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Sri Lanka’s Anudi Gunasekara, despite commendable performances in the Multimedia and Head-to-Head challenges, did not secure a spot among the 40 quarter-finalists at the Miss World 2025 pageant held ...
Four former Cabinet Ministers and two former State Ministers are set to be indicted before the Colombo High Court on bribery-related charges, sources from the Commission to Investigate Allegations of ...
Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya has raised serious concerns over how incidents of violence against children within schools are being handled, questioning whether school administrations are ...
A U.S. trade court on Wednesday blocked former President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs in a sweeping ruling that found he had overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports ...
Salt production in Sri Lanka has been significantly disrupted due to erratic rainfall patterns caused by global warming, raising concerns about the country’s ability to meet domestic demand. Gayan ...
A British woman arrested in Sri Lanka for attempting to smuggle 46 kilograms of Kush has reportedly been filmed without her knowledge or consent by a British tabloid Daily Mail, the Negombo Magistrate ...
The Colombo High Court has sentenced former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to 10 years and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment. The two were found ...
Sri Lanka’s economy will take another two to three years to recover to the level it was in 2018, according to Assistant Governor of the Central Bank, Dr Chandranath Amarasekara. He made this ...
The Department of Immigration and Emigration has announced that the special 24-hour one-day passport issuing service will officially come to an end on 30 May 2025. This expedited service, which has ...
The Sri Lankan government has issued an official statement addressing the assault of Filipino travel vlogger Joseph James Weber, widely known as “The Lost Joey,” during his visit to Weligama, Matara ...
In the searing heat of July 1983, when mobs swept through Colombo in a state-sanctioned frenzy of violence against Tamil citizens, Sri Lanka descended into one of its darkest chapters—now etched in ...
The Supreme Court today (22 May) ruled that the fundamental rights of four followers of the religious denomination “Jehovah’s Witnesses” were violated by the Walasmulla Police when they were arrested ...