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Another Bangladesh student leader shot as violence spirals ahead of polls

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Another student leader in Bangladesh has been shot amid violence over the recent killing of Inqilab Manch spokesperson Usman Hadi. Unknown gunmen have opened fire at a senior le... Read More


Former Beliatta PS Chairman Cyril Munasinghe granted bail

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Former Chairman of the Beliatta Pradeshiya Sabha, Cyril Munasinghe who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on suspicion of... Read More


External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The Minister of External Affairs of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow (23). According to the Indian External Affairs Ministry, Minister Jaish... Read More


Police officer arrested in connection with incident involving MP Shantha Padma Kumara

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The police constable involved in the assault incident with Ratnapura District National People's Power (NPP) Member of Parliament Shantha Pathma Kumara Subasingha has been arreste... Read More


Russian general killed in car bomb in Moscow

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- A Russian general has been killed this morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of th... Read More


Bondi gunmen threw explosives at start of attack and practised shooting weeks before, police allege

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- The gunmen who allegedly carried out a deadly attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach last week threw four undetonated explosives at the start of the attack, including a "tenn... Read More


Minister pledges new housing complexes for families affected by disaster

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Plans are underway to establish housing complexes for those who lost their homes due to the impact of cyclone Ditwah, the Minister of Housing, Construction and Water Supply, Susi... Read More


Level 3 landslide warnings issued to seven DS areas extended

Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- Level 3 'Red' landslide warnings issued for seven Divisional Secretariat divisions in the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts have been extended by the National Building Research Or... Read More


Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith criticises education reforms that strips parents of their rights

Sri Lanka, Dec. 21 -- The present government is moving forward with education reforms that strips parents of their rights, according to Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith stat... Read More


Over 500,000 displaced in Cambodia by Thai border clashes: Interior ministry

Sri Lanka, Dec. 21 -- More than half a million people in Cambodia have been displaced from their homes by two weeks of deadly border clashes with neighbouring Thailand, Phnom Penh's interior ministry ... Read More