The Wildlife Department said yesterday that an area of more than 300 acres in the Thabbowa Sanctuary has been destroyed by a sudden fire.
Wildlife officers, army personnel attached to the Thabbowa Army camp, and the police doused the fire.
The...
The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court today issued an order directing the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration to prevent former national cricketer Sachithra Senanayake from leaving the country. This travel ban will be effective for a three-month period.
The Court...
Making its observation regarding a writ petition filed over the 2020 G.C.E. (A/L) Examination chemistry question paper (Part I), the Court of Appeal observed that it is the duty of the Commissioner of Examination and other relevant authorities to...
France is playing a key role in the restructuring of Sri Lanka's official external bilateral debt. The French Ambassador in Colombo, Jean-François Pactet, said,
"France assisted in establishing Sri Lanka’s committee of Official Creditors, which it co-chairs with Japan and...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe underscored the importance of fortifying the nation's economy, ensuring that forthcoming generations are spared from enduring the unfortunate period that both the country and its people have weathered in the past two years.
These remarks were made during his...
A security alert Saturday prompted the evacuation of three floors of the Eiffel Tower in central Paris, France’s most emblematic symbol which drew 6.2 million visitors last year.
SETE, the body which runs the site, said bomb disposal experts as...
Riyadh: The IRNA News Agency has confirmed, quoting an informed source, that the Saudi embassy in Iran has officially started its operations in Tehran since Sunday.
This step comes after the announcement of the restoration of diplomatic relations between Saudi...
The first lunar mission in the history of modern Russia took off from the Vostochny launch facility in Russia’s Far East on Friday, as a TASS correspondent reported from the space centre.
The Fregat booster separated from the rocket’s third...
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow has initiated direct employment opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled migrant workers in the Russian Federation for the first time in its history, in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (SLFEA),...
The power supply to several sections of the Badulla Teaching Hospital, which was disconnected due to non-payment of outstanding electricity bills, was restored this morning.
The hospital’s electricity bill had exceeded Rs. 70 million, and the hospital management settled Rs....
The legislature should not infringe on the judiciary or the rights of the people, says the opposition.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, while dismissing the request made by Opposition MPs to change his ruling on the domestic debt restructure today, stressed...
The Supreme Court today dismissed another Fundamental Rights petition that was filed against the inclusion of the EPF and ETF in the scope of domestic debt restructuring. The bench, comprising Justices Vijith Malalgoda, Janak de Silva, and Gamini Amarasekara,...
