The Sri Lankan Bhikkhu Association in Europe has submitted a letter to the Commissioner General of Prisons requesting legal provisions to allow incarcerated Buddhist monks to wear their monastic robes,

The members of the opposition have signed a no-confidence motion against Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne today (08).

An ‘Amber’ advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology for severe lightning in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva, North-western, Northern, North-central and Southern provinces.

The Central Criminal Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has been declared a place of detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) through an Extraordinary Gazette notification.

The bodies of two elderly women, who are suspected to have been murdered, have been found in the backyard of a house in the Ginigala area of Habaraduwa.

The US Department of Homeland Security has proposed that international students pay ‌at least $70,000 in training fees if they want to work in the country, according to a government notice posted online on Wednesday, part of the Trump administration's wider crackdown on foreign visa holders.

Saudi Arabia’s authorities must urgently overturn the death sentence issued against a migrant worker on charges of “blasphemy”, Amnesty International said in a statement.

A shortage of psychiatrists is currently prevailing in the country, Consultant Psychiatrist at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Professor Chathurie Suraweera, said.

A 21-year-old student of the University of Kelaniya has been killed in a motorcycle accident in the Waskaduwa area of Kalutara this morning (08).

Oil prices rose on Thursday on persistent worries about supply from the key Middle East producing region amid an increase in attacks on shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.