The government is planning to award degrees similar to NDC (National Defence College) at the Sri Lanka National Defence Academy for senior armed forces officials who complete an eleven-month course at the institute. Those undergoing training will be eligible...
Women protestors clashed with the Police when the latter intervened to stop a protest march organized by the “Free Women” movement.
The Police barred them from entering the high-security zone close to the Presidential secretariat this afternoon.
The “Free Women” movement...
Wimala Amaradeva the wife of late Pandit W.D Amaradeva has passed away.
Late Pandit Amaradeva who passed away a few years back was one of the greatest musicians Sri Lanka has produced.
A seven judge bench of the Supreme Court has put off the hearing of twelve Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed citing former President Maithripala Sirisena, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and others as respondents. The FR petitions have been...
Samagi Jana Balawegaya ParliamentarianAshok Abeysinghe has been summoned before the CID to record a statement on his recent reference to Rajapaksas.
The parliamentarian recently told a gathering as to who should be responsible for the Easter Sunday attack.
A group of...
The second case filed against former Megapolis and Western Province Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka over his alleged involvement in a motor accident that took place in 2016 at Rajagiriya was today fixed for trial on the 31of May...
Sri Lanka today received the first batch of 264,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines provided under the World Health Organisation's COVAX facility, an official said.
COVAX is the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for...
Three Sri Lankan boats carrying narcotic drugs were seized by the Coast Guard off Kerala’s Vizinjam coast and 12 people were detained on Sunday according to Hindustan Times
Two hundred kg of cocaine, 60 kg of hashish and some equipment...
Sri Lankan High Commissioner vice admiral (retd) Mohan Wijewickrama has said that his country is trying to enhance the volume of bilateral trade with Pakistan. The News said
Addressing the business community at the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
India on Friday denied Sri Lanka’s announcement that New Delhi had cleared the proposal of an Adani group company to develop the West Container Terminal (WCT) at Colombo port. The Telegraph online said
“Our high commission in Colombo has already...
Former Editor of the Daily News and Diplomat Bandula Jayasekara has passed away early, this morning at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.
Mr Jayasekara had been suffering from terminal illness for nearly two years and was at the Karapitiya palliative care...
