A renewed call for integrity, excellence and solidarity within the legal profession took centre stage at a women lawyers rsquo; gathering held in Hulftsdorp last week, where Supreme Court Justice Kumuduni Wickremasinghe

lt;ul gt; lt;li gt; lt;strong gt;Appeal Court decides the lsquo;harm rsquo; that may result from release of lsquo;transaction level rsquo; nbsp; lt;/strong gt; lt;strong gt;information during 2015-2017 outweighs lsquo;pu

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lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;Pix and text by K R Rajamanthri nbsp; nbsp; lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; A new ward is being constructed to serve communities in the Uva Paranagama area and parts of the Central Province, replacing th

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lt;strong gt;By Jayani Madawla lt;/strong gt; The prevailing heatwave that Sri Lanka is experiencing is expected to continue through mid-May according to the Department of Meteorology. Experts warn that the situation cou

Sri Lanka has been assigned a 7.5% weighting in J.P. Morgan’s new frontier-market local-currency government bond index, placing the countryContinue Reading The post Sri Lanka given near-maximum weight in new JP Morgan bo

lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt; lt;strong gt; lt;em gt;By S. Rubatheesan lt;/em gt; lt;/strong gt; lt;/p gt; lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; gt;The government is set to dece

lt;strong gt;By Ranjith Padmasiri nbsp; lt;/strong gt; Former Director General of the Land Reform Commission (LRC) Liyanage Padmasiri has acknowledged that a statement he made claiming Kandy District MP Chamindrani Kirie

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has welcomed Friday rsquo;s Supreme Court rsquo;s judgment which found that former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and several former health officials had violated the fun

lt;strong gt;By Ranjith Padmasiri nbsp; nbsp; lt;/strong gt; Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody, who was indicted on corruption charges, was released on bail by the Colombo High Court on Friday after having his fingerprints

lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt; lt;strong gt;By Ranith Padmasiri lt;/strong gt; lt;/p gt; The Court of Appeal has set aside the acquittal of all accused in the assassination case of

lt;strong gt;By Niranjala Ariyawansha nbsp; nbsp; lt;/strong gt; Although the war in West Asia will have a significant impact on the Sri Lankan economy both in the short as well as long-term, Sri Lanka can control the ec

lt;strong gt;Pix and text by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe nbsp; nbsp; lt;/strong gt; Large scale coconut industrialists are using the crisis in West Asia to exploit cottage level coconut husk industry traders the latter c

Two elephant pearls, valued at Rs. 42.5 million, were seized by wildlife officers during a raid at a hotel inContinue Reading The post Wildlife officers seize Elephant Pearls worth Rs. 42.5 Mn in Biyagama appeared first

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lt;strong gt;By Damith Wickremasekera lt;/strong gt; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a phone conversation this week to expedite the energy sector projects agreed upon b

lt;strong gt;By Kapila Bandara lt;/strong gt; Fertiliser companies and agrochemical suppliers have agreed to abide by regulated prices days ahead of the Yala paddy planting season, in a coordinated policy response to mit

lt;strong gt;By Ranjith Padmasiri nbsp; lt;/strong gt; Two opinions have emerged within the Attorney General rsquo;s Department regarding the University of Wolverhampton's response to the Criminal Investigation Departmen

While the Sri Lanka Navy assisted in bringing to shore an ailing member of the crew of a Chinese research vessel anchored in Sri Lanka rsquo;s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the vessel will not be allowed into the countr

lt;p style= quot;text-align: left; quot; align= quot;center quot; gt;The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has received ldquo;a couple of hundred rdquo; offers in response to an open call for proposals to supply fuel md

Motor Traffic Commissioner General Kamal Amerasinghe, who was arrested on Friday over a fraudulent vehicle‑registration case, has been remanded until tomorrow. He was taken into custody by the Financial Investigation Uni

The Sri Lankan Rupee has depreciated further against the US Dollar today (17), compared to Wednesday, with the US DollarContinue Reading The post CBSL rates: US Dollar selling rate increases to Rs. 336 appeared first on

The Locomotive Operating Engineers’ Union announced that it has not extended support for the ongoing railway strike, stressing that allContinue Reading The post Locomotive Engineers’ Union declines to back Railway Strike

BYD is recalling 32,009 of its Shark 6 PHEV ute because a fault means the spare wheel could detach. TheContinue Reading The post BYD recalls 32,009 Shark PHEVs over safety issue in Australia appeared first on Newswire.

