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Multiple people killed in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival

Multiple people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of...

Politics

LG polls: SLFP, SLPP dissidents and Sarvajana Balaya to form an alliance

Representatives of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Sarvajana Balaya, and a group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs who support former...

Sri Lanka

Female AG Dept. officer ‘hides case files’

The President has revealed to the country how the Attorney General’s (AG) Department concealed certain case files in the past. Addressing a public...

Sports

Sri Lanka vs Australia: Head to head record ahead of the 1st Test

Sri Lanka and Australia are set to face off in a two-match Test series starting Wednesday, January 29. The highly-anticipated clash will take...

Politics

Former Deputy Speaker calls for preservation of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s body for public display

Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ajith Rajapakse has made a striking appeal, calling for the preservation of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s body for...

Sri Lanka

NCPA receives over 8,700 complaints, including 580 cases of sexual abuse

The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) reported a staggering total of 8,746 child protection complaints in 2024, highlighting the ongoing concerns surrounding child...

Business

Nvidia loses nearly $600 billion as China’s DeepSeek jolts tech shares

US chip-maker Nvidia led a rout in tech stocks Monday after the emergence of a low-cost Chinese generative AI model that could threaten...

Sri Lanka

Professor warns of an unexpected rise in the price of consumables

Professor Buddhi Marambe of the Faculty of Agriculture’s Crop Science Department of the University of Peradeniya has revealed the main factors that have...

Sri Lanka

Passport queues again?

People are queuing up near the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Battaramulla to get their passports. They complain that they are unable...

Politics

SJB-UNP won’t merge – only an alliance, says RMB

The United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will conduct election campaigns and political activities from the same platform in...