Quetta Gladiators issued an update regarding the status of their foreign players ahead of the ninth season of the PSL

The Iranian Navy Ship (IRINS) Bushehr and Tonb arrived at the port of Colombo on a formal visit this morning.

Tensions escalated outside the National Hospital in Colombo today as minor staff staged a demonstration targeting Deputy Director Dr. Rukshan Bellana. Authorities also deployed an anti-riot squad to bolster security in the hospital premises. Pix by N

The widow of the carpenter who died in the Narammala police shooting incident today filed a Fundamental Rights petition before the Supreme Court seeking a compensation of Rs. 200 million from the police officers including Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennak

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said.

Agreements have been signed to initiate direct flights between Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Tel Aviv in Israel, the Ports, Shipping and Aviation Ministry said.

No one is talking today of restoring my lost civic rights, former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ranjan Ramanayake said today.

Three individuals including a 61-year-old mason were arrested for gang raping a 12-year-old girl in Meegoda, Police said.

The minor staff workers of the Naional Hospital in Colombo are currently holding its Deputy Director, Dr. Rukshan Bellana, hostage in his office, hospital sources said.

Colombo residents are set to experience a 16-hour water cut today as the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) announced that water supply to several areas in the city will be suspended.

The 5th edition of the Lanka Premier League 2024 will be held from July 1st to 21st this year, the Sri Lanka Cricket said.

’Wedding Show 2024’, the most prestigious and exclusive wedding exhibition of the year, was launched at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) today. The exhibition will continue till Sunday (18). Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

A young woman who fell into the Upper Kotmale reservoir in Thalawakele, was rescued by the police with the help of the residents of the area.

A fundamental rights application filed by retired High Court Judge Padmini Ranawaka challenging the findings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry relating to the controversial telephone conversations with former Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake

The Talaimannat Police have launched an investigation after the body of a 10-year-old girl, who had been reported missing, was found half naked.

Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage.

The Congress party on Friday alleged that four of its main bank accounts have been frozen by the Income Tax department on “flimsy grounds”.

Israel’s Minister of Transport and Road Safety Brig. Gen. Miri Regev met President Ranil Wickremesinghe and discussed matters concerning the safe return of Israeli hostages.

KPMG’s forensic audit into discrepancies at Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals (CPSTL) has revealed substantial losses attributed to alterations and deletions in SAP data related to stock holdings.

The government has been able to ensure continuous supply of gas, fuel and other necessities right now as Sri Lanka had suspended repaying external debt, Minister Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday.

A total of 169 rubber harvesting assistants were awarded the NVQ-3 certificates for the first time in Sri Lanka at the Agalawatta Rubber Research Institute after two weeks of intensive training.

Rs. 14.5 million was given to the supplier to purchase substandard human immunoglobulin injections, which was intended to be used for purchasing oxygen, Deputy Solicitor General Mrs. Lakmini Girihagama informed Maligaknada Magistrate Mrs. Lochani Abe

The crisis involving the Executive and the Legislature has heightened to a new level with the judiciary also coming into play over the Constitutional Council’s (CC) rejection of appointment of Court of Appeal President Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to expel its MP Sarath Fonseka from the post of party chairman shortly over his latest remarks affecting the party politically, a source said.

Sri Lanka’s private sector and government are to get fresh insights from a chief of a Commonwealth trade and investment organisation next week besides opportunities to expand businesses across the 56 Member States of the Commonwealth.

Sri Lanka will host the first-ever Chinese marathon this May, where over 2000-3000 Chinese athletes will arrive under the ‘Ni Hao Zhong Guo’ programme, Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Chairman Shirantha Peiris announced.

Tourism authorities are in the process of creating a Buddhist trail in Sri Lanka, a fresh effort towards luring religious travellers.

Sri Lanka’s tourism sector is gearing up for a major transformation, as the authorities unveil an ambitious plan to make the country one of the world’s most dynamic and sought-after destinations.

Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran has filed a fundamental rights application before the Supreme Court, challenging the Speaker’s act of certifying the Online Safety Bill as enacted into law.

Apart from medical professionals such as doctors and nurses, no one has the capability to collapse the hospital system. If such an occurrence does happen for two days, the subsequent consequences are unpredictable, Government Medical Officers’ Foru