Year: 2025
Hasaranga fit for Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup campaign
Legspinning allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been picked in Sri Lanka’s 16-member squad for the Asia Cup. He had injured his hamstring during their...
Engineers’ union challenges legality of CEB assignments
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) has raised serious concerns over the legality of recent assignment letters issued to CEB employees, warning...
Pope demands ‘collective punishment’ end in Gaza as 10 more die of hunger
Latest deaths announced by Gaza health ministry bring starvation toll to 313, including 119 children. Ten Palestinians including two children have died from...
RTI request for details of president’s domestic trips rejected
The Presidential Secretariat has refused to provide details of president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s domestic trips, as requested under right to information. Jinath Premaratne...
Lankan underworld kingpins nabbed in Jakarta to be repatriated
Six of Sri Lanka’s most notorious underworld figures, including Kehelbaddara Padme and Commando Salinda, were arrested in Jakarta following a week-long joint operation...
UN raises alarm over continued detention of Rohingya refugees in Lanka
The United Nations Resident Representative to Sri Lanka, Marc-André Franche, has voiced concern over the continued detention of a group of Rohingya refugees...
Ranil expected to return to Parliament, says former MP
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to make a return to Parliament, according to remarks made by former MP Premnath C....
Cabinet approves Rs. 250 m mental health program targeting youth
The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday approved the implementation of a special program to address rising mental health challenges, particularly among schoolchildren, adolescents,...
New Customs Director-General linked to red-flagged container case – Mujibur
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman claims that newly appointed Director-General of Sri Lanka Customs Seevali Arukgoda was named in the findings...
Opposition rallies behind protesters facing state harassment
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa held a meeting yesterday (27) with leaders and representatives of opposition parties at the Opposition Leader’s office in Colombo,...
