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Derana Dream Star runner-up Nuwandhika Senarathne to perform national anthem at Women's World Cup opening ceremony

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- Nuwandhika Senarathne, the first runner-up of Season 9 of the Derana Dream Star singing competition, has been given the honor of singing the Sri Lankan national anthem at the op... Read More


SC dismisses FR petition seeking to invalidate Rohitha Abeygunawardena's MP seat

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The Supreme Court today (30) dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by former Minister Rajitha Senaratne, which sought a ruling to invalidate the election of former Minis... Read More


Trump visa curbs push US firms to consider shifting more work to India

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- US President Donald Trump's H-1B visa crackdown will hasten United States firms' shift of critical work to India, turbocharging the growth of global capability centres that hand... Read More


Acting Director of Police Cultural Division SSP Sathish Gamage granted bail

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The Acting Director of the Police Cultural Division, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sathish Gamage, who was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribe... Read More


Lecturers' strike hampers academic activities at major state universities

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The one-day strike launched by the Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA) is currently underway at all state universities across the country. As a result, lectu... Read More


'Total internet blackout' in Afghanistan sparks panic

Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The Taliban government in Afghanistan has imposed a nationwide shutdown of telecommunications, weeks after it began severing fibre-optic internet connections. The country is cu... Read More


Bodies of all three persons found in Mawanella bund collapse

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- The bodies of all three individuals have been found after a mound of earth collapsed onto workers at a construction site in Manikkawa, Mawanella. According to police three work... Read More


Bodies of two persons recovered in Mawanella bund collapse

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- The bodies of two individuals have been found after a mound of earth collapsed onto workers at a construction site in Manikkawa, Mawanella. According to police at least three w... Read More


Ex-Minister Udaya Gammanpila arrives at Bribery Commission

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- Former Minister Udaya Gammanpila has arrived at the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) this morning (29) to lodge a complaint. The complain... Read More


Workers trapped as earth bund collapses at construction site in Mawanella

Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- An earth bund has collapsed at a construction site in Manikkawa, Mawanella, trapping at least three workers on site. Rescue operations to extricate the individuals safely are c... Read More