Chair of the Parliamentary Caucus for Children MP Rohini Kumari Wijerathna has said many social problems arise due to the exposure of child victims and the child suspects by the media and therefore immediate measures should be taken to end the practice. This was mentioned at the Parliamentary Caucus for Children which convened in Parliament […]

Chair of the Parliamentary Caucus for Children Rohini Kumari Wijerathna emphasized that many social problems have arisen due to the exposure of child victims and the child accused, through the media and therefore immediate measures should be taken to prevent it. The Ministry of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment and its affiliates such as […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has categorically rejected the allegation levelled in a television news report against the Consular Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry.

by Laleen Jayamanne ( Continued From Wednesday) The Multi-Ethnic fan base Gamini Fonseka, who introduced action (fights) with a new image of proletarian muscular masculinity into Sinhala cinema, was loved by both the Sinhala and Tamil male films fans for those reasons. His film Sarungale, where he played a rather sedentary Tamil Clerk (he spoke […]

Greatly saddened and given to discussion were Cass and her batch of friends on reading about the death of a 42-year-old Tamil domestic servant come to slave in a rich home in Colombo to support her very poor family in far-away Badulla. She worked at the home of teledrama producer cum businesswoman Sudharma Nethicumara. We […]

NEW DELHI: A UAE free economic zone invited Indian companies on Thursday to expand operations into the region, as the Gulf state tries to attract investors from South Asia’s largest economy with new opportunities. Economic ties between India and the UAE received a major boost when their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement came into force in […]

The bail applications of Rasheed Ibrahim, the 14th accused in the Colombo High Court Trial at Bar over the Easter carnage, and Akram Ahkam, the 25th accused in the same case, were taken up for inquiry in the Court of Appeal before Justice Sampath B. Abayakoon and Justice P. Kumararatnam on Thursday. According to the […]

By Sanath Nanayakkare State Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs Geetha Kumarasinghe says she is waiting to see how President Ranil Wickremesinghe will act when the presidential election 2024 is officially announced before declaring her political allegiance to anyone. “I think it’s too early to say whose candidacy I would support. There are two reasons […]

Pakistan s top court on Thursday ordered the anti-graft agency to release former Prime Minister Imran Khan from its custody, broadcaster Geo TV reported.

by Sanath Nanayakkare State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said on Tuesday that Sri Lanka Navy will undertake the task of mapping out an essential map for safe marine navigation for ocean-going ships sailing in Sri Lankan waters. “Many countries require merchant ships to have these maps on board for safe navigation when they […]

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been taken into custody by paramilitary force, local GEO TV reported on Tuesday.

by Norman Palihawadane The Welimada police are looking for two suspects for allegedly abducting and assaulting a teledrama and film producer. One of them is known as Tarzan.Five suspects had been arrested for the abduction and assault of teledrama and film producer Gamini Priyantha Samarakoon, who was later left on the Welimada-Nuwara Eliya Road, last […]

King Charles III has been crowned in the United Kingdom’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, in the presence of the royal family, 4,000 British and Commonwealth troops, about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head in Westminster […]

Terrorist Iqbal alias Bali Khayara, who was a member of Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Khayara group, was killed in a police encounter near Fateh Moor, in Dera Ismail Khan, police officials confirmed. Iqbal was one of the most wanted terrorists, and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab police had announced a reward of Rs. 10.5 million […]

The detention of a Japanese employee of drugmaker Astellas Pharma in China involves espionage, Beijing’s new ambassador to Tokyo, Wu Jianghao, alleged on Friday. Responding to questions from reporters at the Japan National Press Club, Wu said: “The core of this incident is that it is a spy incident that touches on China’s national security. […]