Justice, Prisons Affairs, and Constitutional Reforms Minister Dr Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says that as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Special Committee tasked with providing recommendations for the expansion of higher education opportunities in Sri Lanka, he emphasised the pressing necessity...
The Russian ambassador in Colombo, Levan Dzhagryan, said yesterday that Russia never imposes any conditions on aid, neither political nor economic.
The ambassador said that one of the aims of Russian foreign policy is to promote international cooperation in solving...
Former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga today made a request from the Colombo High Court to issue an order de-freezing his bank accounts, which were frozen as a part of investigations into the alleged MiG aircraft deal.
Filing a special...
Around 2,000 people have died and 10,000 are believed to be missing after Storm Daniel dumped so much rain on Libya’s northeast that two dams collapsed, sending water flowing into already inundated areas.
"The death toll is huge, and around...
Member of Parliament Madhura Vithanage said that the government does not get any income from several large-scale businesses conducted online in Sri Lanka, and therefore a system for registering all online businesses in Sri Lanka through one system should...
Pakistan's team media manager, Umar Farooq Kalson, and the PCB's GM (International Cricket), Adnan Ali, are facing scrutiny after pictures and videos surfaced of them visiting a Colombo casino.
Both officials are in Colombo as part of the Pakistani contingent...
The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order preventing the Sports Minister from proceeding with a draft constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
The Court of Appeal made this order pursuant to a writ petition filed by Sri Lanka...
TOKYO -- Japan's government will lay out ways to respond to economic pressure in a plan due out this year, aiming to work with other countries and industry to counter abuses from countries like China, Nikkei has learned.
Worldwide, around...
The Court of Appeal today issued an order transferring the case filed against Shashi Weerawansa, alias Udayanthi Ranasinghe, the wife of National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa, from Colombo Chief Magistrate to any other Magistrate in Hulftsdorp.
In a...
The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) today said that an earthquake of magnitude 4.65 on the Richter scale was recorded in the high seas 320 kilometres away from the north-east of Batticaloa early this morning.
GMSB Director General M.M.J.P. Ajith...
A Sri Lankan man who allegedly killed his wife at a hotel in East Coast Road, Singapore, and then confessed to the murder at a nearby police post, was charged in court on Monday.
Eshan Tharaka Koottage is said to have...
Four policemen, including a sub-inspector and two police sergeants attached to Welikada Police Station, arrested in connection with the death of Rajkumari, a housemaid who died after being arrested by Welikada Police, were today ordered to be further remanded...
