NEW DELHI - Is India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party using blockbuster films to push its agenda ahead of the next election?
Some Bollywood insiders and opposition critics say yes. But according to an official of the ministry that regulates the...
The Minister of Power and Energy has assured uninterrupted power despite the breakdown of two coal power generators in Norochcholai and the prevailing dry spell throughout the country.
One generator that supplies 270 MW to the national grid broke down...
Arkia Airlines announced on Monday afternoon that it will begin direct flights from Israel to Sri Lanka starting at the end of October.
Initially, the airline will operate a weekly flight from Tel Aviv on Tuesdays and from Sri Lanka...
Kandy Chief Magistrate Sreenith Wijesekera determined that the death of the 32-year-old Danish was due to multiple injuries to the face, chest, and abdomen area during the Magistrate’s examination, which was held on Tuesday.
The Chief Magistrate concluded the Magistrate’s...
The United States Embassy in Colombo today announced the visit of U.S. State Department Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption Richard Nephew to Colombo from August 8–9.
The visiting delegation accompanying Nephew includes Dylan Aikens, an anti-Corruption Analyst for the U.S. Department...
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar visited Sri Lanka in his role as the UNICEF South Asia Regional Goodwill Ambassador. Sachin visited UNICEF programmes in the Sabaragamuwa Province and met with children and parents impacted by the COVID pandemic and the...
King Norodom Sihamoni released a decree detailing the ascension of Hun Sen's son
PHNOM PENH -- Hun Manet, the eldest son of Cambodia's longtime leader Hun Sen, has been appointed by the country's king as the next prime minister and...
Health Minister Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella says that emergency procurement of drugs will be stopped soon.
Rambukwella said that 294 essential medicines have already been purchased under due procurement practises.
He says that the Ministry has received additional funds amounting to Rs...
High Court Judge Sanjeewa Morais has taken oaths before the President as a judge of the Court of Appeal. Meanwhile, Justice Sobitha Rajakaruna of the Court of Appeal has been appointed acting President of the Appeal Court by the...
A training aircraft belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force Academy at China Bay crashed a few minutes after taking off from the airstrip of China Bay Air Force Base, killing the pilot, Wing Commander Tharindu Herath, and the...
A case filed against Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera for allegedly making a defamatory statement about Islam and the Holy Quran in 2014 was today fixed for December 4 by Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.
The...
