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North Korea plans to launch three more spy satellites next year as part of efforts to ramp up its military, the country’s state media has said. Last month Pyongyang put a spy satellite into space – and claims it has since photographed major US and South Korean military sites. Setting out his aims for 2024, […]
It has been reported that a 53 year old inmate of the Matara Prison has died after being hospitalized with symptoms of meningitis. A week ago, an inmate of the Matara Prison was reported dead due to suspected meningitis and 16 other inmates were hospitalized.
A woman and her three young children have been found dead inside their house in Malabe. The Police said that the 35-year-old woman and two sons and daughter were found dead inside the house at Kahanthota Road in Malabe. The children were aged 08, 09 and 07 years. According to reports, there is suspicion the […]
In what could be seen as a bid to woo Tamil voters ahead of the 2024 LS elections, BJP national president JP Nadda on Saturday released a stamp commemorating 200 years of Indian-origin Tamils living in Sri Lanka now.
As part of the sequence of religious programmes held in view of the 73rd Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Navy, a spiritual event was conducted at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya on 29th December 2023, with the attendance of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera and the President of Navy Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Mala Lamahewa.
An employee of SriLankan Catering has been arrested by the officers of Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Control Division, at the exit terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake along with smuggled gold biscuits worth over Rs. 170 million.
A 35-year-old woman has reportedly committed suicide by consuming poison after feeding poison to her two sons and daughter at Kahantota in Malabe, police said.
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Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 31 December 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces during the morning. Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa, Matale, Nuwara-Eliya and Hambantota districts while several spells […]
by Amal Jayasinghe The controversial arrest of Sri Lanka’s senior most Kapuwa, or the intermediary between devotee and deity, has renewed a debate over who should benefit from the valuable offerings to the gods. Somipala Ratnayake, the chief “Kapuwa” at the Kataragama Maha Devale was taken into custody on Wednesday over a missing gold tray […]
It has been reported that a police officer attached to the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) was killed while another person was injured during a shooting incident that took place near a hotel in Palana, Weligama this morning (31)
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka is expecting 1,400 billion rupees from Value Added Tax in 2024, after broadening the base and raising the rate, Director of the State Revenue Unit of the President’s Office K K I Eranda has said. Though 600 billion rupees was expected from VAT in 2023 only about 450 billion had been collected […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed Justice Neil Iddawala, retired Judge of the Appeal Court, as the Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and two other members of the Commission, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The other members are Chethiya Goonesekera PC, previously in the Attorney-General’s Department and K. Bernard […]
Sri Lanka’s inflation rose to 4.0 percent in December, the third consecutive monthly rise as the cash-strapped nation was set to increase taxes from the New Year.The benchmark Colombo Consumer Price Index jumped by 1.7 points to reach 195.1, or a 4.0 percent increase compared to a year ago when inflation was 57.2 percent. The […]
The strained balance sheets of the household and the corporate sectors in the backdrop of the severe economic crisis which resulted in an erosion of real income levels amid elevated price levels, hindered the debt repayment capacities of households and corporates, the Central Bank said in its Financial Stability Review for the Year 2023. Households […]
by Rex Clementine The Boxing Day Test match has become an integral part of the game of cricket as during the festive season people are hooked onto their televisions from morning to evening watching the proceedings at MCG before switching their channel to find out what’s happening at Centurion. The Boxing Day Tests are […]
Sri Lanka’s pay as you earn (PAYE) tax registrations have increased from 41,636 in 2022 to 242,679 in 2023, Commissioner of the Department of Inland Revenue, A. M. Nafeer, said during a press conference at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) on Thursday (28). He added that in 2022, a total of 73,444 companies were registered […]
By Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London A momentous Christmas tradition took an extraordinary turn this year as King Charles III’s annual holiday message was followed by the enchanting voice of 15-year-old Binu Tennakoon, London-born of Sri Lankan descent, leading the carol choir in a heartwarming rendition of a beloved carol. In an exclusive interview with […]
An inmate of the Matara Prison has reportedly died after being hospitalized with symptoms of meningitis.
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India’s BJP chief JP Nadda released a postal stamp here on Saturday commemorating 200 years of Indian origin Tamils in Sri Lanka. The stamp was received by the Governor of Eastern Province Government of Sri Lanka Senthil Thodaman at an event organised for its release at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, the BJP’s Tamil […]
Moscow has accused Ukraine of deadly air strikes on south-west Russia – with 20 people killed and more than 100 injured in Belgorod, near the border. The regional governor said three children were among the dead in what was one of the deadliest attacks on Russia since it invaded Ukraine. A Ukrainian security source insisted […]
A police officer was killed while another person was injured during a shooting incident near a hotel in Weligama while police were conducting a raid.
Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka crossed the 200,000 mark in December, the highest arrivals for the last four years in one month. Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said that total arrivals for 2023 will be almost close to 1.5 million which was the original target set in Jan 2023. Sri Lanka’s tourism sector has been on […]
Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem had to face a tough battle during his qualifying tennis match at the Brisbane International – and also one of Australia’s most venomous snakes. Thiem’s match against Australian James McCabe was suspended for 40 minutes on Saturday after a snake slithered courtside. It was spotted by fans near the […]
Pakistan’s election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 parliamentary elections, with Khan’s Pakistan Tahreek-e Insaf (PTI) party accusing authorities of stopping most of its candidates from participating in the elections due in February. The 71-year-old former cricket star, who is serving a three-year prison sentence for corruption, was […]
A total of 11 catches were dropped in Mumbai. First, India put down seven and as if to return the favour a bit, Australia spilled four. But Phoebe Litchfield took a stunner for the visitors when it mattered most, ending a crucial 88-run stand for India when they needed another 100 with 17 overs and […]
Forty four Sri Lankans who were in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by a Royal order. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates has formally conveyed to the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi that these Sri Lankan prisoners received pardon by the Royal order on […]
A total of 44 Sri Lankans who were detained in different prisons across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been pardoned by a Royal order.
A pioneer of location-tracking technology has been appointed OBE in the King s New Year Honours in the United Kingdom.