The Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued Circular No. 02 of 2025 on 7 May 2025, mandating that all licensed commercial and specialised banks report any significant information technology or cybersecurity ...

The recently concluded Women’s Tri-Nation ODI Series highlighted both the strengths and shortcomings of the Sri Lanka team ahead of the upcoming World Cup, said head coach Rumesh Ratnayake. “We need ...

Scene: Some home in Akmeemana. Date: May 14, 1965. Cast: Seven men. The room is plain. A table, a few chairs, an air of tension. Outside, the world turns as usual. Inside, history is holding its ...

As the world marks UN Global Road Safety Week, it is a timely moment for Sri Lanka to reflect on its own transport safety challenges. According to the latest Global Status Report on Road Safety issued ...

Popular tuition teacher Hayeshika Fernando, widely known as ‘Teacher Amma,’ was granted bail by the Negombo Magistrate’s Court today (14) over an alleged assault involving a young man. Her husband, ...

Baloch nationalist leaders have declared independence from Pakistan, citing decades of violence, enforced disappearances, and human rights violations in the region. Social media was flooded with ...

The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Unit of the Ministry of Health reports that approximately 70% of all deaths in Sri Lanka are caused by conditions resulting from high blood pressure. Dr. Samindhi ...

The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) has directed all Officers-in-Charge (OICs) and senior police personnel to carry out special night-time inspections of long-distance passenger buses.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Vijitha Herath, formally summoned the Canadian High Commissioner on Wednesday to lodge a protest over the recent approval and inauguration of a Tamil Genocide Monument in ...

Kottawa Police report that a 19-year-old woman, who was alone at home, has died in a fire that broke out at a residence in Kottawa. According to police, the deceased girl was one of four family ...

Microsoft says it is laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce. The tech giant didn’t disclose the total amount of lost jobs, but it will amount to about 6,000 people. Microsoft employed 228,000 ...

Samagi Jana Balavegaya MP Dayasiri Jayasekara on Monday proposed that all opposition parties and independent groups should unite to form non-party councils in Local Government bodies where the ...