The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, in relation to a bribery case involving the payment of rent for a luxury apartment by Arjun Aloysius.
Karunanayake had appealed to the Supreme Court, challenging...
Gampola Magistrate Kanchana Kodithuwakku has lodged a complaint with the Gampola Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), stating that she has received anonymous letters containing threats and defamatory remarks.
The letters have reportedly increased in frequency following several rulings she...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today (2) praised Finance Ministry Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena for his pivotal role in leading tax and institutional reforms during a critical period in Sri Lanka’s recent history.
Speaking at the inauguration of National Tax Week, President...
The Ministry of Health has issued a statement addressing recent reports concerning the human immunoglobulin medication.
The statement, signed by Specialist Dr Ananda Wijewickrama, Chairman of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), clarifies the matter.
According to the statement, the Indian-manufactured...
Mohammad Haris’ maiden T20I century gunned down the 197-run target against Bangladesh in the third T20I in Lahore. Pakistan coasted to a seven-wicket win to complete an impressive 3-0 series win, testing themselves in the third game by deciding...
England did not quite turn their back on Joe Root as a limited-overs batter, but certainly the schedule threatened to axe him from white-ball cricket.
A couple of crises and a change of management later, here Root was in Cardiff,...
The Jasprit Bumrah yorker isn’t invincible. Not even when it starts to tail. Shreyas Iyer met it with extraordinary coolness and an open face of the bat to find a boundary. It gave him the 61st run of an...
A Sri Lankan tourist was assaulted by a transgender woman armed with high heel shoes on the city’s beach road Saturday night after he daringly touched her genitals twice to verify her gender–then refused to pay or proceed with...
A 14-year-old girl who was hospitalised due to abdominal pain has been found to be pregnant, according to medical examinations.
Reports state that the girl, a resident of the Kelburne Estate in Haputale, was admitted to the Diyatalawa Hospital by...
Deputy Minister of Transport Prasanna Gunasena has announced a decisive plan to tackle Kandy’s growing traffic congestion, focusing on the underuse of pedestrian underpass network in the city.
Speaking to the media, the Deputy Minister revealed that while underpass systems...