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The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the then Acting Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Welimada Police Station, Police Inspector Perera, violated the fundamental human rights of a citizen by behaving aggressively and using insulting and threatening language towards a lawyer who...

The three individuals — Attorney Rakhitha Rajapaksa, son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe; Charith Abeysinghe, former organiser of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya Horana electorate; and Aruna Warusawithana, a former director of the Civil Aviation Authority — have now been...

Medical Students' Torchlight Protest Rocks Karapitiya

Furious farmers take to the streets in protest: Effigies of Lal and Namal beaten at junctions – “Damn it, to afford just one kilogram of fish caught from Padaviya Tank, we have to sell 8 to 10 kilos of paddy…”Sri...

Early findings of the pilot project: Post-shelter Economic empowerment programmes demonstrate positive results The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka with support from the Government of Canada, hosted a ‘Knowledge and Experience Sharing’ event today to showcase the...

The Central Depository System (Pvt.) Ltd (CDS) suspended the CDS accounts that were inactive for more than 15 years on 30thJune 2026 as per the CDS Circular No. 02-06-2026 dated 15th June 2026. During the implementation of the above suspension,...

Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Remi Lambert, is a graduate in history and geography. He is likely aware of Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous remark about the strategic importance of Trincomalee harbour. Napoleon stated that he who controls Trincomalee controls the entire...

The Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, in collaboration with Port City Colombo, has co-authored and internationally published an academic case study and accompanying teaching notes for students, examining the project’s potential role in shaping Sri...

The total number of human bodies recovered from the Chemmani mass grave in Jaffna has risen to 351. With this, Chemmani has now become the largest mass grave discovered in the Northern Province, surpassing the former Sathosa mass grave in...

Mayor Ranjan Jayalal says that the necessary measures are being taken to remove garbage that has accumulated along roads within the Kaduwela Municipal Council area. He made this statement in response to complaints from residents, who alleged that the Kaduwela...