The Sri Lanka Young Journalists’ Association (YJA) has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake raising serious concerns over the ongoing appointment process to fill a vacancy in the Right to Information (RTI) Commission, alleging a violation of the RTI...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake an official visit to the Maldives on Monday (July 28), at the invitation of Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced.
All 48 passengers and crew on board a passenger plane that crashed in poor weather conditions in Russia’s far east have died, the head of the country’s Amur region has confirmed in a statement.
The Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies...
Donald Trump flies into Scotland later to visit two golf resorts which he owns in the country where his mother was born.
He will travel to Turnberry in South Ayrshire, a world class venue he bought in 2014, and to...
Pakistan ended their Bangladesh tour with a 74-run win in the third T20I in Dhaka. They bowled out the home side for 104 runs, after posting 178 for 7, a marked improvement from the last two games when their...
New Zealand smashed the highest score of the tri series and any hope of Zimbabwe earning a consolation win as they laid down a marker ahead of Saturday’s final against South Africa.
After choosing to bat first – despite captains...
Parliament is scheduled to debate the proposal to remove Inspector General of Police (IGP) T. M. W. Deshabandu Tennakoon from office on 5 August, under Section 17 of the Removal of Public Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002.
This...
Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security, and Cooperative Development, Wasantha Samarasinghe, stated in Parliament that certain individuals have taken funds from Sri Lanka and established companies in the British Virgin Islands. He assured that details regarding these individuals would...
The Supreme Court has postponed sentencing to 23 September in the contempt of court case against Harsha Illukpitiya, the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration, who has pleaded guilty to the charge.
Already living from hand to mouth, millions of garment workers across Asia fear for their jobs as a deadline to strike a trade deal with the US – or face punishing tariffs – looms closer.
On 9 July, following a...