The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has rejected the bail application filed by lawyers representing Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, upholding his nine-month prison sentence for making defamatory ...

A massive wildfire fanned by high winds has swept through a Los Angeles hillside lined with celebrity homes – has declared a state of emergency. The massive fire in Pacific Palisades forced the ...

The Central Bank yesterday announced plans to reduce high interest rates on credit facilities provided to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in close collaboration with financial institutions ...

Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF), MP Dr. Harsha de Silva, said that both the Undial and Hawala systems are not illegal in Sri Lanka, but remain unregulated. Dr. de Silva made this ...

Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa has addressed recent media claims of detected HMPV cases in Sri Lanka, confirming that no such cases have been identified. Speaking in Parliament, the Minister ...

One of the largest Buddhist settlements in India is located in Mundgod, home to several Tibetan universities that uphold the Nalanda tradition. Among these are the Ganden, Drepung, and Loseling ...

Following the success of last weekend’s NSBM Open Day for the January 2025 intake, NSBM Green University is bringing higher education opportunities closer to you with the “NSBM Edu Fair.” Prospective ...

Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), has been sentenced to nine months of imprisonment by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court. The sentence was handed down ...

A report by the National Audit Office reveals that SriLankan Airlines delayed 548 flights between 3 and 59 hours over the 17 months from 1 April 2022 to 30 September 2023. The report highlights that ...

Bank of Ceylon (BOC), Sri Lanka’s leading financial institution, has been awarded the prestigious title of Sri Lanka Bank of the Year 2024 by The Banker magazine, a leading publication of the ...

New Democratic Front (NDF) MP Chamara Sampath Dasanayake has accused the government of spending Rs. 7 million on the opening ceremony of the Clean Sri Lanka programme, claiming the funds were used ...

According to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), over 39,000 tourist arrivals were recorded in the first 5 days of the year. Accordingly, 39,415 tourist arrivals were recorded from ...