The owner and the manager of a licensed foreign employment agency have been arrested for allegedly sending Sri Lankans for employment in the Russian army.

President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has confirmed his participation in the 10th World Water Forum High-Level Meeting, to be held from May 18th to 20th, 2024, in Bali, Indonesia. This significant gathering, themed “Water for Shared Prosperity,” will convene global leaders to address pressing issues related to water management and sustainability. President Wickremesinghe will leave for Indonesia [̷...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said  that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued directives to send a specialized delegation to Russia to investigate the welfare of Sri Lankans embroiled in the on-going Russia-Ukraine war. According to the state minister, this delegation will include the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, a former Ambassador to […]

The Colombo Fort Police Station has initiated an investigation into an alleged incident of death threats made against the State Minister of Finance, Shehan Semasinghe.

Retired administrative officer W.A. Chulananda Perera has been appointed as the first-ever Sports Ombudsman of Sri Lanka by the Minister of Sports Harin Fernando.

A former executive member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Montague Sarathchandra has filed a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption against former President Maithripala Sirisena.

The Ministry of Education says that G.C.E. Advanced Level classes for the students who sat for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination this year, will commence on June 04, 2024.

Consultant Community Physician Dr. Sherine Balasingham of the Health Ministry s Directorate of Non-Communicable Disease says that the number of patients with high blood pressure reported in Sri Lanka has increased.

A 26-year-old youth has been clubbed to death inside a house in the Horahena area in Hokandara.

A 39-year-old bus driver attached to the Nawalapitiya SLTB Bus Depot has reportedly passed away due to a sudden illness while driving a bus towards Nawalapitiya, thereby causing the bus to veer off the road and crash.

The Meteorology Department warns that showery and windy conditions are expected to enhance during the next few days due to pre-monsoonal conditions over the country and surrounding sea areas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a two-day state visit, as the two countries look to further deepen a relationship that has grown closer since Moscow invaded Ukraine more than two years ago. The visit comes days after Russia launched a new offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, and as it claims […]

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot multiple times and critically injured in a “politically motivated” assassination attempt, according to the interior minister. Fico, 59, was shot by a gunman five times on Wednesday and underwent several hours of emergency surgery. Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba told the BBC he believed the operation had […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed to send a team comprising the Defence Secretary, a Foreign Ministry official and a former Sri Lankan diplomat to Russia to look into the Sri Lankans who have joined the Russian military in the Ukrainian warfront, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to attend the 10th World Water Forum High-Level Meeting in Indonesia, from 18 - 20 May, following an invitation extended by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

The schoolgirl, who was critically injured in the tragic accident during the recent Fox Hill Super Cross 2024 motorsport racing championship at Diyatalawa, has succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment in hospital last night (15), increasing the death toll from the fatal crash to 08.

The Colombo District Court today rejected the petition filed by Duminda Dissanayake seeking an interim injunction preventing Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from functioning as the Chairman and Keerthi Udawatta as Acting General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the prompt commencement of construction of the ÂAshraf Memorial Museum in Kalmunai, honoring the late M.H.M. Ashraf, founder of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and former Minister.

Four youths have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to abduct a 16-year-old schoolgirl who was on her way home after sitting for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination.

Chinese President Xi Jinping had upon taking office a decade ago vowed to end corruption but now many of its close associates and leaders of China Communist Party (CCP) are facing serious graft charges. Former vice-justice minister Liu Zhiqiang is the latest addition to the list, who is now subjected to “disciplinary review and supervisory […]