WEATHER FORECAST FOR 08 OCTOBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 October 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in  the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and ...

Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa was yesterday remanded until 13 October after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court following her arrest by the Commission to Investigate ...

The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday accused the government of seeking to use the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PSTA) to suppress popular political activity, claiming ...

From beauty pageants and medical science to challenging British immigration policy and making political history in Scotland, yes, that’s Sri Lankan Deena Tissera, born into privilege, in Chilaw, but ...

The Colombo High Court yesterday upheld the nine-month prison sentence imposed on Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera over statements he made at a media briefing that ...

Former Minister Rohitha Bogollagama was yesterday remanded until the conclusion of his trial by the Colombo High Court in a corruption case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of ...

Chairman Pradeep Kariyawasam was yesterday granted bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court following his arrest by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

Saman Indrajith The Appropriation Bill for 2027 was presented to Parliament yesterday by Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando. The Committee on Parliamentary Business, ...

Indictments were served yesterday (07) on eight accused, including former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, over the fatal shooting, at a hotel, in Pelana, Weligama, on December 31, 2023. Tennakoon and other ...

India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the “unconstitutional ceding” of Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka, orally observed that Indian Tamil fishermen need to ...

Two individuals, who pleaded guilty to charges relating to the illegal storage of firearms, ammunition and explosives at the Lactowatta estate in Wanathawilluwa, Puttalam, were sentenced to 10 years’ ...

Opposition MP Namal Rajapaksa has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to consider granting a presidential pardon to Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, drawing ...