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Ship boardings have risen since November due to disrupted maritime traffic from Houthi attacks off the coast of Yemen On March 15, an Indian navy destroyer in the Arabian Sea used a drone to confirm armed men had hijacked the MV...

Two unidentified bike-borne assailants fired five to six rounds outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s residential building in Bandra West at around 4.55am on Sunday. Though the actor and his parents were sleeping at home, nobody was injured in the incident....

The National Transport Commission states that the 1955 hotline is operational 24 hours a day to inform about bus drivers violating traffic rules. (Sri Lanka Latest News) Its Acting Director General Naomi Jayawardena stated that measures have been taken to...

A division has emerged in the main political party, the Tamil National Alliance, regarding the nomination of a candidate from the North for this year's presidential election. Sri Lanka Latest News When the leader of that party Mr. Sreedharan said...

In the last 24 hours, 08 road accidents have been reported out of which 10 deaths have been reported. Sri Lanka Latest News The police mention that 05 out of these 8 accidents happened due to a vehicle skidding on...

A Pakistani refugee who moved to Australia from Sri Lanka is among those killed in the Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing. The 30-year-old former refugee who was working as a security guard at Bondi Junction Westfield has been identified as the sole...

 Cumulative arrivals reach 686,321  Daily average improves to 5615  India tops list, followed by UK and Russia  Extending the growth momentum, the international tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka crossed the 50,000 mark during the first nine days of April.The provisional...

The tally of dengue cases recorded for 2024 has topped the 21,000 mark, according to the Epidemiology Unit.  As of April 13, a total of 21,028 cases have been reported in 2024, with the highest number being from the Colombo...

The Meteorological Department has issued a weather advisory for several provinces in Sri Lanka, forecasting heavy showers exceeding 100 mm in some areas.  The Western, Sabaragamuwa, Uva and Southern Provinces, as well as Ampara and Batticaloa districts are likely to...

 Iran’s attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza yesterday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than to inflict real damage....