LNP - Court extends freeze on Keheliya’s family accounts holding Rs. 93 Mn

2025-01-03   |   Crime

The Colombo High Court today further extended its order to freeze for three months 16 fixed deposit accounts and three insurance policies belonging to...

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LNP - Backlog of 130,000 driving license cards to be cleared by January

2025-01-03   |   Crime

Steps will be taken to print and issue the 130,000 accumulated driving license cards, delayed due to previous printing backlogs, within January. ...

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LNP - Susanthika migrates to Australia

2025-01-03   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka’s star athlete and 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Silver Medallist, Susanthika Jayasinghe, has decided to settle in Melbourne, Australia, with ...

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LNP - Yoshitha arrives at CID

2025-01-03   |   Uncategorized

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this morning to recor...

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LNP - Labour Ministry introduces WhatsApp number to streamline services

2025-01-02   |   Crime

The Ministry of Labor has introduced a new WhatsApp number, 070 7227877, to speed up the responses by the Ministry of Labour and the Labour Department...

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LNP - Suspect arrested with illegally assembled vehicles worth over Rs. 50 mln

2025-01-02   |   Crime

The Police Fraud Investigation Bureau has successfully dismantled a criminal network involved in illegally assembling and selling vehicles.  Acco...

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LNP - Sri Lanka Police launches e-Traffic mobile app to combat traffic violations

2025-01-02   |   Crime

Sri Lanka Police have launched the e-Traffic mobile application, a cutting-edge tool aimed at reducing traffic violations and improving road safety in...

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LNP - Social activist Namal Kumara remanded

2025-01-02   |   Uncategorized

Social activist Namal Kumara has been ordered to be remanded until January 15, 2025. This order has been issued after he was produced before the Fort ...

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LNP - Vindhya Jayasekera appointed new CEO Designate to CSE

2025-01-02   |   Technology

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) announced the appointment of Ms. Vindhya Jayasekera as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Designate, effective from 01...

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LNP - Over 7,000 motorists penalized for traffic offenses in 24 hours

2025-01-02   |   Uncategorized

In a 24-hour operation that concluded at 6.00 a.m. today (01), Sri Lanka Police have enforced the law against 529 drunk drivers as part of a nationwid...

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LNP - Elon Musk changes his name to Kekius Maximus on X

2025-01-01   |   Uncategorized

BBC- The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has sparked speculation after changing his name on his social media platform X to "Kekius Maximus". The tech ...

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LNP - We move forward in 2025 with renewed vision and determination: President

2025-01-01   |   Politics

Claiming that Sri Lanka achieved significant economic stability as a nation in 2024, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said with this progress as the...

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LNP - Customs records revenue exceeding Rs. 1.5 trillion in 2024

2025-01-01   |   Business

By the end of 2024, the Sri Lanka Customs achieved a record-breaking revenue of over Rs. 1.5 trillion, marking the highest annual revenue in its histo...

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LNP - Australian influencers amplify Sri Lanka’s allure

2025-01-01   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka recently played host to four renowned Australian-based social media influencers in a ground-breaking digital marketing initiative aimed at r...

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LNP - Tourist hotspots overwhelmed amid holiday season

2025-01-01   |   Travel

By Charumini de Silva Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is experiencing a surge in tourist activity during the end of year holiday season as expected, wi...

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LNP - Inclusion of fake Dr. title before Justice Minister’s name: CID to grill more parliamentary officials

2025-01-01   |   Crime

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID ) will interrogate three more officials of the parliamentary staff over the inclusion of the 'Dr' title in ...

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LNP - Highest number of Sri Lankans left for foreign employment in 2024

2024-12-31   |   Uncategorized

The year 2024 has set a historic record for the highest number of Sri Lankans migrating for work, with 312,836 individuals leaving the country for emp...

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LNP - Govt. urged to reduce VAT on salmon

2024-12-31   |   Uncategorized

The Canned Fish Manufacturers’ Association of Sri Lanka (CFMASL) has requested the government to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed on salmon....

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LNP - Grade 5 Scholarship Exam: Supreme Court declares State has violated Fundamental Rights of students

2024-12-31   |   Crime

The Supreme Court today declared that the Fundamental Rights of the student candidates and petitioners have been violated by the State through the bre...

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LNP - Special traffic and parking plan in Colombo on New Year’s eve

2024-12-31   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka Police has announced a special traffic plan to minimize congestion in Colombo city on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2024.  With large crow...

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LNP - CMC launches special initiative to tackle waste accumulation

2024-12-31   |   Uncategorized

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has launched a special initiative to address the growing waste accumulation in Colombo. CMC Commissioner Palitha N...

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LNP - ‘Kiribath’ in jeopardy as rice shortage hits

2024-12-31   |   Crime

With the shortage of Nadu and white raw rice varieties in the market, Sri Lankans will find it difficult to prepare traditional milk rice to welcome t...

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LNP - Share Covid data, World Health Organization tells China

2024-12-31   |   Health

BBC - The World Health Organization has urged China to share data on the origins of the Covid pandemic, five years on from its start in the city of W...

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LNP - New Commanders appointed to Sri Lanka Army and Navy

2024-12-30   |   Technology

Major General Lasantha Rodrigo has been appointed as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, while Rear Admiral Kanchana Banagoda was appointed Commander...

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LNP - President Dissanayake offers condolences after Jimmy Carter’s death

2024-12-30   |   Politics

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has extended his deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of former U.S. President Jimmy Cart...

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