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The Court of Appeal has issued an order to the Director General of the Wildlife Conservation Department and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take action to prevent the illegal deforestation taking place within the Bogahapalassa Forest Reserve. MORE..
15 May 2024 (6:12 PM)
An "unprecedented" manhunt is taking place in northern France for a prisoner who escaped during a deadly ambush. MORE..
15 May 2024 (5:28 PM)
The Meteorology Department says the low-level atmospheric disturbance still persists in the vicinity of the island and therefore, the prevailing showery conditions are expected to continue further. MORE..
16 May 2024 (9:26 AM)
Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake have seized a large consignment of smuggled cigarettes, valued at around Rs. 2.1 million, and arrested a suspect at the arrival terminal this morning (15). MORE..
15 May 2024 (4:49 PM)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed to send a team comprising the Defence Secretary, a Foreign Ministry official and a former Sri Lankan diplomat to Russia to look into the Sri Lankans who have joined the Russian military in the Ukrainian warfront, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said. MORE..
16 May 2024 (1:21 PM)