LNP - ’’No beds, no rights’’: UK woman held over £1.2m Kush haul cries foul in Sri Lanka jail

2025-05-23   |   Crime

Sri Lanka’s Prisons Department yesterday has denied claims of mistreatment made by a British woman who was remanded on drug charges, insisting she i...

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LNP - Miss Indonesia wins talent final at Miss World 2025

2025-05-23   |   Uncategorized

In a spectacular celebration of global artistry and cultural diversity, the 72nd Miss World Festival marked one of its most anticipated events – Mis...

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LNP - Duminda Dissanayake arrested over ‘gold-plated’ T-56 firearm

2025-05-23   |   Crime

Former Minister and Anuradhapura District Organiser of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Duminda Dissanayake, has been arrested by police. Police sa...

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LNP - Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students

2025-05-23   |   Uncategorized

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, delivering a sharp punishment to the eli...

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LNP - Sri Lanka looks to modernize and digitize driving license for overseas use

2025-05-23   |   Crime

A discussion has been held on the challenges Sri Lankan citizens face in using their driving licenses overseas—especially in Italy and other Europea...

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LNP - No risk of new COVID variant spreading in Sri Lanka – Health Secretary

2025-05-23   |   Health

There is no risk of a new ‘COVID-19’ variant spreading in Sri Lanka, and therefore there is no need for unnecessary fear, according to Secretary o...

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LNP - Fairly heavy rains expected in several areas

2025-05-23   |   Weather

The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-western and Central provinces an...

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LNP - PM Harini meets US Ambassador and USAID delegation to discuss future development cooperations

2025-05-23   |   Technology

The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, held a meeting on Thursday (22) at the Parliament with U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie J. ...

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LNP - IMF awaits Sri Lanka’s electricity tariff adjustments to approve fourth review?

2025-05-23   |   Technology

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the approval for the fourth review of Sri Lanka’s programme under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) i...

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LNP - Bribery Commission files case against former Minister Chandrani Bandara

2025-05-20   |   Politics

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has filed an indictment against former Minister Chandrani Bandara before t...

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LNP - National security not lost yet, but possible: MR

2025-05-20   |   Security

It is not yet possible to say that the country's national security will be lost, but it could happen, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said at the W...

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LNP - NPP confident Vraie Balthazaar will be sworn in as CMC Mayor

2025-05-20   |   Technology

The National People's Power (NPP) today expressed confidence that it will form an administration in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) where Vraie Ca...

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LNP - PM Harini receives death threats via email; IP addresses traced to Europe - Minister

2025-05-20   |   Politics

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has received death threats to her official email address at the Prime Minister’s Office, the Mini...

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LNP - President appoints committee to probe allegations of irregularities in SriLankan Airlines

2025-05-20   |   Politics

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the relevant authorities to appoint a special committee, led by the Presidential Secretariat, to inv...

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LNP - Deputy Minister explains how duty is imposed on vehicles

2025-05-20   |   Politics

The value of the vehicle is not the determining factor when imposing taxes, Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma said in...

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LNP - Country not fully free even after end of war: President

2025-05-19   |   Politics

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake states that the country is not fully free even after the end of the war. Addressing the National War Heroes’ Comm...

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LNP - MP Chamara Sampath granted bail

2025-05-19   |   Technology

The New Democratic Front (NDF) Badulla District Member of Parliament Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been granted bail by the Badulla Magistrate’s C...

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LNP - President vows to prevent repetition of past tragedies during visit to war heroes

2025-05-19   |   Politics

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake paid a visit this morning (19) to the Mihindu Seth Medura convalescent home in Attidiya, where he inquired into the...

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LNP - Suspected gunman in Mount Lavinia shooting arrested

2025-05-19   |   Crime

The Mount Lavinia Division Criminal Investigation Unit has arrested the suspected shooter involved in the murder of a youth in a shooting incident tha...

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LNP - Ex-Minister Mahindananda remanded

2025-05-19   |   Politics

Former Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage has been remanded until May 26 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court in connection with the cont...

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LNP - Over 15% Sri Lankans lost their jobs due to economic crisis, new data suggests

2025-05-18   |   Uncategorized

A total of 15.1% of Sri Lankans lost their jobs due to the impact of the economic crisis in 2023, according to the Department of Census and Statistics...

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LNP - Sri Lanka marks 16 years since the end of civil war

2025-05-18   |   Law

Today (18) marks 16 years since the end of Sri Lanka’s three-decade-long civil war, which concluded with the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader...

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LNP - Govt. reviewing COSTS before renovating ‘dilapidated Parliament building’

2025-05-18   |   Politics

The Urban Development Authority has declared the Parliament Complex building to be a dilapidated and dangerous structure  The old Parliament building...

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LNP - Salt prices not a matter to be taken with a pinch of salt

2025-05-18   |   Crime

Sri Lanka, currently facing a severe salt shortage and salt prices increasing rapidly, 1 kilogram packets of crystal salt reportedly being sold at pri...

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LNP - Battle for Colombo Mayorship heats up

2025-05-18   |   Uncategorized

The election for the position of Mayor of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), which has attracted much attention following the recent local governmen...

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