Sri Lanka Highlights

The United States said it expected an Iranian response as soon as later in the day on Friday to its latest proposal to end the war in the Gulf, even as U.S. and Iranian forces clashed in the Gulf and the United Arab Emirates came under renewed attack. Recent days have seen the biggest flare-ups […]

The Deputy Mayor of Kurunegala Municipal Council, Ashardeen Moinudeen, has been arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs. 3 million to award a tender to a businessman. The arrest has been made in the Battaramulla area, while he was travelling to […]

Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala announced that no definitive conclusion can be made at this stage regarding the death of former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena.   He said a conclusive statement could only be made following the post-mortem examination. ‘‘Investigations into the death have already commenced. The post-mortem examination is currently underway, and the […]

The President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Tô Lâm, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka, stated that Vietnam and Sri Lanka have agreed to strengthen bilateral relations to a ‘‘Comprehensive Partnership,’’ marking a new phase in diplomatic and […]

Health government officials say that a fever illness reported around the Kotapola Medical Officer of Health (MOH) area has been identified as a viral infection, according to Specialist Dr. Palitha Karunapema of the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health. He confirmed that 47 infected patients were revealed during the past month. Symptoms of the […]

South Africa’s constitutional court revived on Friday impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal dubbed ‘‘Farmgate’’ by local media, saying parliament had acted unlawfully by blocking the process in 2022. The scandal centred on allegations made by a former intelligence official that Ramaphosa tried to cover up the theft of about $4 million […]

Two people, including a woman, have died in separate incidents suspected murder reported from Pitigala and Tissamaharama areas. In the Horangalla area of Pitigala, a 60-year-old man has been killed after being attacked using a sharp weapon, police said. The incident is believed to have occurred following a dispute between two individuals that escalated.  The […]

In a tragic event that occurred in Indonesia, at least three people were burned alive when Mount Dukono volcano erupted suddenly.  It is being revealed that about 20 hikers climbed the mountain despite the warning and no-go zone.  Suddenly, the volcano erupted, and immediately the sky was filled with ash and smoke, resulting in the […]

An outbreak of hantavirus on board a cruise ship is not the start of a pandemic, the UN health agency has said. Maria van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the World Health Organization (WHO), told a news briefing that it was not the same incident as six years ago with Covid-19, because hantavirus spreads […]