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Namal leaves CID after recording statement on Airbus deal

Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has left the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), a short while ago, after providing a statement regarding ... Read More


'Ganemulla Sanjeewa' murder: Mother and brother of fugitive female accomplice remanded

Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- The Colombo Magistrate's Court has ordered the mother and brother of the fugitive female accomplice involved in the assassination of notorious underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara S... Read More


Security at all prisons to be enhanced with upgraded jammers

Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- Measures have been taken to implement a special security program in all prisons across the country. As part of this initiative, prison authorities plan to install advanced jammi... Read More


Police foil assassination plot in revenge over 'Ganemulla Sanjeewa' murder

Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- Sri Lanka Police have successfully thwarted an attempt to assassinate the parents of the wife of underworld figure infamously known as "Kehelbaddara Padme" in an apparent act of ... Read More


Shell's first fuel station opened in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Feb. 26 -- The first Shell branded fuel station has opened in Sri Lanka at B.S. Cooray Filling Station, Ambathale. This follows the signing of a retail brand license agreement by Shell Bra... Read More


Sri Lanka continues its upward trajectory in the Global Soft Power Index 2025

Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- Sri Lanka rose one spot to rank 97th globally among 193 nations, with a score of 33.6 out of 100 in the Brand Finance Global Soft Power Index 2025, according to a new report from... Read More


SriLankan Airlines pays USD 900,000 monthly for unused aircraft - Deputy Minister

Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma disclosed in Parliament today (25) that SriLankan Airlines has been paying USD 900,000 per month in installmen... Read More


Cabinet endorses PDPA amendments to strengthen stakeholder alignment and regulatory capacity

Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposed amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) that would enable a change to the date of operation of the enforcement pr... Read More


Planetary parade: Sri Lanka to witness rare alignment of 7 planets

Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- The Director of the Astronomy and Space Sciences Unit at the University of Colombo's Department of Physics, Prof. Chandana Jayaratne, says that a rare celestial phenomenon is cur... Read More


Sri Lanka aims to make domestic mechanisms credible within constitutional framework:FMtoUNHRC

Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- The Government says it is firmly and sincerely committed to working towards a unified Sri Lanka that respects and celebrates the diversity of its people with no division or discr... Read More