A Sri Lankan national was arrested on Monday, 22 December, after pressing a utility knife to his neck outside a Yoshinoya restaurant near Shinagawa Station in Minato-ku, Tokyo. The man sustained ...

Inpatient admissions at Polgahawela Hospital have been temporarily suspended after a landslide triggered by flooding associated with Cyclone Ditwah, hospital authorities said. A mound of earth ...

Sri Lankan health authorities have moved to amend a decades-old regulation related to sterilisation procedures, citing the need to uphold human rights. Accordingly, the long-standing requirement that ...

The Department of Meteorology says several spells of showers are expected in the Eastern, Uva, and Central Provinces, as well as in the Polonnaruwa and Hambantota districts. Showers or thundershowers ...

The Colombo Municipal Council’s inaugural budget proposal for 2026, presented by the ruling National People’s Power (NPP), was defeated by a margin of three votes at the council session. The budget ...

Sri Lanka Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a series of violent incidents targeting ride-hailing taxi drivers in the Ella tourism zone. The arrests follow growing concerns over ...

Domestic gold prices surged sharply today (23) in line with a rise in global gold prices. With the international gold price climbing to USD 4,485, gold prices in the local market have increased by ...

Police have issued a statement regarding reports of an alleged assault on a police officer, purportedly involving National People’s Power (NPP) Member of Parliament Shanta Padmakumara and several ...

India has announced a USD 450 million reconstruction assistance package for Sri Lanka following the widespread damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on ...

A Police Constable attached to the Suriyakanda Police Station has been arrested by the Embilipitiya Divisional Crimes Investigation Bureau following a reported confrontation with Ratnapura District ...

Investigations are underway into a specific batch of the anaesthesia-related drug Ondansetron following reports of two deaths that raised safety concerns, Deputy Minister of Health Hansaka Wijemuni ...

A Japanese woman turned to ChatGPT for comfort after ending a real three-year engagement, then found herself in love and marrying her artificial intelligence-generated partner. The virtual ...