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Sri Lanka's prisons minister has forfeited moral right to hold office: BASL

The BASL has asked authorities to “act forthwith in dealing with these serious acts of impunity".

September 16, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka Catholic church wants controversial monk's claims investigated

The monks claims were serious enough to warrant an inquiry, the statement said.

September 16, 2021 2 min read

Long COVID: Sri Lanka expert warns of multisystem inflammatory syndrome onset

Patients whose organs are affected must be thoroughly examined and treated accordingly, he said.

September 15, 2021 4 min read

Sri Lanka opposition calls for legal action, sacking, of prisons minister

The TNA called for an immediate inquiry to be followed by charges filed against the state minister.

September 15, 2021 3 min read
Sri Lanka stocks edge up after President’s policy statement amid protests 

If protests resurface this will pull down investors momentum towards shares, the analyst said. 

Sri Lanka shares end at 4-month high on high turnover, foreign buying; Paris Club news helps

The positive sentiment helped to boost both market turnover and net foreign buying to their highest in six week.

Modi visit: Cooperation in national & regional defence discussed

In discussions held with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has...

June 10, 2019 2 min read

Petitions challenge Emergency

Two Fundamental Rights petitions challenging some aspects of the Emergency Regulations promulgated by President Maithrip...

June 10, 2019 1 min read

Modi makes whirlwind visit to Colombo

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a short stopover in Colombo today during which he was very busy

June 9, 2019 2 min read

Intelligence Chief forced to quit

Chief of National Intelligence Retired DIG Sisira Mendis has resigned citing "health reasons," official sources said.

June 8, 2019 1 min read

Trio running mystery communication operation nabbed in Negombo

Police are baffled after they found a communication operation that was running with hundreds of mobile phones, tens of t...

Imesh Ranasinghe
June 7, 2019 1 min read

Roads that will be closed for Modi's visit tomorrow

The police have released a statement with details of the roads that will be closed on 9 June during Indian Prime Ministe...

June 7, 2019 1 min read

SIA denies agreeing to abolish Net Metering & Net Accounting

Denying media reports that it had agreed to a proposal to abolish the Net Metering and Net Accounting schemes, the Solar...

Nisali de Silva
June 7, 2019 2 min read

Supreme Court to examine IGP Pujith's petition

The Supreme Court will on June 24 hear the Fundamental Rights petition filed by Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayas...

June 7, 2019 1 min read

Three-member Police committee gets complaints against Bathiudeen, Hizbullah and Salley

Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said that four complaints have been received by the three-member committee set up to i...

June 7, 2019 1 min read

Nations should be pragmatic as transnational challenges persist – US envoy

The US Acting Secretary of Defence Patrick M.Shanahan is urging all countries to be pragmatic as a number of global chal...

June 6, 2019 2 min read
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Poson to be celebrated in all corners of the country-PM

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that all arrangements have been made to celebrate the Poson festival

June 5, 2019 2 min read

Fifty per cent drop in electrocutions - PUCSL

The number of electrocutions reported in Sri Lanka has fallen by half over the past six years, the Public Utilities Comm...

June 5, 2019 1 min read

Security of Sri Lankan Muslims extremely worrying - OIC envoys

Expressing their concern over the "developing situation" in the country, representatives of the Organisation of Islamic ...

June 5, 2019 1 min read

Sinhala extremists are fulfilling Zaharan's mission

Zaharan wanted the Muslims in Sri Lanka marginalized. The Sinhala extremists attacking Muslims and their properties are ...

Arjuna Ranawana
June 5, 2019 4 min read

Terror cell fully neutralised but vigilance needed - Navin

The immediate threat posed by the National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ) has been fully neutralised, with all leading member...

June 4, 2019 3 min read

Amith Weerasinghe granted bail

Amith Weerasinghe Leader of ‘Mahason Balakaya’ who was in remand is free after he was granted bail today (4) by th...

June 4, 2019 1 min read

Country has failed to take up the baton of coexistence

““The Government, Media, and citizens have failed to take the baton of coexistence forward which some of the religio...

Imesh Ranasinghe
June 4, 2019 2 min read

Abaya-wearing women staff not allowed to work in Kandy girls' school

Teachers and parents of a leading girls' school in Kandy are not allowing staff wearing Abayas to enter the premises aft...

June 4, 2019 2 min read

Nearly 2300 suspects arrested after Easter Sunday - Police

Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said that a total of 2289 suspects were arrested relating to Easter attacks, search op...

June 4, 2019 2 min read

Modi here next week

Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi will pay a one-day visit to Sri Lanka on June 9, the Indian government confirmed tod...

June 3, 2019 1 min read