Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will stand trial on a rape charge stemming from an alleged incident which occurred while he was in Australia to play in the Twenty20 World Cup last year.

The Court of Appeal has sentenced Major (Retired) Ajith Prasanna to six-month rigorous imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to another contempt of court charge.

The Chinese Embassy in Colombo on Tuesday organised a special ceremony in Colombo to felicitate the diving team of the Sri Lanka Navy, which engaged in a heroic diving operation to recover the capsized Chinese fishing vessel LU PENG YUAN YU 028 .

Schools across the U.S. East Coast canceled outdoor activities, airline traffic slowed and millions of Americans were urged to stay indoors on Wednesday as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted south, blanketing cities in thick, yellow haze.

Sri Lanka and the Maldives on Wednesday (June 07) signed three Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) in the fields of health cooperation, cultural cooperation and the establishment of a Maldives Cultural Centre in Sri Lanka.

The National People s Power (NPP) is planning to launch a series of protests from today (June 08) to urge the authorities to expedite the Provincial Council (PC) elections.

A Russian youth has died after drowning in the sea area off Hikkaduwa.

The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers are expected at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 June 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers above 75mm are likely at some places in the Sabaragamuwa Province and in Galle, Matara and Kalutara districts. Several […]

SJB MP and economist Dr. Harsha de Silva had been appointed Chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF) following a proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, parliament sources said yesterday. The development follows months of controversy around the ruling SLPP allegedly blocking de Silva’s appointment to the post, despite the President having agreed to […]

Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage yesterday (07) ordered that stand-up comedian Natasha Edirisooriya and the owner of the YouTube channel ‘SL VLOG’ Bruno Divakara be further remanded until 21 June, 2023. The CID arrested the ‘SL VLOG’ owner on 31 May. Edirisooriya was arrested by the CID on 28 May at the BIA. Meanwhile, Ven. Rajangane Saddharathana […]

Two years into the military recapturing power, there does not seem to be a let-up to the torment of the people of Myanmar. The latter are putting up sustained and spirited armed opposition to the military but the ruling junta is yet to contemplate backing down from its harshly repressive treatment of the resisting public. […]

Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises Professor Ranjith Bandara lashed out at the Geological Survey & Mines Bureau (GSMB) for failing to address certain issues. Dr. Bandara said the GSMB was one of the state enterprises against which there were many petitions, the Parliament said yesterday (07) Officials of the GSMB appeared before COPE […]

By Ifham Nizam The government of the Maldives yesterday requested agricultural technical support from Sri Lanka. Maldives Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Affairs Hussain Rasheed Hassan, who is on an official visit said that the current government’s programme for the development of Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector had drawn the attention of the Maldivian government.  Agricu...

In a dramatic rescue operation, the Sri Lanka Navy successfully rescued 38 individuals who were stranded on trawler which ran aground near the Delft Jetty yesterday (7) morning. As a result of the Navy’s prompt involvement, a shipment of construction materials that were at risk of sinking was also saved. The distressed trawler (Kali Ambal […]

By Saman Indrajith The government should grant relief to small and middle level entrepreneurs by issuing a circular suspending parate executions by the banks, Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday. “If the government is actually concerned about the SMEs affected by the pandemic and the economic crisis, then all […]

Sri Lankan and Chinese experts held a symposium on coral reef ecology in Colombo on Tuesday to discuss the current state of coral reefs and explore strategies for their protection and restoration. The symposium was hosted by Colombo Port City with the support of the University of Ruhuna, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, […]

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to China Dr. Palitha Kohona has called for the revival of the spirit of adventure, travel and discovery by today’s inheritors of the Fa Xian tradition. Dr. Kohona said so as the chief guest at the 1689th birth anniversary celebration of monk Fa Xian at the city of Linfen in Shanxi. While […]

… claims Health Ministry wants to accommodate KDU batch By Shamindra Ferdinando Alleging that the Health Ministry deliberately delayed internship to new doctors, the Government Medical Officers’ Association yesterday (07) said that it would resort to trade union action unless the government sorted out the issue by next Monday (12). GMOA Secretary Dr. Haritha Aluthge […]