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Two persons were taken into custody by Sri Lanka Customs in the early hours of 02 October, for allegedly attempting to smuggle over 50,000 foreign-made cigarettes. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (2:21 PM)
A petition against the Online Safety Bill was filed before the Supreme Court this afternoon (03 Oct.). MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (4:47 PM)
The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L Huillier for creating "flashes of light that are short enough to take snapshots of electrons extremely rapid movements," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in Stockholm on Tuesday. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (6:04 PM)
Massive tremors were felt in Delhi today after two earthquakes in Nepal - one of magnitude 4.6 and the other of 6.2 - within 25 minutes of each other at a depth of 5 km. The first earthquake hit Nepal at 2-25 pm before being hit by the second at 2-51 pm. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (5:13 PM)
Sri Lanka recorded over USD 1,000 million in export revenue in the month of August 2023, making this the highest export revenue earned in a month for this year, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. MORE..
3 Oct 2023 (12:57 PM)