BYD is recalling 32,009 of its Shark 6 PHEV ute because a fault means the spare wheel could detach. TheContinue Reading The post BYD recalls 32,009 Shark PHEVs over safety issue in Australia appeared first on Newswire.

Two newly constructed post office buildings will be vested in the public this month as part of the government’s ongoingContinue Reading The post New Post Offices in Mullaitivu and Kaithady to be vested in public appeared

Some challenges demand more than physical strength. They demand the Power, Strength, Energy to keep going when the journey getsContinue Reading The post Nestomalt Powers Cathryn Smart’s 500+ km Guinness World Record Run

Some challenges demand more than physical strength. They demand the Power, Strength, Energy to keep going when the journey getsContinue Reading The post Nestomalt Powers Cathryn Smart’s 500+ km Guinness World Record Run

A National Business Facilitation Centre (NBFC) will be launched on September 22, following Cabinet approval, as part of a governmentContinue Reading The post National Business Facilitation Centre to open next week appear

Australia will stop foreign students from bringing partners and children to ​accompany them while they study and tighten working holiday visa rules, a senior minister said on Thursday, amid growing debate ‌over high migr

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has arrested Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) member and former National Transport Commission (NTC) Chairman Renuka Perera over corruption all

Police have found that the driver arrested in connection with the fatal multi-vehicle accident in Mattakkuliya yesterday was driving under the influence of cannabis at the time of the crash.

Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who left the country yesterday morning, is presently in Singapore undergoing a medical check-up at the elite Mount Elizabeth Hospital, sources told the Dai

Fiji has declared a national emergency as HIV cases surge, and is expanding access to testing, treatment and prevention services.

A corruption case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against former Sri Lanka Navy Commander Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda and Yoshitha Rajapaksa was taken up

An Office Assistant attached to the Fort Magistrate’s Court has been arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly soliciting and accepting a bribe of R

Animals suspected of having rabies can no longer be arbitrarily killed or shot by police merely on suspicion under Sri Lanka’s newly introduced legislation on rabies control and dog registration, Veterinary Surgeon and A

Australia will stop foreign students from bringing their partners and children to accompany them while they study and tighten rules for temporary migrants ​to switch visas, media reported on Thursday, ahead of a minister

Two people were killed and several others injured in a collision involving a car, a three-wheeler and four motorcycles in Mattakkuliya tonight (16).

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 17 September 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces. Fairly heavy showers abov

… America-Pakistan developed required ‘intel’ for operation By Shamindra Ferdinando The US Embassy in Colombo declined to comment on a special police probe into the recent narcotics detection, jointly made at the China-m

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera appeared before the Colombo High Court yesterday in a case filed by the Attorney General over statements allegedly insulting Islam. The case was

Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena yesterday (16) ordered SLPP National Organiser Namal Rajapaksa, MP, to be further remanded, until September 23. The Magistrate issued the order when Rajapaksa was produced before t

LAWASIA, the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, has stated that in court proceedings of exceptional constitutional significance, the basis upon which a Bench is constituted should be transparent and discernible an

By Sanath Nanayakkare On Baseline Road in Colombo, Barista Coffee recently opened its 100th outlet. For a modern café culture spreading across shopping centers, office districts, and provincial towns, this milestone is a

As he nears the end of a hectic summer, Harry Brook was offered the chance to rest rather than play this series and how Sri Lanka must wish Pakistan’s red ball side had extended him enough to force a layoff. As it turned

Thursday 17th September, 2026 The police have been grappling with a chronic manpower shortage, but they have not allowed it to stand in the way of investigating Opposition politicians. They are going to probe an NGO acti

A principal highlight of the recently concluded BRICS 2026 summit in New Delhi was the grouping’s unambiguous championing of the empowerment of ordinary people everywhere. This was yet another notable coming together of

Easter Sunday probe: Ranjan Senaratne Bandara, Officer-in-Charge of the ‘Q’ Division of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday at