Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne died after sustaining a gunshot wound at his residence in Athurugiriya on Friday. He was rushed to the Mulleriyawa Hospital following the ...

Five people have reportedly died after a fire broke out at a helmet manufacturing factory in the Katuwana Industrial Zone in Homagama earlier today (21), according to Homagama Police. Police said the ...

The 21-year-old son of former State Minister Shantha Bandara is due to be produced before the Fort Magistrate’s Court today (22) after being arrested by the Kollupitiya Police in connection with the ...

A prison officer accused of opening fire from the main entrance of the Negombo Prison during the violent unrest on July 5 and 6 has been temporarily transferred to a prison in the Kandy area. Prisons ...

Former Provincial Councillor Jayalath Bandara Dissanayake, the brother of former Minister S.B. Dissanayake, has been arrested over an alleged financial fraud involving Rs. 27.5 million, police said.

A major art scandal has emerged with the revelation that 47 valuable and historic paintings from the National Art Gallery (Kalabhavana) have gone missing. Among the missing works are paintings now ...

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa cannot recall the circumstances under which a photograph of him with Azad Maulana was taken, President’s Counsel Romesh de Silva told the Court of Appeal during ...

An Airbus A330 passenger aircraft that departed from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for Istanbul, Türkiye, on Saturday morning (11) was reportedly struck by a bird shortly after take-off. As ...

Rakhitha Rajapakshe, the son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, and Charith Abeysinghe, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya organiser for Horana, have been arrested by the Commission to ...

In a groundbreaking moment for both Sri Lankan and global theatre, Hiran Abeysekera is set to play Hamlet at the National Theatre in London in 2025 — becoming the first non-white actor to portray the ...

A proposal that would allow telecommunications companies to avoid paying telecommunications levy on unpaid postpaid customer bills came under fire at the Committee on Public Finance (COPF), with ...

Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said he accepted full responsibility for the violent clash at Negombo Prison, which claimed the lives of 25 people. Expressing shock and sadness over the incident ...