News Room : Excessive Spending on Whitening Products Behind Many Domestic Disputes in Mahiyanganaya: Police Officer
A significant number of domestic disputes reported in Mahiyanganaya are linked to women spending excessively on whitening beauty treatments using money earned by their husbands, according to investigations, said Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) G.W.B.S. Palipana of Badulla District Division 03 (Mahiyanganaya). He made these remarks while addressing a programme held on 8 July at the Badulla Teaching Hospital to...
News Room : Spinners set up historic series win for India Women – The Island
After their 3-0 ODI series sweep in 2022, India Women achieved another milestone with their first T20I series victory on English soil. The result is especially significant, coming less than a year before they return to these shores in pursuit of their maiden T20 World Cup title. Wednesday’s victory at Old Trafford was shaped by India’s spinners – Radha Yadav...
News Room : Court Directs Rajangane Saddharathana Thera to NHSL Psychiatric Clinic
Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday (9) ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit a detailed analytical report to the court if any obscene or offensive language has been used in videos posted on the “Rajangane Hamudurwo” YouTube channel by Rajangane Saddharathana Thera, despite a bail condition. The court further directed the suspect to appear before the Psychiatric Clinic of the...
News Room : New MP sworn in
Ushettige Don Nishantha Jayaweera was sworn in as a Member of Parliament of the Tenth Parliament, yesterday, before Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne. Following the oath taking the new MP signed the Members’ Roll placed before the Secretary General of Parliament, Kushani Rohanadeera. The Election Commission issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification on July 07 appointing Nishantha Jayaweera as a National List Member of Parliament to fill the vacancy created by...
News Room : Editors’ Guild pulls out of media policy committee – The Island
Sri Lanka’s estimated poverty (share of the population living on less than $3.65 a day) remains stubbornly high, affecting as much as a quarter of the population in 2024, and twice as high as in 2021. The reversal in poverty reduction gains during the crisis has taken Sri Lanka back to its high poverty levels of the early 2000s,...
News Room : More than 50% of schools inspected have mosquito breeding grounds – The Island
More than 3,800 red notices had been issued to individuals who failed to eliminate potential dengue mosquito breeding grounds during the recently concluded National Mosquito Control Week, Dr. Prashila Samaraweera of the National Dengue Control Unit, said. Addressing a media briefing on Tuesday (08), Dr. Samaraweera revealed that 144,250 premises had been inspected, countrywide, as part of the campaign. Of...
News Room : Siyam Daham Pilgrimage Concludes with Ceremony at Sri Dalada Maligawa
The Siyam Daham Padayatra, a spiritual foot pilgrimage that began at the sacred Kirivehera in Kataragama, concluded after twenty days upon reaching Colombo and culminated with a special ceremony at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. The final religious observance was held under the patronage of the Anunayaka Thero of the Asgiriya Chapter, Venerable Wedaruwe Upali Thero, along with the...
News Room : Only Police Can Use and Possess Legitimate Handcuffs: Spokesperson
Only officers attached to institutions responsible for maintaining law and order are legally permitted to use or possess legitimate handcuffs, Police Media Spokesperson Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) F. U. Wuttler said, according to the State owned newspaper Silumina. He stressed that the possession or use of such handcuffs by any unauthorised individual is illegal. Furthermore, the manufacture of...
News Room : Island Life – Sri Lanka announced as the new rebranded identity of Maitland & Knox Heritage Hotels
Maitland & Knox Heritage Hotels, the homegrown luxury boutique chain behind Galle Fort Hotel, Thotalagala, and The Warden’s House, has officially rebranded as Island Life – Sri Lanka. This is among the biggest rebranding exercises carried...
News Room : No New/Additional VAT Imposed on the Public – Deputy Minister Anil Jayantha Clarifies on ‘Digital Tax’
There has been no imposition of any new or additional Value Added Tax (VAT) on the public, stated Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Dr Anil Jayantha Fernando, addressing the media today (8 July). Responding to concerns over the VAT applicable to digital services in Sri Lanka from 1 October 2025, the Deputy Minister clarified that the recent gazette only outlines...