Police commandos gun down one of their cashiered sergeants The STF has resumed anti-underworld operations, with a pre-dawn raid in Kahatuduwa yesterday (25) resulting in the death of a contract killer linked to the notorious gang led by underworld figure...
Artist Vinod Tharanga has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) in connection with a bribery complaint. According to the Commission, the suspect was taken into custody for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs....
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has warned the public about a fake PDF document being circulated via email and WhatsApp, falsely bearing the name of the Acting Inspector General of Police. According to the CID, the fraudulent messages have been...
Sri Lanka has decided to waive visa fees for 40 additional countries in a move aimed at revitalising the tourism industry, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath announced today (25 July). He made the announcement at the...
Attorney-at-Law Chamari Priyanka, the widow of late State Minister Sanath Nishantha, has firmly denied rumours circulating on social media claiming she is planning to leave the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to join another political party. Responding to questions from...
The Sri Lanka Young Journalists’ Association (YJA) has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake raising serious concerns over the ongoing appointment process to fill a vacancy in the Right to Information (RTI) Commission, alleging a violation of the RTI...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake an official visit to the Maldives on Monday (July 28), at the invitation of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced.
All 48 passengers and crew on board a passenger plane that crashed in poor weather conditions in Russia’s far east have died, the head of the country’s Amur region has confirmed in a statement. The Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies...
Donald Trump flies into Scotland later to visit two golf resorts which he owns in the country where his mother was born. He will travel to Turnberry in South Ayrshire, a world class venue he bought in 2014, and to...
Pakistan ended their Bangladesh tour with a 74-run win in the third T20I in Dhaka. They bowled out the home side for 104 runs, after posting 178 for 7, a marked improvement from the last two games when their...