Velupillai Manoharan, the elder brother of LTTE founder leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, has come forward to denounce a scam targeting the Tamil diaspora and revealed that a group within the diaspora has been deceiving unsuspecting individuals by false

Amidst the declining interest rates and entrance of new funds, Sri Lanka’s unit trust industry has continued to gain traction this year. The number of unit trust holders surpassed 100,000 and the total net asset value (NAV) crossed Rs.500 billion a

National carrier SriLankan Airlines has managed to move towards the positive territory, as it recorded a profit for the nine months ended December 31, 2023.

While reaffirming the strong bilateral ties between the two countries, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on Wednesday said he held discussions with his Maldivian counterpart Moosa Zameer, to revisit the limits imposed on foreign currency remittances of Sri

India hammered Ireland by eight wickets in the teams’ Group A T20 World Cup opener in New York on Wednesday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to his swearing-in ceremony, which the President has accepted, according to the President’s Media Division.

Two underworld gangsters operating the drug trafficking network in the country on the directions of their leaders known named ’Alagoram Jothi Ruban’ and ’Sedawatte Kasun’ currently in hiding in Dubai, were arrested today.

Some 253,581 persons from 66,906 families across thirteen districts have been affected by the adverse weather conditions, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will decide on whom to support at the next Presidential election only after discussions with all candidates, MP M.A. Sumanthiran said.

The All Island Canteen and Restaurant Owners’ Association (AICROA) has decided to lower the prices of food items from tonight due to the reduction in the prices of domestic LP gas, vegetables and eggs.

The suspect identified as Kukul Chaminda alias Bibile Chaminda, who was arrested for the assault on a 4-year-old child, was remanded until June 19.

The approximate exchange rates of GULF currencies based on the previous day’s market-weighted average rate for the US dollar are as follows:

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara today filed a Special Determination petition before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Economic Transformation Bill, which was tabled recently in Parliamen

A gunman was captured after opening fire at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Wednesday — an attack that took place as U.S. ally Israel signaled it could soon launch an offensive in the country against Iran-backed militant group H

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tendered his resignation along with the Council of Ministers to President Droupadi Murmu.

Admissions to the Grade One are on the decline as a result of the falling birth rate, Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha told Parliament today.

Sequoia Consultants, Inc., a leading civil engineering consulting firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California, has stepped in to take over the Lanka Premier League (LPL) franchise of the Dambulla Thunders, in light of the arrest of its previous own

A foreign national couple has drowned while bathing in the sea off the Kirinda beach, police said.

A 34-year-old youth from Jaffan was arrested this morning at the Bandaranike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to flee to Canada using a forged passport.

The Sri Lankan cricket team touring the USA for the World Cup T20 series has faced step-motherly treatment by the International Cricket Council (ICC), Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said today.

The death toll due to the inclement weather has gone up to 30 as of today with one death being reported this morning, State Minister of Defence Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon said.