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Bribery Commission officials have recorded a nearly four-hour statement from former Treasury and Finance Ministry Secretary P.B. Jayasundara at hisContinue Reading
Former Minister and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Head of Operations Johnston Fernando alleged that the Government was targeting those who oppose or challenge it through legal action, including remanding suspects and filing new cases. ..
Former Minister and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Head of Operations Johnston Fernando alleged that the Government was targeting those who oppose or challenge it through legal action, including remanding suspects and filing new cases.
An officer attached to the National Youth Services Council (NYSC) has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations ofContinue Reading
The Sri Lankan government is proposing new child protection safeguards requiring public service recruits and employees in child-contact roles to obtain police certificates confirming no history of child-related offences, with renewals required for service confirmations and salary increments.
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized equal opportunities for all children on International Children's Day, highlighting education reforms and the 'Ratama Ekata' initiative to combat drug threats. He stressed that no child should face barriers due to race, religion, or background, and pledged to ensure safe environments and skill-based education.
US President Donald Trump tells reporters that the country faces a choice to either make a deal with Iran or “blow them up”. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has told military leaders at the Quantico Marine base outside Washington, DC, that American forces have “destroyed” Iran’s navy, air force, defence systems, leadership and military-industrial capacity, […]
Senior DIG among those slated for transfer By Shamindra Ferdinando The National Police Commission (NPC) is expected to take up Police Headquarters recommendation to transfer a group of police officers responsible for a major ‘Ice’ bust at the Colombo port recently. NPC sources told The Island that recommendation in respect of transfers was received last […]
by Prof. M. W. Amarasiri de Silva Following public controversy over an inappropriate web link found in an English study module, the Sri Lankan government formally deferred the full rollout of the Grade 6 curriculum reforms to January 2027. In the interim, state schools will maintain the existing syllabus, reverting to standard eight-period daily timetables […]
සීඅයිඩිය පැවරූ එයාර්බස් නඩුවෙන්විදෙස් ගමන් තහනම් : සාක්ෂිකරුවන්ට බලපෑම්නොකරන්නැයි අවවාද ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ගුවන් සේවයට එයාර්බස් මිලදී ගැනීමේදී සිදු වූ බව කියන මූල්‍ය අක්‍රමිකතා සහ මුදල් විශුද්ධිකරණ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අපරාධ පරීක්‍ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් සැකකරුවකු ලෙස නම් කර රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කර සිටින පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ඇප මත මුදා හැරීමට කොටුව මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් පසන් අමරසේන මහතා ඊයේ […]
ජනපතිගෙන් උපදෙස් මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය ව්‍යසනයෙන් දරුවන් ගලවා ගත හැක්කේ නීතියට වඩා දෙමාපිය- දූ දරු ශක්තිමත් සබඳතාව මත බවත්, එබැවින් මෙම ව්‍යසනයේ බරපතළකම සහ දරුවන්ගේ හැසිරීම් නිරීක්ෂණය කරන ආකාරය පිළිබඳ දෙමාපියන් සෘජුව දැනුවත් කරමින් දරුවන් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීම වෙනුවෙන් ඔවුන් සක්‍රීයව දායක කරගත හැකි ක්‍රමවේදයක් සකස් කරන ලෙසත් ජනාධිපති අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා නිලධාරීන්ට උපදෙස් දුන්නේය. ජනාධිපතිවරයා […]
ඇපකරුවන් වූ අරවින්ද සහ බිරිඳ ඊයේම කෝටි 2ක් උසාවියට ගෙවති එයාර් බස් ගනුදෙනුව සම්බන්ධයෙන් සිදු කරනු ලබන විමර්ශනයකට අදාළ සැකකාරියක වන ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ගුවන් සේවා සමාගමේ හිටපු විධායක කපිල චන්ද්‍රසේන මහතාගේ බිරිඳ වන ප්‍රියංකා නියෝමාලි මහත්මියගේ ඇප රාජසන්තක කිරීමට ඊයේ (30) කොටුව මහෙස්ත්‍රාත් පසන් අමරසේන මහතා නියෝග කළේය. ප්‍රවීණ ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩක අරවින්ද ද සිල්වා මහතා […]
The Kandyan Hindu Priests’ Association of Sri Lanka has submitted a memorandum to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, requesting the necessary government intervention to secure the release of Sivarasa Anojan, who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. Accordingly, the memorandum was handed over to Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Secretary to the President, at the […]
Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa was granted bail by the Fort Magistrate's Court in a money laundering case related to the Airbus aircraft procurement deal, subject to cash bail of Rs. 500,000, two surety bails of Rs. 100 million each, and a foreign travel ban imposed by Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena. Despite receiving bail in this case, Rajapaksa remains in remand custody until October 13 due to a separate bribery case before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court concerning allegations of receiving a Rs. 100 million bribe.
දක්ෂ කලාකරුවන් මෙනම රෝගියාගේ වේදනාව හඳුනන වෛද්‍යවරුන් සහ මිනිසුන් පිළිබඳ හැඟීමක් ඇති ඉංජිනේරුවන් බිහිකිරීම රජයේ අරමුණ බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ආචාර්ය හරිනි අමරසූරිය පැවසුවාය.
Party leaders have decided that the Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill for 2027 (Budget Speech/presentation of Budget proposals) will take place on November 12, 2026, followed by the Second Reading debate from November 13 to December 14. ..
The Criminal Investigation Department has filed a case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa in connection with the alleged Airbus deal. ..
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The Court of Appeal dismissed, without a hearing, a writ petition filed by Parliamentarian Dilith Jayaweera. Jayaweera sought an order to invalidate a finding by the Colombo Fort Magistrate that he committed contempt of court. The decision was delivered by a three-judge bench consisting of Court of Appeal President Rohantha Abeysuriya, Chamath Morais, and Adithya Patabendige.
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New Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Wei Huaxiang met with Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa to reaffirm bilateral cooperation and China's support for Sri Lanka's healthcare sector. The meeting included discussions on a recent incident at the Polonnaruwa National Nephrology Specialized Hospital, built with Chinese assistance.
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday told the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that allegations of abductions and disappearances of individuals allegedly committed during his tenure as Defence Secretary were completely false and that they had been made entirely with the intention of gaining political advantage and damaging the reputation of the country. ..
