The Colombo District Court today issued an enjoining order preventing the operation of an explanation letter sent by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Chairman Maithripala Sirisena to SLFP former General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara.
Colombo District Court Judge Sandun Vithana made...
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka pursued a Tinder date "relentlessly" before an alleged sexual assault, prosecutors have told a Sydney court, as his lawyers insist the woman has created an unsustainable "narrative".
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Chairman of the Federation of Information Technology Sri Lanka (FITIS), Indika De Soysa, has projected a substantial boost of 15 billion US dollars to Sri Lanka's gross domestic product (GDP) through the expansion of the digital economy by the...
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement today, held that the belated position taken up by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and its refusal to issue a permit to operate a solar power electricity generation plant in Vavuniya was...
Miss India Krishangee Gauree, who was also crowned Miss World 2023, arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday night. She will be a member of the panel of judges for the finals of the Miss Sri Lanka competition, which is...
The Colombo High Court today postponed for January 10, next year, recording evidence from the prosecution witnesses in a corruption case filed against two accused, including former North Central Province Chief Minister S.M. Ranjith Samarakoon, due to the absence...
The CID, which is conducting investigations into the attack on Galle Face protesters on May 9, has sought the Attorney General's advice regarding future legal action against the suspects.
In this case, parliamentarians Sanath Nishantha, Johnston Fernando, and Milan Jayathilake,...
Parliamentarian and Public Finance Committee chair Dr. Harsha de Silva criticised the Online Safety Bill in Parliament yesterday, calling it an "archaic and draconian piece of legislation" that violates fundamental principles and represents a significant overreach by the government.
His...
The United States today announced the commitment of more than US $19 million in additional funds to further the development of Sri Lanka in a ceremony at the Sri Lanka Ministry of Finance.
The U.S. $19.23 million (Rs 6.2 billion)...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry participated in the Global Development Initiative (GDI) Cooperation Outcomes high-level meeting on 19 September 2023 in New York on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting themed “DGI for...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry deposited the Instrument of Accession to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on 19 September 2023, at a high-level ceremony held at the UN Headquarters in New York, on the sidelines of...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, during a meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal of Nepal in New York on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly yesterday, said that Sri Lanka is keen to expand its longstanding relationship...
