COLOMBO, May 27 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Wednesday (27) announced plans to introduce legal reforms aimed at strengthening discipline within the Buddhist clergy, including the revival o... Read More
COLOMBO, May 27 -- The trial against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundera over the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks was on Wednesday (2... Read More
COLOMBO, May 27 -- A nationwide special police operation targeting organized crime and narcotics has led to the arrest of 589 individuals, including 24 identified as having direct links to major crimi... Read More
COLOMBO, May 27 -- Sri Lanka's banking sector has assured the public that the country's financial system remains stable, resilient, and secure despite several recent incidents of financial fraud and c... Read More
COLOMBO, May 26 -- The Mahaweli Development Authority has taken steps to recover ancestral lands handed over to private companies and return them to indigenous communities, government legal counsel to... Read More
COLOMBO, May 25 -- Former Minister and National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa was on Monday (25) granted bail by the Kaduwela Magistrate's Court hours after being arrested by Thalangama ... Read More
COLOMBO, May 25 -- Pakistan Army Chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, has concluded a brief but "highly productive" official visit to Iran, during which he held talks with senior Iranian leaders as p... Read More
COLOMBO, May 25 -- India on Monday (25) handed over a fleet of 134 single-cab vehicles to the Sri Lanka Police under a grant assistance program worth 300 million Sri Lankan rupees aimed at strengtheni... Read More
COLOMBO, May 25 -- Sri Lanka's Ambassador-designate to Ethiopia, Nirmala Paranavitana, held discussions with Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia, Abdullahi Mohamed Warfa, on bilateral cooperation and ong... Read More
COLOMBO, May 22 -- Sri Lanka's National Commission on Women (NCW) on Thursday (21) called for stronger legal, psychosocial and institutional protections for a child survivor at the centre of an allege... Read More