The primary section of Balapitiya Revatha National School has been closed today (28) and tomorrow (29) due to an infestation of dog fleas and sand fleas in classrooms.
The classrooms are being disinfected under the instructions of the principal.
Fourteen people were injured in a major accident at Kambradeniya in Dehiowita yesterday night. All injured have been admitted to Avissawella Base Hospital, and four of them were critically ill. Police said that a bus plying from Colombo to...
A patient who was receiving treatment at Ward No. 72 of the Colombo National Hospital had died while being administered an antibiotic, Coamoxiclav.
Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. G. Wijesuriya, said that an investigation is going on to...
TL/DR: “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind. But I don’t know enough to know the answer,” U.S. President Joe Biden said about a plane crash that reportedly killed Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Wagner Group...
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is confident of implementing the 13th., Amendment (13A) to the Sri Lankan constitution devolves power to the provinces but with some fine-tuning.
He believes that most political parties recognize the political rationale of the 13A...
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando and Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkkara have filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) decision to expel them from party membership.
The two Ministers are seeking a declaration that...
Four police officers from Bentota Police Station were injured when they went to settle a dispute during a carnival in Bentota.
These police officers were attacked by youth with sticks, clubs, and helmets on Sunday. (13).
The injured police officials have...
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka, India, and Japan: Until recently, a partnership involving these three countries may have merited little consideration. But Sri Lanka’s economic collapse last year, China’s refusal to help, and India’s rescue act have brought this issue to...
Hailing the role of New Delhi in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring, Japanese Ambassador to India Hiroshi Suzuki said that India’s issuance of financing assurances to the island nation at the time of its economic crisis was instrumental in accelerating...
Former Bribery Commission Director General Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe, who was interdicted in connection with a controversial audio tape involving businessman Nissanka Senadhipathi, has been acquitted by the Public Services Commission (PSC).
The PSC has arrived at this decision based on...
Country reviewing law, with an eye to adding small reactors
Atomic energy minister Singh comments in reply to parliament
The Norora Atomic Power Station near Norora, India.
By Rajesh Kumar Singh
India’s state-controlled nuclear power industry is considering allowing greater participation of...
South Korea will evacuate tens of thousands of scouts by bus from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, officials said Monday.
More than 1,000 vehicles will be used starting Tuesday morning to move 36,000 scouts—mostly teenagers—from the...
