Ever since 2020, there has been a significant drop in the annual birth rate in Sri Lanka while annual deaths have increased, a senior official from the Registrar General’s Department told journalists. Senior Deputy Registrar General, Attorney-at-Law Lakshika Ganepola said annual births were around 325,000 before 2020, but they have now decreased to around 280,000 […]

Pakistan boat apprehended along with 14 persons The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Sunday (28) recovered 86 kgs of suspected heroin worth INR 6.02 billion from a Pakistani boat, which was on its way to Sri Lanka via Tamil Nadu seas, off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat and arrested 14 crew members, Indian media reported. […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Yoko Kamikawa is scheduled to undertake a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka, beginning May 4. During this visit, the Japanese Foreign Minister is scheduled to pay courtesy calls on President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. The Japanese Foreign Minister and her delegation will have official discussions […]

Thailand and United Arab Emirates (UAE) registered thorough wins in Monday night’s matches of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier at Tolerance Oval and Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The wins kept alive the teams’ hopes of a place in the tournament’s semi-finals. At Tolerance Oval, Thailand bested Uganda by nine wickets, while […]

The deadline for accepting donations to the Children of Gaza Fund, initiated by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to aid those affected by conflicts in Gaza, has now been extended until May 31, 2024. Originally scheduled to conclude on April 30, 2024, the extension follows a widespread appeal from across the island. In the initial phase, on […]

Two more matches were decided in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi on Monday afternoon. Ireland made a statement when they beat Zimbabwe by a comprehensive 56 runs, to rising to the top of Group B at Zayed Cricket Stadium, while Scotland put behind their disappointing 10-wicket loss to Sri Lanka […]

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 30 April 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa and Uva provinces during the morning. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern, North-western and Uva provinces after 1.00 p.m. Showers or thundershowers […]

CoA to take up petition on May 2 Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, has moved the Court of Appeal (CoA) to invalidate the ruling given by the Colombo District Court against him recently. The CoA has ordered a petition filed seeking to invalidate the recent order preventing the Justice Minister from functioning as the […]

Heat Index Advisory issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre At 4.00 p.m. on 29 April 2024, valid for 30 April 2024 Heat index, the temperature felt on human body is expected to increase up to ‘Caution level’ at some places in Northern, North-central and North-Western provinces and in Gampaha, Colombo, Trincomalee and Batticaloa […]

තමන් මේ වනවිට සමගි ජන බලවේගයෙන් ස්වාධීන වී කටයුතු කරමින් සිටින්නේ යැයි හිටපු ඇමති විජිත් විජේමුනි සොයිසා අවධාරණය කරයි. තමන් […]The post මම සජබෙන් ස්වාධීන වුනා – විජේමුනිත් කියයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

විදෙස් රැකියාවල නියුතු ශ්රී ලාංකිකයන් හට පූර්ණ විද්යුත් වාහන බලපත්ර ලබා දීමේ යෝජනා ක්රමයේ කිසිදු විනිවිඳභාවයක් නොමැති බව මුදල් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව පවසයි.

ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදල පකිස්ථානයට තවත් ඩොලර් බිලියන 1.1 ණය මුදලක් මුදා හැරීමට පොරොන්දු වී තිබෙනවා. ඊයේ ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ විධායක මණ්ඩල රැස්වීමකින් අනතුරුවයි මෙම මුදල් අනුමත වුණේ. පකිස්තානය තම ආර්ථිකය වර්ධනය කරගැනීම සඳහා ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය අරමුදලේ තවත් වැඩසටහනක් අපේක්ෂාවෙන් සිටිනවා.  එහෙත් ප්රතිසංස්කරණ සඳහා අවධානය යොමු කිරීම අත්යවශ්ය බවයි වාර්තා වන්නේ. මූල්ය අරමුදල තහවුරු කළේ පසුගිය […]The ...

අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ නිලධාරීන් ලෙස පෙනී සිටිමින් රුපියල් කෝටියක මුදලක් අල්ලස් ලෙස ලබාගත් පුද්ගලයින් සිව්දෙනෙකු අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. දෙහිවල ප්රදේශයේ පදිංචි පුද්ගලයෙකු විසින් සිදුකළ පැමිණිල්ලකට අදාළව එම පිරිස අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති බවයි වාර්තා වන්නේ. ඒ අනුව අදාළ සැකකරුවන් කොල්ලුපිටිය ප්රදේශයේ දී අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන තිබෙනවා. සැකකරුවන් අද (30) කොළඹ ප්රධාන මහෙස්ත්රාත් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට නියමිත...

2017 වසරේ දී එංගලන්තයේදී පැවැති ICC ශූරයින්ගේ කුසලාන තරගාවලියේ දී ඉන්දියාවට එරෙහි තරගය තමා ක්රීඩා කළ හොඳම ඉනිම බව ශ්රී ලංකා එක්දින නායක කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් පවසයි.

இரண்டு மாதங்களுக்கு முன்பு வர்ஷா சாஹு தற்செயலாக தனது மூக்குத்தி திருகை உள்ளிழுத்தபோது, அந்த உலோகப் பொருள் அவரது நுரையீரலில் தங்கிவிட்டது. சில வாரங்களுக்கு அசௌகரியத்தையும் மூச்சுத் திணறலையும் அது ஏற்படுத்தியது. கடைசியில் அது மருத்துவர்களால் அகற்றப்பட்டது.

முதலில் பேட் செய்த டெல்லி கேபிடல்ஸ் அணி 9 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 153 ரன்கள் சேர்த்தது. 154 ரன்கள் இலக்குடன் புறப்பட்ட கொல்கத்தா அணி, 21 பந்துகள் மீதமிருக்கையில், 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 157 ரன்கள் சேர்த்து 7 விக்கெட் வித்தியாசத்தில் வென்றது.

The Meteorology Department says showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern, North-western and Uva provinces after 1.00 p.m.