Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, who faced accusations of amassing assets through suspicious means, conducting illegal sterilization surgeries, and alleged ties to terrorist activities, was acquitted today (6) ...

Four former Customs officers were sentenced to 35 years of rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court today (6 November). They were found guilty of soliciting a bribe of Rs 125 million from a ...

The Department of Examinations said that applications for the 2024 GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination are now being accepted. All applications must be submitted online. School candidates are ...

The long queues that had persisted for several months outside the Department of Immigration and Emigration to obtain passports have finally ended today (6 November) with the government’s introduction ...

The National Election Commission (NEC) has summoned all district returning officers and deputy election commissioners to Colombo today for discussions regarding the upcoming general election.

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate a false medical report about President Anura Kumara Dissanayake that circulated online during ...

Two individuals have died after a vehicle they were in was swept away by strong water currents at the Thummodara Canal on the Eswatta Manakada Road, in the Kosgama police division, last evening.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ruled in a landmark judgment that a spouse who commits adultery can be compensated by a third party without seeking a divorce. The decision arose out of an appeal in ...

The Department of Registration of Persons has confirmed that the rollout of electronic national identity cards (E-NICs) will begin in the first few weeks of December. According to the department, the ...

Around 60 Sri Lankan Tamils stranded on the remote island of Diego Garcia for over three years will be offered the chance to move to the UK, according to a government proposal revealed on Monday. The ...

The Department of Immigration and Emigration has launched an online passport appointment system, allowing the public to reserve dates for One Day and Normal passport ...

The Meteorology Department says that showers or thundershowers will occur at several locations across the island, particularly in the Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, Southern, and Western provinces, ...