A draft bill seeking to repeal the Presidential Entitlements Act No. 4 of 1986—which grants special privileges to former Presidents and their families—will be presented to Parliament for approval, following Cabinet approval for its gazetting.
According to the government’s policy...
Over Rs. 40 million worth of assets believed to have been acquired through drug trafficking have been confiscated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, according to the Police Media Division.
The assets are linked to a woman from Nalagasdeniya,...
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya met with Dr Nadeesha Chandrasena, the visionary Sri Lankan inventor behind the award-winning Smart Drain system, following its global recognition at the 2025 WIPO Global Awards held in Geneva.
Dr Nadeesha Chandrasena’s innovation, developed under the...
A 26-year-old university student has gone missing after reportedly falling into the Mahaweli Vyāna Canal near the 17th Mile Post in Mapakadawewa along the Mahiyangana–Badulla Road, according to Mahiyanganaya Police.
The missing woman has been identified as Rashmi Lakshika Mendis,...
Corbin Bosch and Nandre Burger stifled Zimbabwe with the ball, and rookie Rubin Hermann struck his maiden T20I fifty to secure South Africa’s place in the T20I tri-series final – while knocking the hosts out – in a seven...
A major art scandal has emerged with the revelation that 47 valuable and historic paintings from the National Art Gallery (Kalabhavana) have gone missing. Among the missing works are paintings now allegedly in the possession of the brother-in-law of...
The husband of Tamilini Satheesan, the late Assistant Divisional Secretary of Chavakachcheri in Jaffna, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on suspicion over her death, police confirmed yesterday (19).
Tamilini, who was six months pregnant at the...
Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, widely known as Saudi Arabia’s “Sleeping Prince,” has passed away at the age of 36 after spending nearly two decades in a coma.
His family confirmed his death over the weekend, bringing...
A startling revelation was made during a recent Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) meeting regarding a suspicious land transaction involving a deceased individual. The case revolves around a person named Charles Neville Udalagama and a land parcel known as...
Deputy Minister of Irrigation Susil Ranasinghe revealed that politicians have constructed hotels with swimming pools within the reserved areas of 22 reservoirs in the Anuradhapura District.
He stated that the Department of Irrigation and the Department of Surveying have jointly...