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Thirteen shop owners have been prosecuted before the Kilinochchi Magistrate’s Court for selling cigarettes to underage school students and tuitionContinue Reading The post 13 shop owners prosecuted for selling cigarettes to schoolchildren…

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka has strongly rejected social media claims that Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith is usingContinue Reading The post Bishops’ Conference rejects claims against Cardinal Ranjith over tenure…

Sri Lanka recorded 124,551 tourist arrivals in June 2026, marking a 9.9% year‑on‑year decline compared to 138,241 visitors in JuneContinue Reading The post Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals fall 9.9% in June appeared first on Newswire.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa says Sri Lanka has valuable lessons to learn from China’s economic reforms and development model, praisingContinue Reading The post Sajith says Sri Lanka can learn from China’s economic reforms appeared…

The Court of Appeal has fixed August 31, 2026, to hear arguments in the Quo Warranto application challenging the eligibilityContinue Reading The post Court to hear challenge to MP Archchuna’s eligibility on August 31 appeared first on…

Former Minister S.M. Chandrasena was today served with indictments before the Colombo High Court in connection with corruption charges filedContinue Reading The post Former minister S.M. Chandrasena indicted in maize seed corruption case…

Sri Lanka is set to introduce a 250‑megawatt solar battery storage system to strengthen the national grid, according to aContinue Reading The post 250MW solar battery storage project planned for Sri Lanka appeared first on Newswire.

The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for strong winds in the Central, Northern, North-central and North-western provinces andContinue Reading The post Advisory for strong winds issued to 23 districts appeared first on…

Supreme Court Justice Yasantha Kodagoda says completing a single cycle of a criminal case in Sri Lanka takes an averageContinue Reading The post Criminal cases take average 10 years to conclude, SC judge says appeared first on Newswire.

The Sri Lankan Rupee has changed slightly against the US Dollar today (02), compared to Wednesday, with the selling rateContinue Reading The post CBSL Rates : USD selling rate unchanged at Rs. 341 appeared first on Newswire.