Christians throughout Sri Lanka celebrated Easter Sunday religious services amid heavy security.
Police and the armed forces provided security for 1944 churches fearing extremist attacks during the holy week ended today with the celebrations to mark the resurrection of Christ...
The airline told Air Cargo News that it will take delivery of it’s of its first freighter aircraft by the winter 2021/2022, although it did not reveal the manufacturer or model.
Chamara Ranasinghe, head of cargo at SriLankanAirlines, said the...
Rewatha who was about 45- 50 years old and the biggest tusker in the Kalawewa area died after he was electrocuted by a fence which surrounded a sweet corn cultivation in Aliyawatunuwewa in Kekirawa. The manner in which the...
The Supreme Court today refused to grant leave to proceed with the Fundamental Rights petition filed by Royal College Principal B.A. Abeyrathna.
He had challenged the decision to remove him from his substantive post as the Principal of the Royal...
Two professionals today filed a Fundamental Right petition in the Supreme Court seeking an Interim Order suspending the proposed Kurunegala-Dambulla-Habarana Railway Extension Project.
The petitioners Mangalasiri Amarasinghe, an anaesthetist and Kamal Rupasinghe, an Electrical Superintendent filed this petition naming Conservator...
The Commission to Investigate Allegations against Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) had filed indictments against Parliamentarian Milan Jayatillake and Ajith Sisira Kumara for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 600,000 from a businessman as a gratification to issue a permit...
An international research team led by Oxford University scientists has developed a portable test for antibodies that fight the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The test, which spots the presence of virus-fighting antibodies rather than a coronavirus infection, can be...
The 2020 country report on Sri Lanka states that there had been significant human rights issues in the country which included unlawful killing by the government, torture and cases of cruel inhuman or degrading punishment by government agents.
It also...
A consignment of six hundred thousand of Sinopharm vaccines, were today handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by the Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
A Sri Lankan fishing vessel with 300kg of Heroin has been detected off the shore of Kerala. Authorities also detected five AK47 rifles and thousand rounds of ammunition on board of the vessel.
The Court of Appeal today put off till April 5 the decision in respect of an Interim relief prayed by Gampaha District Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake, claiming his rights to function as a Parliamentarian.
This order was to be delivered today...
