Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama yesterday ordered the further remand of Rakitha Rajapakshe, son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) ...

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States, Mahinda Samarasinghe, presented the first copy of a commemorative Coffee Table Book, published by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington to mark the 250th ...

West Indies suffered another batting collapse against New Zealand’s spinners in Guyana as the visitors took a 2-1 lead in the ...

It has been reported that former Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne has been found dead at his residence in Athurugiriya this morning (17) it is suspected that he may have taken his ...

Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong paid a farewell call on former Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at his residence, expressing appreciation for his efforts in further strengthening the ...

There is a mosque on Slave Island in Colombo that has stood for more than three centuries. Masjidul Jamiya was not built by merchants or pilgrims. It was built by soldiers, Malay soldiers who came to ...

Sri Lanka has recorded a total of 72,430 dengue cases so far this year, with the death toll rising to 49, according to the National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU). The NDCU said 1,195 new dengue cases had ...

Ltd (DMS) has announced the successful implementation of its flagship DMS-IMAGO platform at HSBC Sri Lanka, marking another milestone in the company’s journey as a trusted provider of enterprise-grade ...

Following the death of a 75-year-old woman who owned a large estate at Kiribathkumbura in the Daulugala Police Division, a dispute has arisen among four parties claiming her remains. Inquirer into ...

After the overwhelming grotesquerie of J K Rowling’s latest Cormoran Strike novel (written, I should have noted, as the others were, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith), I thought I should return to ...

The Sri Lanka–South Africa Parliamentary Friendship Association held its inaugural Executive Committee meeting in Parliament recently, with both countries pledging to strengthen parliamentary ...

Municipal operations in Kandy ground to a halt yesterday after the storekeeper in charge of the Kandy Municipal Council’s (KMC) fuel depot went on leave without handing over the keys to the premises.