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BNI Sri Lanka’s flagship event – the BNI National Conference 2025 – was successfully held on the 18th at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo, with the enthusiastic participation of over 250 members representing 16 chapters across Sri Lanka and 160...
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Janaka Tissakuttiarachchi today (29) offered an unconditional apology to President and then National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. The apology comes in relation to a defamation...
Australia put on a final display of their batting power to secure a 5-0 T20I whitewash over West Indies. Tim David and Mitchell Owen launched seven sixes between them, as the overall series tally ended as the second-highest for...
Police have reported that the SJB Gorup Leader of the Yatinuwara Pradeshiya Sabha, his wife, and their daughter were found deceased inside their residence in the Yahalatenna area. According to police, the bodies of the 52-year-old man, his 44-year-old wife,...
Retired Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Priyantha Jayakody was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this evening (28) over allegations that he orchestrated a threatening scheme targeting himself. Jayakody is accused of conspiring to send threatening messages...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser Namal Rajapaksa were aboard the same flight to the Maldives today (28), even as a warrant was issued for Rajapaksa’s arrest. The President was travelling to Malé on...
Former Sri Lanka Navy Commander Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the abduction and murder of an individual in Pothuhera. At the time of the incident, Ulugetenne served as the Head...
At least seven court cases related to the brutal killing of wild elephants—some by gunfire and others electrocuted—are currently being heard across multiple Magistrate Courts in Sri Lanka. Four of these cases are being heard before the Kekirawa Magistrate’s Court,...
The driver of a crane involved in a deadly crash at the Kanatte Junction in Borella early this morning (28) has tested positive for cannabis, authorities confirmed following a medical examination. The accident occurred when the crane, travelling from Rajagiriya...
The spot fine payment system via GovPay was officially launched today (28 July) in the Western Province and on expressways. Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake, made the announcement at a media briefing, stating that relevant...