Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has filed a Fundamental Rights petition challenging the government’s decision to reduce his security detail without conducting a comprehensive security assessment.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed concern over Beijing’s coercion against Taiwan during a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Focus Taiwan reported, citing the US State ...

Politicians in Edinburgh have approved a tourist tax for overnight visitors to the Scottish capital, introducing the first such charge in the UK. From mid-2026, guests staying in certain types of ...

Barista, Sri Lanka’s largest café chain, marks a significant milestone in the company’s journey in brewing happiness across the island with the opening of its 50th outlet, Barista Nawam Mawatha. The ...

Investigators say they have found evidence that a bird strike killed 179 people on a passenger plane that crashed in South Korea in December. Feathers and blood stains on both engines of the Jeju Air ...

The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to align its foreign aid policies with the “America First” agenda. A memo issued to more than 10,000 USAID ...

Digital news outlets in India, including billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, have filed a legal complaint against OpenAI, alleging that it used their copyrighted content without permission.

Minister Bimal Rathnayake expressed confidence that the Election Commission would hold the Local Government (LG) elections either in the second or fourth week of April 2025. Speaking to the media in ...

The Attorney General has informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that another case will soon be filed against Yoshitha Rajapaksa concerning the acquisition of assets illegally. Senior Deputy Solicitor ...

World Leprosy Day, observed annually on the last Sunday of January and extending into the following weeks, serves as a global platform to spotlight the battle against leprosy and the pervasive stigma ...

IOTC, a multinational corporation headquartered in Luxembourg, recently announced a major expansion of its sustainability initiatives into South Asia, beginning with Sri Lanka’s renewable energy ...

Fresh details regarding the arrest of Yoshitha Rajapaksa, the second son of former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, have been revealed by the police. Yoshitha was arrested by the CID this morning (25 ...