Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha and West Bengal coasts around 6:10am on Tuesday. Tremors felt in Kolkata triggered panic even as there were no rep... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- A fire control week has been declared from February 23 to March 2, highlighting the increased risk of forest fires due to prevailing dry weather conditions. The Forest Conservat... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has arrested two more suspects in connection with the murder of Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne, alias Ganemulla Sanjeewa. The arrested individuals... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 25 -- A woman and six others have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a man at Uswetakeiyawa beach, police confirmed. Published by HT Digital Content Services with permis... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- The Supreme Court has scheduled hearings for nine Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions challenging the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police (IGP). ... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- The 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is scheduled from February 24 to April 4, 2025, during which Sri Lanka's human rights situation will be a key topic of dis... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- India 244 for 4 (Kohli 100*, Iyer 56, Gill 46, Afridi 2-74) beat Pakistan 241 (Shakeel 62, Rizwan 46, Kuldeep 3-40, Hardik 2-31) by six wickets in a highly anticipated clash, sec... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sampath Thuyacontha, has issued an order for the immediate arrest of all deserters from the security forces. ... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- Sri Lanka's tourism sector continues its impressive resurgence, recording over 400,000 arrivals by February 18, 2025. The country saw an influx of more than 150,000 visitors in t... Read More
Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- Russia has carried out its most extensive drone assault on Ukraine since launching its full-scale invasion on February 24 2022. According to Ukrainian authorities, drones were in... Read More