Sri Lanka, April 24 -- Postal voting for 339 local government bodies commences today (24). The Election Commission has announced that postal voting will also take place tomorrow (25) and on April 28 ... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- Police report that a father and son, currently the primary suspects in the murder of social activist and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) local council candidate Dan Priyasad,... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has issued a clarification for the island-wide power outage which occurred on February 9. The CEB was publicising the results of an investiga... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- Train services on the main line, which were disrupted due to a derailment, have now been restored. However, the Railway Department notes that train delays resulting from the inc... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- The Railway Department announced a delay in train services on the main line from Colombo Fort to Kandy late last night (23). This disruption is due to a train derailment that o... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- A nine-month-old girl died yesterday (23), following a traffic incident in the Thandiyadi area on the Pottuvil-Akkaraipattu main road in the Thirukkovil police division. The in... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- Police have decided to issue a special sticker to identify devotees queuing in Kandy for the public exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic, effective last night. Meanwhile, polic... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- A member of a leading political party, who is running in the upcoming local government elections, was arrested for driving a three-wheeler while drunk on Tuesday night (22). Th... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- Police have been told to be on the lookout for suspicious individuals in helmets. In a release today (24), the police media division announced that groups of helmeted individua... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 24 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on Tuesday (23) for extensive bilateral discussions, resulting in the signing of fo... Read More