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A woman was killed by a 5-meter (16-foot) python in central Indonesia after it swallowed her whole, local media reported Saturday.
A Ugandan was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake with cocaine capsules in his stomach. The 31-year-old suspect was arrested by the officers of Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) while attempting to smuggle the cocaine into Sri Lanka. The Ugandan had arrived in Sri Lanka from Qatar. At least 14 cocaine capsules were […]
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has arrived in the Indian Capital of New Delhi to attend the much-anticipated swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi today. He was received by P Kumaran, the Officer on Special Duty (ER DPA) division of the Ministry of External Affairs.
State Minister of Finance, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says that a new budget will likely not be presented for the fiscal year 2025, and instead a Vote on Account will be presented for the expenses in the first few months of next year.
Sextortion is the fastest-growing scam affecting teenagers globally and has been linked to more than 27 suicides in the US alone. Many of the scammers appear to be from Nigeria – where authorities are defending their actions and are under pressure to do more. It has been two years since Jenn Buta’s son Jordan killed […]
West Indies were all over the Uganda batters with the ball early in the second innings. Akeal Hosein led the charge in the first Powerplay with three wickets in his three overs, even as Romario Shepherd and Andre Russell were among wickets as well. Akeal added fourth and fifth wickets in his remarkable spell during […]
A bus toppled into a canal in Warakapola injuring 13 people, including a number of school children. The bus was transporting the children and their parents when it toppled into the canal. According to reports 26 girl guides and seven parents were in the bus at the time of the accident. The driver of the […]
Sri Lanka is to venture into deep space exploration through the collaboration between a Sri Lankan company and China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL). Supreme Deep Space (Pvt) Ltd. and China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) have outlined several areas of collaboration to advance space exploration and technology. This partnership promises to leverage Sri Lanka’s […]
Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas have been reunited with their families, after being rescued in a raid that Palestinian officials say killed scores of people. Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, were freed on Saturday, eight months since being kidnapped from the Nova music festival on 7 […]
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is in New Delhi to attend the much-anticipated swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, Sunday. He was received by P Kumaran, the Officer on Special Duty (ER & DPA) division of the Ministry of External Affairs. “Warm welcome to President @RW_UNP of Sri Lanka as he arrives in New […]
Thirteen people, including school children, were injured and taken to the hospital today (June 9) when a bus carrying students and parents overturned into a canal in Warakapola town around 4:30 AM.The post Bus overturns into Warakapola canal, 13 injured including students appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
A Ugandan national who had attempted to smuggle capsules containing cocaine into the country by swallowing them, has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.
Sri Lanka has been elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three-year term starting January 1, 2025.The post Sri Lanka Elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has left for India to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi this evening (PMD).
Akeal Hosein scythed through Uganda in a sublime opening spell, using his swinging seam-up delivery to devastating effect, plundering five wickets for 11 runs. That spell sent West Indies hurtling to a 134-run victory on a slow Providence deck. The seamers backed Hosein’s spell up, delivering some excellent wicket balls of their own. Together they […]
Australia outplayed England in Barbados to leave the defending champions sweating on their qualification for the Super 8s. They posted the highest score of the T20 World Cup to date after David Warner and Travis Head blitzed 70 runs in the first five overs, before Adam Zampa made the difference in England’s lacklustre run chase. […]
At least thirteen persons including school children were injured and hospitalised after a bus transporting a group of students and parents toppled into a canal in the Warakapola town this morning (9).
A suspect has been arrested with a haul of Kerala cannabis by the Special Task Force (STF) in Yakkaru Police during a joint operation conducted in the Vallipuram coastal area of Point Pedro, Jaffna.
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, following an official invitation from the Government of India, departed for India this morning (June 9) to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Shri Narendra Modi for his third term as Prime Minister of India.The post Sri Lankan President attends Narendra Modi’s third term swearing-in as Indian Prime Minister appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breakin...
Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) stated that a total of 35 scheduled train journeys were cancelled this morning due to the continued strike by the Locomotive Operating Engineers Union of the railway department.
The stretch of road at Pahala Kadugannawa along the Colombo-Kandy road is now open for traffic once again.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has departed for New Delhi a short while ago at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
The Meteorology Department says several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-western and Southern provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts today.
South Africa made heavy weather of a modest chase in New York before David Miller and Tristan Stubbs dug deep to save them from a third straight defeat at Netherlands’ hands at an ICC tournament. Miller and Stubbs added 65 for the fifth wicket to lift them from the pits of 12 for 4 on […]
Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka said Friday they have complained to the International Cricket Council over their T20 World Cup team’s treatment and conditions in co-host the United States.The sports minister Harin Fernando alleged other teams had it better and said Sri Lanka had lodged a formal protest after the squad was held up by a […]
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 09 June 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Northern, North-central, North-western and Southern provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts. Fairly heavy showers above 50 mm are likely at some places in Sabaragamuwa province and Nuwara Eliya district. […]
The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) has initiated a pivotal court action against the Minister of Wildlife & Forest Resources Conservation. The legal challenge is a response to the Minister’s recent and controversial decision to modify the boundaries of the Wedithalathive Nature Reserve, as documented in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2383/05, dated May 6, 2024, […]
Chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF) SJB Colombo District MP Dr. Harsha de Silva told parliament on Friday that there was a sinister move to remove him from the COPF. Making a special statement with the permission from the chair, Dr de Silva said that signatures of MPs in the COPF were […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says there is a strong expectation that Sri Lanka will soon reach agreements with external commercial creditors consistent with program parameters. “So overall we assess that there has been sufficiently strong progress on the debt restructuring front,” Julie Kozack, Director of the IMF Communications Department, said during a press briefing […...
Rex Clementine in Dallas In a bid to promote cricket in certain countries, the sport’s authorities used to stage the now defunct ICC Knockout Tournament in countries that had not got full member status. As a result, Bangladesh hosted the event in 1998 followed by Kenya in 2000. The tournament from thereon was abandoned and […]