State residences to holiday resorts : President unveils tourism sector revival plan
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has invited private investors to convert the President’s Houses and ministers’ official residences in tourist zones such as Nuwara Eliya, Anuradhapura, Mahiyanganaya and Kataragama into holiday resorts targeting foreign tourists. The proposal was made yesterday (29)…
Western Province to roll out dog population management programme
Plans are underway to introduce a humane, sustainable, and evidence-based dog population management programme for the Western Province, Governor Hanif Yusoof said. In a post on’X’, Hanif Yusoof said that a discussion was held on Thursday (28) with experts, local…
UN Assembly : US revokes visas of Palestinian President & 80 officials
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials have been blocked from attending September’s annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the US visas of delegates from the…
Two women arrested with over 03 kilos of heroin
The Colombo Central Divisional Criminal Investigation Bureau has arrested a woman with 03.99 kg of heroin in the Maligawatte Police Division on Tuesday (26). According to the Police, the arrested woman, a resident of Angoda, was handed over to the…
Sun directly over five cities of Sri Lanka today
The sun will be directly above five (05) cities of Sri Lanka at around 12.11 pm today, according to the Department of Meteorology. The nearest areas of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today are Vankalei, Omanthai, Vedamakilankulam,…
Rain expected in some areas of Sri Lanka today
Several spells of showers will occur in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts today, according to the Department of Meteorology. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Uva…
US court rules many of Trump’s global tariffs are illegal
A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, setting up a potential legal showdown that could upend his foreign policy agenda. The ruling affects Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, imposed on most countries…
Video of Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth releases after 18 years
While the Indian Premier League (IPL) has risen into cricket’s richest league and become a global sporting phenomenon, one incident from IPL 2008, the first edition, was kept under wraps for a long time. In a match between Mumbai Indians…
Govt to reopen probes into thousands of pre-2000 disappearances
Justice Minister Harsha Nanayakkara says investigations will be reopened into more than 10,000 complaints of disappearances reported in the North and South before the year 2000. He said new mechanisms would be introduced for the Office on Missing Persons and…
Club Wasantha murder case: Tattoo studio owner granted bail
The Homagama High Court has granted bail to Dulan Sanjula, the owner of a tattoo studio in Athurugiriya, who was arrested in connection with the murder of businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera, also known as ‘Club Wasantha.’ The court ordered his…