One power generator at the Kelanitissa Power Plant shutdown as it has run out of fuel: CEB Spokesperson
Katana Police say a light aircraft has made an emergency landing into Dagonna area in Katana. No reports of casualties yet
2 year agoPakistani media reported that one of the main perpetrators of Sialkot mob lynching of the Sri Lankan man was arrested while trying to escape in a burqa
2 year agoSri Lanka: A protest was held outside Pakistan High Commission in Colombo on Sunday by a large crowd, including a group of monks, against the killing of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot city of Pakistan's Punjab province
Sri Lanka: According to media reports on Friday (December 3rd), large parts of the island are affected by power outages. The cause of the power outages was the failure of an important transmission line
Colombo High Court reads the charges against Patali Champika Ranawaka & two others of the case on fabricating false evidence over the Rajagiriya accident in 2016
Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery will be TEMPORARILY shutdown for a period of 50 days with effect from Monday (15). NO fuel shortage in Sri Lanka - Minister
3 year agoBritish frigate HMS KENT F78 was in Sri Lanka this week for maintenance then operated with Sri Lankan patrol ship SAMUDURA P621, the former US Coast Guard cutter COURAGEOUS WMEC622, transferred in 2004. Launched in 1967 at Lorain, Ohio, COURAGOUS is still going strong
NIA yesterday arrested Satkunam (47), a Sri Lankan national & former member of intelligence wing of LTTE presently residing in Chennai, for his involvement in arms & drug trafficking from Pakistan to Sri Lanka & utilizing the proceeds for supporting the revival of LTTE: NIA
Sri Lanka's state of emergency on ensuring food security may further expand military role in civilian functions - UN Human Rights High Commissioner.
The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a stock of Kerala marijuana worth Rs.68 million from the Vettalakeni, Aliyaweli Coast in Puttalam
3 year agoNew Zealand: Police shot dead a violent extremist known to police on Friday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said after the man was stabbed
A Sri Lankan who was in New Zealand for 10 years identified as an extremist, shot and killed by Police after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket in Auckland
New Zealand PM Ardern says the stabbing incident was a terror attack by a Sri Lankan man, who was inspired by ISIS
3 year agoThe assailant stabbed shoppers before was shot dead by the police. PM Ardern is being briefed
New Zealand police have shot and killed a man who injured at least six people in a supermarket in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn
"Arrested SriLankan Ex-Airforce officer warned Indian High Comm. 3rd Sec. Ms. Subramanium of an impending attack"- Minister Weerasekara
Sri Lanka files charges against 25 Easter Sunday bombing suspects
India, SriLanka, Maldives identify 4 areas of cooperation to fight spread of terror via sea They were joined by Bangladesh, Mauritius & Seychelles to establish a maritime security mechanism for Indian Ocean Region amid China's growing presence there
Colombo Security Conclave: Deputy NSAs of India, Sri Lanka, Maldives meet. Sri Lanka: General LHSC Silva, Chief of Defence Staff & Commander of Army of Sri Lanka India: Pankaj Saran, Deputy National Security Adviser Maldives: Aishath Nooshin Waheed, Secretary, NSAO
3 year agoJaffna 'TikTok studio' attacked; 7 injured and 02 in critical condition: lka SriLanka
Sri Lanka Army Major General involved in an altercation with Wildlife Officers arrested upon arriving at the Habarana Police : Police Spokesperson
3 year ago2 soldiers dead as military truck falls off bridge: Eravur, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka coast: A chemical explosion has caused a serious fire in a cargo ship packed with containers. The 25 crew members of the boat have been safely evacuated by the country's navy
Gunfire exchange reported between security officials & robbers, when depositing cash at an ATM of a private bank in Anuradhapura. One officer injured
Three women dead following a collision between a three wheeler and a lorry in Haggala, Nuwara Eliya. Manhunt underway to arrest lorry driver : Police Spokesperson
Air Force Commander has appointed a committee to investigate the parachute entanglement involving two parachutes which resulted in the death of a Squadron Leader and injured another airman, in Ampara
Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut many Islamic schools, minister says
Army Commander says burial of Covid-19 victims' bodies begin at Ottamawadi, Batticaloa district in Eastern Province
Sri Lanka Police launched investigations with regard to the video that circulated via social media containing footage of a brutal assault on an infant. The woman was arrested by Jaffna Police and the baby was taken into police custody to ensure he is taken care of in the future
