Former Member of Parliament Nishantha Muthuhettigama has been remanded by the Galle Chief Magistrate until September 21.

Contradictions have been claimed in remarks by the president and the defence ministry that comes under him with regard to the latest allegations on the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019 made by Britain’s Channel 4 television.

Inland Revenue, Excise and the Customs are the three departments tasked with collecting tax revenue on behalf of the state.

A protest has taken place in Trincomalee against a selective permission given to use illegal fishing nets in the eastern seas.

The policeman who had aided organized criminal Nadun Chinthaka alias ‘Harak Kata’ is said to have fled the country.

The Channel 4 documentary will give anyone a good understanding of what actually had taken place during the Easter Sunday terror attacks, said Maithripala Sirisena, who was the president when the carnage occurred in 2019.

The skeletal remains of six persons have been unearthed in as many days of excavations at a suspected mass grave at Kokku Thuduvai in Mullaitivu.

Russia has donated 352 tons of sunflower oil enriched with vitamins and minerals to Sri Lanka as part of its contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP).