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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Eng. Asiri Karunawardena as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, Highways andContinue Reading The post New Secretary appointed to Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban…

The government has intensified its focus on protecting children from cyber threats, online violence, and harms to their wellbeing, withContinue Reading The post Govt pushes national programme to shield children from cyber threats appeared…

Colombo Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena today granted permission to detain and question for 24 hours the son of former StateContinue Reading The post Ex‑minister’s son detained for 24 hours in Rs. 20 Mn robbery case appeared first on…

The Pinnawala Zoo has announced the public debut of its three adorable Fishing Cat cubs and launched a naming contestContinue Reading The post Pinnawala Zoo invites public to name Fishing Cat cubs for World Cat Day appeared first on…

The Officer-in-Charge (Basnayake Nilame) of the Devinuwara Devalaya has reportedly received death threats over a decision to reduce the numberContinue Reading The post Death threats, gunfire near Devinuwara Devalaya linked to Perahera…

The government has decided to allocate the Rs. 5 billion Kuwait Fund exclusively for the social protection and welfare ofContinue Reading The post Govt to reserve Rs. 5 bn Kuwait Fund solely for welfare of Sri Lankan migrant workers…

The draft bill to establish the Sri Lanka Chartered Media Professionals’ Institute was presented in Parliament today (22) by MinisterContinue Reading The post Draft Bill to establish Chartered Media Professionals’ Institute presented to…

The Colombo Fort Magistrate has expressed dissatisfaction over the progress of investigations into the mobile phone of former SriLankan AirlinesContinue Reading The post Court dissatisfied with progress of probe into Kapila Chandrasena’s…

An attempt to shoot a man at Temple’s Road in Mount Lavinia on Tuesday night was unsuccessful after the gunman’sContinue Reading The post Gunman’s weapon fails during attempted shooting in Mount Lavinia appeared first on Newswire.

Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has told Parliament that an investigation into fraudulent import transactions has uncovered the illegalContinue Reading The post CID tells Parliament how $715 million was illegally…