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The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) today (20) stated that the defence agreement signed between Sri Lanka and the United States will be tabled in Parliament for the second time. The Deputy Minister made…

Instructions have been issued to all police stations to initiate legal actions against foreign nationals found driving three-wheelers without a valid driving license, the Police Headquarters stated. Authorities clarified that an…

Another fishing vessel carrying six Sri Lankan fishermen has been taken into custody on suspicion of transporting drugs, police stated. The vessel was taken into custody in the southern seas off Sri Lanka. The operation was carried out…

The Global Peace Prayer festival held in Thimphu in Bhutan this November has exposed the limitations of the ambition of China to emerge as the leader of the Buddhist world. The main attraction of the festival was the exposition of the…

Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire Wednesday that burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan, killing one person, injuring another and forcing more than 170 people to evacuate. A man in his 70s was unaccounted for…

The Court of Appeal today (19) scheduled a hearing on December 16 to consider a petition seeking an injunction to prevent the implementation of an order issued by the Department of Coastal Conservation to remove a part of the Trincomalee…

The Seventh Meeting of the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) will be held in New Delhi tomorrow (20), the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced. India’s NSA Ajit Doval will host…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has held a special discussion with several parliamentarians and representatives of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK). The meeting was held at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (19). It…

A delegation led by Yan Jizhun, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial People's Congress in China, met with the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources, and Marine Resources, Ramalingam Chandrasekara, yesterday.…

The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka proudly celebrated the 250th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps at the annual Marine Corps Ball on November 15, honoring a quarter-millennium of the Corps’ unwavering commitment to its timeless values:…