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Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka will miss the upcoming ODI Tri-Nation Series featuring Pakistan and England as he has yet to receive medical clearance to return to competitive cricket.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee has named a 15-member squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan, which forms part of the ICC World Test Championship 2025–2027 cycle.
The state-controlled Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has invested millions of dollars in projects across Africa. A new report says the bank has made loans despite ignoring corruption among the countries receiving them while also aligning its investments with China’s political goals for the continent.
SriLankan Airlines has extended the suspension of all flights between Colombo and the Saudi Arabian cities of Riyadh and Dammam until October 24, 2026, citing the prevailing security situation in the region.
The case files and documents relating to investigations into former Minister Basil Rajapaksa have been forwarded to the Attorney General’s Department for further legal action, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala said.
The Fort Magistrate issued an order against 54 individuals, including Venerable Ulapane Sumangala Thera and 29 other Buddhist monks, former Minister Udaya Gammanpila and 10 other politicians, along with 18 civil society representatives, preventing them from remaining in the area surrounding the Presidential Secretariat.
A man known as ‘Dubai Sudda’, identified as Ranthathige Nisshanka Priyadarshana, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, suspended, fined Rs. 100,000 and ordered to pay Rs. 700,000 in compensation to complainants over a foreign employment fraud case.
Sri Lanka is preparing to launch what it says will be South Asia’s first passenger-carrying drone service, with the first aircraft already arriving at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) Director General Daminda Rambukwella told the Daily Mirror.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by a Buddhist monk convicted of sexually abusing a novice monk, upholding his conviction and sentences of 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment relating to grave sexual abuse.
Five more suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting of the tusker Kavantissa and other alleged illegal activities in the area, the Ministry of Environment said.
A Sri Lankan domestic worker returning from Kuwait gave birth to a baby boy aboard a Jazeera Airways flight bound for Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake early this morning (19).
The Meteorology Department has forecast heavy rainfall of 100–150 mm in some areas of the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva and Southern provinces.
The Ministry of Environment has requested the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to launch an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the death of tusker Kawanthissa and suspected organised activities targeting wild elephants in Sri L
Twelve people were injured when a luxury bus traveling from Colombo to Anuradhapura veered off the road and overturned due to adverse weather conditions near the Mee Oya bridge along the Puttalam-Anuradhapura road within the Puttalam police division last night.
The special committee appointed to review and update the rules, regulations and standing orders under the Prisons Ordinance has submitted its interim report to the Secretary to the President, Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake.
