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SSP Sujith Wedamulla has been appointed as the New Director of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB). While the appointment has...

President’s social media page defies his orders : Uses his image in campaign material

The President’s Facebook page appears to have defied President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s request to not use his image for election campaign...

Covid 19 : Another 29 naval personnel discharged

Another twenty-nine naval personnel who contracted coronavirus and underwent treatment in the hospital were discharged from the hospitals after recovering...

Sri Lanka classified as a lower income country by World Bank

The World Bank has downgraded Sri Lanka to a lower income country in its recent classification report. Just a year...

Sri Lanka’s only Professor of Human Nutrition brings honour to country

Professor Nishan Sudheera Kalupahana Physiology Department of Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya has been awarded a National Fellowship by SCOPE (the...

Colombo Ginthupitiya road locked down – 149 sent to quarantine

Ginthupitiya Road, Colombo 13 has been locked down after a resident has tested positive for Covid 19. The suspected Covid...

Italian police seize ‘world’s largest’ haul of drugs

Police in Italy has confiscated a huge shipment of 14 tonnes of amphetamines which they say was produced by ISIS...

Former Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara arrives at Special Police Unit

Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara has arrived at the Special Police Unit at the Ministry of Sports. He...

Public and bank holidays for 2021 announced

The Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and local government this week has issued a gazette extraordinary declaring...

Ranil Wickremesinghe to appear before CID on Friday