Veteran actress Hyacinth Wijeratne was killed in an accident in Lindula, Thalawakele. The Police said that the van in which the actress was travelling in had gone down a precipice at Lindula. The 75-year-old actress was killed in the accident. The driver of the van has been arrested by the Li... Read more

NIKE, Inc says shoes depicted in a video circulating on social media bearing the NIKE logo and LTTE insignia have not been manufactured by NIKE. The Foreign Ministry said that its attention had been drawn to a video circulating on social media of a pair of shoes, bearing the NIKE logo and LTTE in... Read more

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that COVID19 cases are rising globally including in Sri Lanka. The WHO office in Sri Lanka tweeted this morning saying the WHO has cautioned that the rise in numbers is driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, increased social mixing/mobilit... Read more

The Police have launched a special operation to nab people without face masks in Colombo. Police Spokesman, Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ajith Rohana said that the special operation was launched today. He said the operation was launched after it was found that several people in Colomb... Read more

India today noted the Buddhist linkages with Sri Lanka, saying it dated back to the times of Lord Buddha himself who visited Sri Lanka on three different occasions as per ancient texts. The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said that the International Buddhist Confederation, with the support of... Read more