Sri Lanka News Papers – News Headlines from Colombo

The Sri Lanka Police have frozen the assets of 88 individuals linked to organized crime and financial fraud.

National People’s Power (NPP) councilor Vraie Cally Balthazaar has been elected as the new Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC).

Dr. Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has arrived in the island.

A total of 378 Acting Sub-Postmasters are scheduled to be granted permanent appointments tomorrow (15), under the patronage of the Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa.

A total of 26 individuals have been taken into custody along with drugs during a raid conducted at a party which was organized through Facebook in Panadura, police stated.

At least 279 people died in the plane crash in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, making it the world’s deadliest air disaster since 2014, according to a new toll released Saturday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment has announced that the Government of Sri Lanka is closely monitoring the evolving military situation between Israel and Iran.

A black box has been found at the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, India’s civil aviation minister said on Friday.

Two days after the Air India disaster in Ahmedabad, an audio has emerged revealing the pilots’ final message to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) moments before the flight crashed into the medical college building.