The High Court judge ordered the acquittal and release of the accused as the prosecution had failed to prove the allegations against the former provincial governor beyond a reasonable doubt.
The mandate of the Special Rapporteur includes but is not limited to issues such as: traditional slavery, debt bondage, forced labour, children in slavery and slavery-like conditions, sexual slavery,
The charges against MP Patali Champika Ranawaka and two other defendants in the 2016 case relating to the preparation of evidence in connection with the 2016 accident were read out in the Colombo High
Sri Lanka is currently rolling out a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to people aged 60 years and above and to immunocompromised and high-risk individuals over the age of 20.
Official figures showed that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has spread the most among youths in the 15 - 24 age group within the past five years, the National STD/AIDS Control Programme says.
The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday — in a vaccinated traveler who returned to California after a trip to South Africa — as scientists around the world race to
A special meeting of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Trade was held in Parliament today (01) to seek the views and solutions of several parties regarding the sudden rise in gas cylinder incident
Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) says its members have withdrawn from power restoration activities with effect from 4.15 p.m. today (December 01).
Money converted to Sri Lankan migrant workers will be paid an additional Rs. 10 per US dollar in December this year through the Sri Lankan banking system and other formalities.
Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI), responding to the allegations over the recent incidents related to liquefied petroleum gas and cylinders, maintained that it is not authorized to monitor the
The Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) which was inaugurated in 2015 has obtained legal recognition as a political party from the National Elections Commission.
The recent incidents and confusion over gas-related explosions that have occurred in the country have been caused by the use of inferior quality regulators, hoses, cookers, and user negligence, Litro
Sri Lanka’s finance minister Basil Rajapaksa is scheduled to meet top Indian ministers on Wednesday as the two countries look at increasing collaboration, Indian media reported.
The low-pressure area over the south of Thailand and the neighbouring areas has emerged into the central Andaman Sea, says the Department of Meteorology.
The investigation is being carried out into allegations that the two personal staff members of the Minister had secretly tried to recover a stock of gold allegedly buried in the Puthukudiirippu area
Saudi Arabia confirmed Wednesday its first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant on a passenger coming from a north African country, state news agency SPA reported.
High Commissioner Moragoda thanked the Defence Minister for the support that the Indian defence establishment has been extending to Sri Lanka over the years in many spheres.
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that people 60 and older who are not vaccinated or have not previously had COVID-19 should postpone traveling “to areas with community transmission,” citing
New health guidelines issued for public and work-related activities The Director-General of Health Services has published new guidelines for public and work-related activities to be followed from the
Japan reported its first case of the omicron variant Tuesday, less than a day after the country imposed sweeping restrictions on inbound travel to prevent the new strain from spreading domestically.
Japan, the world's third-biggest economy, will close its borders to all foreigners, while Australia's plans to re-open to skilled migrants were also in doubt as nations scrambled on Monday to rein in
Showers or thundershowers in the Sabaragamuwa, Central, Western, North Western and Uva provinces and in the Galle and Matara districts during the evening or night.
A two-day trilateral maritime drill conducted by the coast guards of India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives to bolster security in the Indian Ocean, enhance mutual operational capability and exercise
The new Omicron coronavirus variant kept spreading around the world on Sunday, with 13 cases found in the Netherlands and two each in Denmark and Australia, even as more countries tried to seal
