A group of non-governmental organisations and their linked individuals have urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayakaye to withdraw the Personal Data Protection Act (amendment) Bill (Data Protection Act No 09 of 2022) that was gazetted in March 2025. They have...
Six officials, including the Additional General Manager of the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau, have been suspended with immediate effect over a massive fraud involving the illegal deployment of women for foreign employment without mandatory training.
A spokesperson for the...
In the wake of a student’s tragic death allegedly caused by ragging, the academic activities of 11 students from Sabaragamuwa University have been suspended, police said.
Among them are four third-year students arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on...
The People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) has lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission, accusing Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya of making a statement that allegedly encouraged election campaigning during the legally mandated silent period.
In a...
Punjab Kings (PBKS) are marching towards a spot in the playoffs, moving up to No. 2 on the table. They dispatched one of their main rivals Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) with a power-packed batting performance, scoring 236 for 5,...
Police Media Spokesman, SSP Buddhika Manatunga yesterday said that arrangements were currently underway to bring back to Sri Lanka more than 20 underworld gang leaders living in Dubai, India, and Canada.
He said so after announcing that Lathuwahandi Sujeewa Ruwan...
Sri Lanka’s fiscal health showed signs of improvement in early 2025, with the budget deficit narrowing to Rs. 86.6 billion in the first two months of the year, down from Rs. 129.3 billion in the same period last year....
President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayaka arrived in Hanoi on May 4 morning, beginning a state visit to Vietnam and participation in the 20th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations (Vesak 2025) from May 4 to 6 at...
Romanians will try again to elect a new president today, six months after the first attempt ended in scandal and confusion.
A radical outsider with mystical leanings, Calin Georgescu, came first on 24 November, but that result was annulled over...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced that the government will shut down non-functioning and redundant public institutions, beginning with agencies like the Sri Lanka Cement Corporation and the Cinnamon Development Department, as part of a sweeping plan to restructure...