Sampath Bank PLC announced that Sanjaya Gunawardana officially commenced his tenure as the 9th Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Bank on 24th September 2025. He succeeds Ms. Ayodhya Iddawela Perera, who concluded her term in office after steering...
The Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court today (26) rejected a request made by the complainant to name Wasantha Samarasinghe, Mahinda Jayasinghe, and Ranjan Jayalal as suspects and to produce them before court.
Delivering the order, Magistrate Pasan Amarasinghe noted that an...
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the government is stepping up efforts to combat hate speech, ethnic incitement, terrorism-related content, and other illegal activities spread through social media. He also announced that amendments to the Online...
The Colombo High Court has scheduled a pre-trial conference for 18 December in the case filed by the Attorney General against Namal Rajapaksa over the controversial ‘Krrish’ project.
When the case was called today, Rajapaksa was present in court.
The High...
Colombo High Court yesterday (25 September) heard evidence in the case filed by the Bribery Commission against former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and former Chairman of the State Printing Corporation (SPC) Jayampathi Heenkenda. The case concerns the payment of Rambukwella’s...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday declaring that his plan to sell Chinese-owned TikTok’s U.S. operations to U.S. and global investors will address the national security requirements in a 2024 law.
The new U.S. company will be...
The Sri Lanka High Commission in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with the National Craft Council of Sri Lanka (NCC), hosted a RoundTable Discussion on the future of Sri Lankan crafts, bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders to...
Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne yesterday (25) informed the Houset that he was not in a position to accept the no-confidence motion submitted by the Opposition against Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General (retd.) Aruna Jayasekara by a group of...
Supreme Court has directed the Attorney General to explore legal action against a foreign shipping company accused of misappropriating compensation payments related to the MV X-Press Pearl maritime disaster, following the company’s refusal to comply with a court-ordered US$1...
In a politically charged atmosphere leading up to the February polls in Bangladesh, a fierce dispute has erupted between the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) and the nation’s Election Commission (EC). The crux of the conflict lies in the...