Supreme Court Justice Yasantha Kodagoda emphasised that public officials can avoid criminal liability for bribery and corruption if they perform their duties with integrity, accountability, and independence, grounded in the principles of administrative law.
Speaking at the launch of ‘Paripalana...
Four people have died and another 1,300 evacuated as torrential rains pound South Korea, with authorities warning that the unseasonal deluge will continue.
Among those killed were two men in their 80s. Authorities believe one of them was trying to...
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has scheduled a hearing for 13 November to examine a fundamental rights petition seeking an order to recover compensation allegedly paid illegally by the government to former ministers for damage to their properties...
Prime Minister and Minister of Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya has strongly denied claims that the subjects of History and Aesthetics have been removed from Sri Lanka’s national curriculum under the new education reforms. She emphasised that such misinformation is...
Three police officers attached to various police stations in the Matara Division have been suspended from duty following misconduct at a massage centre (spa) in Walgama, Matara.
The suspension order was issued by the Acting Superintendent of Police (SP) of...
Deepti Sharma gave India the upper hand against England again, although in a more conventional style this time, with a match-winning half-century at Southampton for a 1-0 lead in their three-match ODI series.
The last time these sides met in...
A paranormal investigator who was helping lead a national tour of the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll has suddenly died over the weekend.
On Tuesday, the New England Society for Psychic Research announced the “sudden” death of 54-year-old Dan Rivera, the organization’s lead...
A Chinese woman who repaid all her boyfriend’s 600,000-yuan (US$82,000) debt and looked after his family for nine years after he died following a car accident, has moved many people online.
Wang Ting, 34, from central China’s Hunan province, lost...
Sri Lanka Parliament’s the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has commenced pilot testing of an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to digitise and modernise long-standing system of handwritten Hansard records and committee meeting minutes.
SJB MP and COPF Chair Dr Harsha...
A 26-year-old Thai transwoman has been sentenced to six weeks in prison by the Pottuvil Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to indecent exposure and causing a public nuisance by walking topless in Pottuvil, Arugam Bay.
The sentence was suspended for...