The retired doctor from Piliyandala, who was arrested over the hand grenade found at a church premises in Borella, has been granted bail by the Colombo High Court. 

A hand grenade was discovered inside the All Saints’ Church in Borella on January 11 while police had later arrested three individuals including a person who worked at the church, based...

A special meeting of the ruling party is scheduled to be held tomorrow (22) under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The meeting is to be held at Temple Trees at around 6.00 pm tomorrow, government sources told Ada Derana.

All members of parliament (MPs) from the ruling party have reportedly been informed to attend the mandatory meeting.

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The first shipment of 35,000 metric tonnes of diesel under the USD 500 million credit line from India has arrived in Colombo, according to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC).

The CPC said that unloading of the diesel shipment had commenced this morning (21).

Sri Lanka had signed the $500 million credit line with India to import fuel, amid a...

A foreign national has died in a road accident involving a motorcycle and a lorry at Ahangama on the Galle-Matara road.

Police said the incident had occurred last evening (20) when a motorcyclist traveling from Matara to Galle had attempted to overtake a lorry and collided with the vehicle. 

The motorcyclist, a 38-year-old Russian woman, had...