The Colombo High Court today sentenced to death the man convicted of murdering a woman and leaving her body in a travel bag at the Bastian Mawatha private bus terminal in Pettah in 2015. The crime, ...

The court on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on two suspects linked to the fatal shooting of Dan Priyasad in the Wellampitiya area, Colombo. Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kakunawela issued the ...

SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa has raised strong objections to the appointment of former CID Director Shani Abeysekara to the special committee tasked with reviewing the Presidential Commission of Inquiry ...

The marking of postal votes for this year’s Local Government (LG) elections begins today, 24 April, with over 648,000 eligible voters expected to cast their ballots by mail. Postal voting will be ...

Three Sri Lankan citizens, including prominent ornamental fish exporter Ananda Pathirana and his wife, have been rescued in Bangladesh after being kidnapped and held for a ransom of one million US ...

Authorities in Kandy have appealed to the public to avoid visiting the Sacred Tooth Relic until further notice, citing an overwhelming surge in devotees that has raised serious concerns over crowd ...

As the 14th Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday, tensions are rising over China’s efforts to assert control over the selection of his successor. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has long ...

A complaint has been filed with the Keselwatta Police by the Court Registrar following a bizarre incident involving a stock of expensive imported liquor that had been presented to the Colombo ...

Sri Lanka is preparing for a crucial local government election on 6 May 2025. This vote, long overdue, will elect representatives to 339 local authorities across the country and marks the first such ...

Pope Francis’ coffin has arrived at St. Peter’s Basilica, where he will allow Catholics to pay their respects ahead of his funeral on Saturday, which is expected to be attended by world leaders ...

Police now confirm that controversial figure Dan Priyasad is not dead, contrary to earlier reports. He is currently receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the National Hospital in ...

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP S.M. Marikkar has accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of plotting to appoint Sagala Rathnayake as the next Mayor of Colombo, dismissing the move as part of a larger ...