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Flying kites, operating drones, releasing sky lanterns and setting off aerial fireworks could pose a serious threat to aircraft and passenger safety, Senior Manager for Air Traffic Control (ATC) Jude Peiris warned. ..
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 15 OCTOBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 15 October 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in the Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces during the early hours of the morning. Showers or thundershowers will occur at most parts of the island after 1.00 p.m. […]
Chinese suspect in Port City extortion case wanted in China for multiple crimes - Police News - Newswire
Heavy rain exceeding 100 mm forecast in several parts of Sri Lanka News - Newswire
Police have warned of strict legal action against creators of false and unverified social media posts, stating offenders will be prosecuted under the Computer Crimes Act and Penal Code, while urging the public not to be misled.
Prince Senadheera, Secretary to the Ministry of Buddhasasana, confirmed that a committee task force will hand over its updated report on Prisons Ordinance regulations to the Secretary to the President today, following several rounds of discussions on amending regulations and standing orders concerning imprisoned Buddhist monks.
විෂ මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය භාවිත කළ බව කියන කොළඹ බ්ලූමැන්ඩල් පොලිසියේ විවිධ පැමිණිලි අංශයේ ස්ථානාධිපතිවරයාගේ වැඩ තහනම් කළ බව කොළඹ උතුර ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ පොලිස් අධිකාරී කාර්යාලය පවසයි.
ආයෝජකයන්ට තර්ජනය කර කප්පම් ගත්විදේශ ගමන් බලපත්‍ර 2ක්7 දෙනකුගේ විදේශ ගමන් බලපත්‍ර සහ සිම් කාඩ්පත් 42ක් කොළඹ වරාය නගරයේ ආයෝජකයන්ට තර්ජනය කර කප්පම් ගැනීම ඇතුළු විවිධ අපරාධ රැසකට සම්බන්ධ බව කියන චීන පාතාල කණ්ඩායමක ප්‍රබල පෙළේ නායකයකු මධ්‍යම අපරාධ විමර්ශන කාර්යාංශය (CCද්‍යB) මගින් කොළඹදී අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇත. චීනයේ පාතාල කල්ලියක් මෙහෙයවමින් විවිධ අපරාධ සිදුකර එරට […]
බන්ධනාගාරගතව සිටින පූජ්‍ය ගලගොඩඅත්තේ ඥානසාර හිමියන් වෙනුවෙන් පවත්වන ‘සිවුරට යුක්තිය – ජාතික අධිෂ්ඨාන පූජාව සහ නිදහසේ පාද යාත්‍රාව’ ඊයේ (13දා) සිව්වැනි දිනටත් වරකාපොළ නගරයෙන් ආරම්භ වී නිට්ටඹුව නගරයෙන් අවසන් විය. මහා සංඝරත්නය ඇතුළු ගිහි පැවිදි දහස් ගණනකගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන් මෙම පාද යාත්‍රාව පසුගිය 10 දා මහනුවර ඓතිහාසික ශ්‍රී දළදා මාලිගා පරිශ්‍රයෙන් ආරම්භ කෙරිණි. නිදහසේ පාද යාත්‍රාව […]
Missiles and drones have been intercepted over Riyadh after the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen struck a fuel depot near the Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, its spokesperson says. Maj Gen Turki al-Maliki said several projectiles targeting the Saudi capital and other cities were intercepted after the coalition carried out a strike on the Yemen Petroleum Company’s […]
The series may have been lost but Sri Lanka will be feeling a lot better about themselves following a comprehensive win in the third and final T20I. Kusal Mendis’ 87 off 48 led the way in the chase, as Sri Lanka hunted down Pakistan’s total of 168 for 8 with 17 balls and eight wickets […]
Approval has been granted at the Cabinet meeting held on 22.07.2024 to publish the draft bill of State Assets Management Act in the government gazette notification and thereby present it to the Parliament for its concurrence. However, the draft bill couldn’t be passed in Parliament as a result of the Parliament being dissolved in the […]
Considering the compliance of the Cooperative Societies’ operations with the concurrent socio – economic circumstances as well as the changes in the common law, the requirement of amending the Cooperative Employees Commission Act No. 12 of 1972 has been recognized. A fundamental draft including proposed amendments based on the experience gained by that Commission as […]
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal forwarded by the Prime Minister in her capacity as the Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education to appoint Mrs. Dilki Wathsala Marambage to the post of Director General of the Department of Technical Education and Training.
A special delegation led by Deokuju Jung, President of the Korean Volunteer Association for Distinguished Service to the State, met Secretary to the President Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (12) afternoon . The discussions focused extensively on welfare programmes the association expects to implement in Sri Lanka and the support it hopes […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is planning to legally challenge the federal government’s Sunday takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province that the party governed. Sheikh Waqas Akram, the PTI’s central information secretary, told Al Jazeera that the party would challenge the imposition of emergency laws — suspending civil liberties — […]
Pathum Nissanka’s return to the red-ball fold provides a downtrodden Sri Lanka with a timely boost, while debuts are also in the offing for wicketkeeper Anjala Bandara and seamer Eshan Malinga after both were named in Sri Lanka’s 15-man squad for the upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan. The 22-year-old Bandara is tipped to make the […]
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) issued its recommendation in Case No: HRC/KIL/031/26 concerning the decision of the Director General, Sri Lanka Customs to seize four books authored by B Piratheepan. The books ‘Ippothum Inge Irandu Thesangalthaan’, ‘Elluttal Nan Yuttam Ceykiren’, ‘Bayangaravaathi’, and ‘Cyanide’ are Tamil language books printed in Chennai, India, and […]
Former Zimbabwe fast bowler and umpire Sarah Dambanevana passed away in Harare on Monday. She was 36. A Zimbabwe Cricket release said Dambanevana was in hospital receiving care since undergoing a medical procedure in March. Her senior international umpiring career began on 2 September 2023, and she went on to officiate at the Women’s T20 […]
The Central Crime Investigation Division (CCIB) has arrested a Chinese national in Colombo on charges of extorting money from investors at the Colombo Port City. ..
