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Sri Lanka stocks closed weaker on Wednesday to a more than one-week low in dull trade as amid negative market sentiments as investors waited for directions from 2023 budget scheduled for Nov. 14, brokers said. The market saw a turnover...

It is now being revealed that the police have launched a big operation since early morning yesterday to prevent the opposition leader Mr. Sajith Premadasa from joining the opposition protest that started near the Elphinstone Theater. Accordingly, in addition to...

Dr. G.G. Chamal Sanjeeva, president of the Physicians' Union Alliance for Medicine and Civil Rights, has been interdicted as a result of media reports based on a press statement issued by the organisation, the union stated in a statement. Whether...

Thilini Priyamali, the owner of the Thiko Group, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department for aiding and abetting a businessman to defraud a businessman of 750 million rupees. The department said yesterday (02). The Criminal Investigation Department said...

 Journalist Tharidu Jayawardena had filed a private complaint against ASP Nalin Dilruk, and SSP Roshan Dias for alleged obstruction caused during a protest on the 10th of October 2022 in Colombo. The Attorney General on Tuesday (1) had filed an...

Young professionals in Samagi Jana Bala Wegaya established a youth professional association and had its inaugural meeting on November 1st at the Cinnamon Grand. Mr. Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader and SJB leader, Dr. Harsha de Silva MP, Mr. Harshana...

A Sri Lanka Army Sergeant pursued a suspect who was fleeing after robbing a female teacher at Saranapala College in Matara, apprehended the suspect, and handed over the gold necklace worth nearly 1.5 lakh rupees to the Matara Headquarters Police...

Both US and India had clearly told Colombo not to allow docking of Chinese military vessels and strategic surveillance ships on its ports after the Ranil Wickremesinghe government allowed Chinese ballistic missile tracking ship Wang Yuan 5 to dock at...

Sri Lankan police blocked more than a thousand protesters who were attempting to march to the capital's main railroad station on Wednesday to demand the release of two detained protest leaders and an end to a government crackdown on demonstrations...

The Chamber of Commerce issued a statement this morning claiming that the demonstration will be detrimental to the economy and thus not worth participating in. These protestors recall the chamber that robed the country, the central bank robbery, tax concessions,...