Fresh allegations on Lasantha Wickrematunge assassination surface from C4 film on SL Easter bombings

The government views the latest Channel 4 film as a work of drama ahead of the session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and therefore advocates a constrained response to the allegations raised in it regarding the Easter Sunday attack, Daily Mirror learns.

Sri Lanka expects to forge major deals in its debt restructuring this month as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conducts the first review of its USD 3 billion loan program.

Asia’s fastest-growing hospitality company, has been honored once again as Sri Lanka’s top-ranked hospitality company to work for, achieving an overall #3 position across all industries in the large-sized business category.

The import restrictions on all vehicles except for private vehicles would be lifted by the end of 2023, the Ministry of Finance said.

The Proud Boys' former leader has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the US Capitol riot, the longest sentence so far for a ringleader of the raid on the seat of American democracy.

Chevron and unions representing workers at two major liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia are holding last-ditch talks ahead of planned industrial action.

Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, is set to be proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government - meaning it will be illegal to be a member or support the organisation.

A team including Dr. Chandana Rajapaksa, the Director of Animal Health and Nutrition at the National Zoological gardens left for Thailand yesterday (5) to assist in the ongoing treatment of tusker ‘Muthurajah’, who was returned to Thailand from Sri Lanka recently due to illness.

Says SL’s access to int’l capital markets expected to be restored soon, but govt. may not explore this option

Life-saving surgeries including caesarean operations at the Embilipitiya District General Hospital have been halted as the only consultant anaesthetist at the hospital had left the hospital without prior notice.

Member of Parliament Rohini Kaviratne said that, in order to solve problems that have arisen because Parliament does not address women’s problems adequately, women’s representation in Parliament should be increased.

A photo posted online appears to show a Russian general who has not been seen in public since a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group in June.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC's US partner CBS.

• SL welcomes 138,405 international tourists in August
  
• January-August arrivals recorded at 904,318

Health officials have made conflicting statements regarding the availability of contact lenses within the hospital system, as well as the potential for delays in surgeries

The five-member committee appointed to examine issues related to drug procurement has faced criticism from medical experts and professional bodies regarding its relevance and composition.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis has prohibited the transfer and sale of 620 million rupees worth of 20 properties belonged to Sampath Sandaruwan, a Director of the Onmax DT' private company', who has been banned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for illegal pyramid transactions, until further notice.

Following the Daily Mirror expose on May 8, under the heading ‘KDU under Scrutiny’, where allegations were levelled against Vice Chancellor Kotelawala Defence University, Maj. Gen. Milinda Peiris, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought for his resignation, the Presidential Secretariat told Daily Mirror.

The government is planning to intensify countrywide raids on liquor factories using fake security stickers, after authorities seized 100, 000 such bottles in the past week alone, Finance State Minister said.