Deputy chairman of the ICC Imran Khawaja held talks yesterday (10) with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials and senior presidential advisor on national security and chief of presidential staff Sagala Ratnayaka.

Sri Lankan photojournalist Eranga Jayawardena, who works for The Associated Press, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the most prestigious award in the world of journalism.

Social media activist Piyath Nikeshala and former deputy mayor of Kaduwela Chandika Abeyratne have been arrested after the former was assaulted and his vehicle damaged at Koswatte in Talangama yesterday (10), police said.

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Sri Lanka has taken bold steps to minimize the severe impacts of polycrisis on various sectors and communities while ensuring that the country’s sustainable development priorities remain on track, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said.

The first hearing took place yesterday (09) of a lawsuit filed before a Singaporean court seeking compensation for the environmental damage caused by the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster.

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalize homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a “historic development” by campaigners.

Parents of three former LTTE members are planning a fast-unto-death to demand the immediate release of a LTTE cemetery at Alampil in Mullaitivu presently occupied by the Army.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incurred a loss of Rs. 615 billion in 2022, said the annual report of the Central Bank (CBSL).

Sri Lanka’s longest religious expedition by foot is presently under way from Jaffna to Kataragama.