News Room : Action Sought Against Archchuna for Sexually Violent Remark Towards Lawyer Swasthika Arulingam in Parliament
Leader of the House Bimal Rathnayake today (17) requested the Speaker to take action against independent MP Ramanathan Archchuna for making a sexually derogatory...
News Room : Sri Lanka completes 29 years since 1996 World Cup victory
Sri Lankan cricket fans will never forget March 17, 1996 – the day the Lions made history by winning the ICC Cricket World Cup...
News Room : Nominations Open for Local Government Elections; Postal Voting Deadline Ends Tonight
The acceptance of nominations for the upcoming Local Government (LG) Elections begins today (17 January). The Election Commission stated that nominations will be accepted until...
News Room : US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order
More than 200 Venezuelans alleged by the White House to be gang members have been deported from the US to a supermax prison in...
News Room : MP resigns from Parliament to contest LG polls in East – The Island
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday rejected the Batalanda Commission report in its entirety. “I wholly reject the report. No one can say the report was...
News Room : ‘I Reject Everything Except Crimes Committed by JVP in 88/90’ – RW on Batalanda Commission Report
Issuing a special statement on 16 March, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe categorically rejected the findings of the ‘Batalanda’ Commission report. Wickremesinghe made this statement after...
News Room : Man Shot Dead in Ambalangoda Over Suspicion of Being Police Informant
Police suspect that the fatal shooting of a 45-year-old man in Ambalangoda last night (14) was carried out due to suspicions that he was...
News Room : PM Says Government Committed to Breaking Barriers for Women in Business
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya highlighted that while women play a crucial role in Sri Lanka’s economic and social development, structural barriers still restrict their...
News Room : US had productive talks with Putin over Ukraine war, Trump says – The Island
US President Donald Trump has praised talks held with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the US-proposed ceasefire deal in Ukraine as “good and productive”. This...
News Room : Cop had stolen 9mm police pistol and given it to rap artiste – The Island
By Norman Palihawadane and Hemantha Randunu Police officers from the Matara Division Criminal Investigation Unit recovered a 9mm pistol, a magazine, and 10 bullets from the home...