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35th “November Heroes’ Commemoration”
The 35th “November Heroes’ Commemoration” of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) was held yesterday at the New Town Hall in Colombo.
The General...
News Room : Breaking: Batalanda Commission Report to Be Tabled in...
The Government will table the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) report on Batalanda in Parliament today (14 March).
The Cabinet has decided to present the...
News Room : Showers in several provinces today (27) – The...
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Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 25 January 2025 by the Department of Meteorology
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A 29-year-old Sri Lankan national has died under suspicious circumstances at a nightclub in the Pipera area of Bucharest, Romania, early last morning (30 June), reportedly after collapsing during a party.
Initial reports indicate that the death is believed to...
Donald Trump’s move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lanceet medical journal on Monday.
A third of those at...
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ramanathan Archchuna today (30) made a special statement in Parliament regarding the controversial release of 323 cargo containers, expressing his willingness to reveal full details about the shipments — but only if the government...
vThe Malwathu Maha Viharaya in Kandy has issued a special statement refuting a misleading news report that claimed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa requested the Chief Prelate of the Malwathu Chapter to intervene on behalf of his wife, Shiranthi Rajapaksa.
The...
Events in Sri Lanka this July
Sirus Migration Education, a leading Australia-based migration and education consultancy, has announced its upcoming two-week visit to Sri Lanka this July. The initiative will feature two exclusive in-person events, offering Sri Lankan entrepreneurs and...
A man who allegedly provided a false tip-off to the Police Emergency Unit (119) claiming that a woman was planning a grenade attack on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during the upcoming Upasampada ceremony at the Galnewa public grounds has...
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has pushed back against a claim made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk that a bill to decriminalise same-sex relationships is currently under consideration in Sri Lanka’s Parliament, The Sunday Times reported....
About 90 percent of land, held by the armed forces during the war in the Northern and Eastern provinces, had been released, in stages, since 2010, A group of military officers told The Island on condition of anonymity.
They were...
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Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody has lashed out at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank over their public criticism of amendments to the Electricity Act, accusing them of bypassing diplomatic channels...