A leading private hospital in Colombo that stirred controversy by selling government price controlled drugs for exorbitant rates, had reportedly pleaded guilty in advance when the case was scheduled
A 45-year old Buddhist monk Kalapaluwawe Dharmarathana Thera has been shot dead with a T-56 weapon at a temple at Malwathu Hiripitiya in Gampaha yesterday. Police said four unknown persons who arrived in a car claiming that they were officers of the Criminal Investigation Department carried out the shooting. The incident
The government’s abrupt decision to suspend the circular on increasing the Disturbance, Availability and Transport (DAT) allowance for doctors yesterday sparked concern among health professionals, leading to a threat of an indefinite strike. Howe
The debate on the Online Safety Bill which is seen as a controversial piece of legislation got underway in Parliament yesterday with almost all MPs from both sides agreeing that social media should be regulated while disagreeing on how to get about it. Claiming that soc
While expressing grave concerns raised by critics that, by imposing imprisonment and fines against ill-defined ‘prohibited statements’, the Online Safety Bill may cripple opposition election campaigns, silence journalists reporting on corruption, and may severely impact the IT industry, the IT Professionals for the People (IT4P) has launched an SMS ‘e-referendum’, allowing citizens to use a s
Filing a special determination petition in the Supreme Court, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary alleged that the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill would create a separate legal regime to other penal statutes in respect of similar co
Jaffna District MP S. Sridharan who was elected as leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) first visited Kanakapuram cemetery yesterday and commemorated the deceased LTTE cadres. Mr. Sridharan who succeeded Mr. R. Sampanthan as the party leader is a die-hard apologist of the LTTE.
Initial investigations into the manslaughter of five individuals, including the leader of the ‘Ape Jana Bala Party,’ Saman Perera, who were killed in a shooting in Beliatta, revealed that the underworld gang led by Kosgoda Sujee may have orchestrated the shooting in retaliation for a murder in Tangalle. Acting IGP D
The Catholic Church is to declare those who died in the Easter Sunday attacks as saints, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said over the weekend. Speaking during a service at St. Sebastian’s Church, Kandana, Cardinal Ranjith said the first step towards this move will be taken on April 21 this year when the country commemorates the fifth anniversary of the Easter Su
We firmly believe a President who was not elected through a public mandate and a parliament consisting of rejected public representatives does not have a moral right to pass repressive legislation and impose new laws
A stone taken from the stream flowing near Seetha Amman Kovil in Nuwara-Eliya where Seetha was kept in captive by Ravana according to epic Ramayana, is also enshrined in the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya, India to be inaugurated on January 22.
Sri Lanka Economic Summit in January 2025
Industries Ministry public day re-launched after four years
Third review approved by IMF, SL to get next US$ 333 million tranche
Niloufer Esufally-Anverally Makes a Stylish Comeback with the Launch of NLFR
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024 kicks off across all 25 districts
Newly elected Jaffna MP pays tribute to Prabhakaran
Another court case against Arjuna Aloysius
Seeks police security