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Pakistan tightens security ahead of expected US-Iran talks

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- Pakistan has placed its capital Islamabad and the neighboring garrison city of Rawalpindi on high security alert ahead of the expected second round of U.S.-Iran talks. Accordin... Read More


Visiting Indian Vice President meets Opposition Leader

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- Visiting Vice President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan has held discussions with the Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa in Colombo today (19). Both leaders discussed expa... Read More


Opposition calls for Audit report on coal procurement to be referred to Attorney General

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has called for the immediate submission of the audit report detailing alleged irregularities in coal procurement to the Attorney General through... Read More


Malaysia joins growing number of Southeast Asian countries seeking to secure Russian oil

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- Malaysia is joining a growing list of countries in Southeast Asia seeking to secure oil from Russia amid an energy crunch as a result of the US-Israel conflict with Iran that is... Read More


Indian VP and PM Harini hold discussions to further strengthen bilateral ties

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- The Visiting Vice President of India, C. P. Radhakrishnan has held discussions with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya at the Temple Trees in Colombo today (19). Both the In... Read More


Live hand grenade found in Eppawala reservoir, STF called for controlled detonation

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- A live hand grenade has been discovered in the Nabadawewa reservoir in Andagala, Eppawala. The hand grenade was found yesterday (18) by an individual who had come to bathe near... Read More


Man arrested over alleged drugging and theft on Anuradhapura-Colombo bus

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- Police have arrested an individual in connection with a theft involving cash and gold jewellery after allegedly offering food and beverages laced with intoxicating substances to... Read More


Opposition responds to resignation of Energy Minister over coal procurement

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- The Joint Opposition has issued a statement regarding the resignation of Minister of Energy Kumara Jayakody and the Secretary to the Ministry, Prof. Udayanga Hemapala, who stepp... Read More


Russian woman killed in train collision at Kabalana railway crossing

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- A 23-year-old Russian woman has died after being struck by an express train traveling from Beliatta to Colombo. The accident had occurred this morning (19) at the Kabalana rail... Read More


Indian Vice President meets President Dissanayake

Sri Lanka, April 19 -- The Vice President of India, C. P. Radhakrishnan, called on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo today (19), engaging in high-level disc... Read More