A major art scandal has emerged with the revelation that 47 valuable and historic paintings from the National Art Gallery (Kalabhavana) have gone missing. Among the missing works are paintings now allegedly in the possession of the brother-in-law of...
The husband of Tamilini Satheesan, the late Assistant Divisional Secretary of Chavakachcheri in Jaffna, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on suspicion over her death, police confirmed yesterday (19).
Tamilini, who was six months pregnant at the...
Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, widely known as Saudi Arabia’s “Sleeping Prince,” has passed away at the age of 36 after spending nearly two decades in a coma.
His family confirmed his death over the weekend, bringing...
A startling revelation was made during a recent Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) meeting regarding a suspicious land transaction involving a deceased individual. The case revolves around a person named Charles Neville Udalagama and a land parcel known as...
Deputy Minister of Irrigation Susil Ranasinghe revealed that politicians have constructed hotels with swimming pools within the reserved areas of 22 reservoirs in the Anuradhapura District.
He stated that the Department of Irrigation and the Department of Surveying have jointly...
Warning for strong winds and rough seas. Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre at 10.00 a.m. on 19 July 2025 for the period until 10.00 a.m. on 20 July 2025
The sea areas extending from Puttalam to Pottuvil...
The National Police Commission has decided to dismiss former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director and Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Nilantha Jayawardena from the police service.
This decision follows a disciplinary inquiry which found Jayawardena guilty of failing...
The Appeal Court yesterday (18) ordered the release of an approximately 80-year-old woman who had been sentenced to death by the Hambantota High Court for a murder committed over three decades ago.
The order was issued after the Appeals Court...
A group of 20 Sri Lankan youths working in the agricultural sector in Israel narrowly escaped injury when the bus they were travelling in caught fire yesterday (18) morning near Kiryat Malakhi.
According to Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Israel, Nimal...
New Zealand took the lead in the Zimbabwe T20I tri-series points table after a second successive win, this time over the hosts. After New Zealand’s bowling attack kept Zimbabwe to 120, the lowest first-innings total of the tournament so...