Prime Minister and Minister of Education Dr Harini Amarasuriya has strongly denied claims that the subjects of History and Aesthetics have been removed from Sri Lanka’s national curriculum under the new education reforms. She emphasised that such misinformation is...
Three police officers attached to various police stations in the Matara Division have been suspended from duty following misconduct at a massage centre (spa) in Walgama, Matara.
The suspension order was issued by the Acting Superintendent of Police (SP) of...
Deepti Sharma gave India the upper hand against England again, although in a more conventional style this time, with a match-winning half-century at Southampton for a 1-0 lead in their three-match ODI series.
The last time these sides met in...
A paranormal investigator who was helping lead a national tour of the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll has suddenly died over the weekend.
On Tuesday, the New England Society for Psychic Research announced the “sudden” death of 54-year-old Dan Rivera, the organization’s lead...
A Chinese woman who repaid all her boyfriend’s 600,000-yuan (US$82,000) debt and looked after his family for nine years after he died following a car accident, has moved many people online.
Wang Ting, 34, from central China’s Hunan province, lost...
Sri Lanka Parliament’s the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has commenced pilot testing of an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to digitise and modernise long-standing system of handwritten Hansard records and committee meeting minutes.
SJB MP and COPF Chair Dr Harsha...
A 26-year-old Thai transwoman has been sentenced to six weeks in prison by the Pottuvil Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to indecent exposure and causing a public nuisance by walking topless in Pottuvil, Arugam Bay.
The sentence was suspended for...
The Anuradhapura Magistrate’s Court yesterday (15) dismissed a request by a former army soldier, currently held in remand, who sought permission to deliver an additional statement in court regarding a sexual assault case.
The case concerns the alleged sexual assault...
SLT-MOBITEL has become the first telecommunications provider in Sri Lanka to partner with KOKO, the country’s pioneering Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform, to offer flexible payment solutions for 4G and 5G-ready devices and connectivity products.
This partnership marks a...
Singer Sri Lanka PLC, the country’s most trusted name in consumer technology, has further solidified its leadership in the mobile phone market with the exclusive launch of two new 5G-enabled smartphones from HONOR: the Honor 200 Smart 5G and...