Akkarapattuwa police station has started investigations on a message received to the Akkarapattuwa police station that a man was burnt by a crocodile on yesterday. The missing person is a resident of Oluwil 01 area who is 37 years old. The investigation has been revealed so far that the missing man was swimming to bring a canal parked on the …
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The low-level atmospheric disturbance is currently established to the southeast of the island. Showers will occur at times in Eastern and Uva provinces and in Nuwara-Eliya, Matale, Polonnaruwa, and Mullaittivu districts. Fairly heavy falls above 50 mm are likely at some places in Eastern province and in Nuwara-Eliya, Matale, Badulla, Polonnaruwa, and Mullaittivu districts. Several spells of showers will occur …
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A message currently circulating on social media and messaging platforms, titled as a “Police Notice” and containing a list of safety instructions, has not been issued by Sri Lanka Police, the Police headquarters has stated. The contents, wording, and directives in that message are unauthorised and misleading, and therefore the general public has been urged not to treat it as …
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The Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) bill has been gazetted to repeal the Parliamentary Pensions Act, No. 1 of 1977. The draft bill seeks to abolish the pension entitlements for Members of Parliament and their spouses currently in place based on provisions of the Parliamentary Pensions Act. The gazette has been published on order of the Minister of Justice and National Integration. …
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The amount of containers that operated in Colombo harbour in 2025 was reported as the highest number of containers in harbour history. This year that size of container seats is two million ninety-ninety-nine. (8290000) This recorded operation may be considered a collective effort by the Bahalu Terminal in Colombo Port, the Jayabahalu Terminal (JCT), the Eastern Bahalu Terminal (ECT), the …
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Police Constable 82615 M who died in an accident while on the duty of inspection on the road block near Walave river bridge, Ambalantota. The funeral of Sarath Kumara Niladariya was held on yesterday. This officer who died on duty was paid his last respects to the house in Suriyawewa, Weerasuriya, where the body was deployed to the officials on …
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Leaders around the world have responded with a mix of condemnation and support to the US capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. Following a large-scale strike on Venezuela on Saturday, Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces and removed from the country. The pair have been indicted on drug charges in New York. In an initial response, UK …
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For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President’s Nicolas Maduro’s every move. A small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been observing where the 63-year-old slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, “his pets”. Then, in early December, a planned mission dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve” was finalised. It was …
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Many deaths and full extent of damage in poorer countries go missing from global because they are not insured, report finds. Climate disasters cost the world more than $120bn (£95bn) in 2025, with the true toll expected to be far higher as the deadliest events in poorer countries were largely uninsured and undercounted, a new analysis has found. The review …
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04 January 2026 Senior Professor Kapila Seneviratne, Chairman, University Grants Commission, 20, Ward Place, Colombo 07 By Email and Registered Post Re: Petition by the Free Lawyers’ Association Against the Postponement of Elections of Deans and Appointments of Heads of Departments We act on behalf of the Free Lawyers’ Association, comprising members of the legal profession and academics. This petition concerns …
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