A mother and her child who were caught in strong down currents in the Menik Ganga near the Sellakatharagama Dewalaya have been rescued by troops of the Sri Lanka National Guard.

The duo was stranded in the middle after the water level of the river rose rapidly following the release of water from the Weheragala Reservoir.

A large volume of water was...

Police report that the individual injured in a shooting incident in the Heenatiyana area of Katunayake this morning (26) has been identified as 29-year-old Udara Chathuranga, a resident of the same area.

The incident occurred at around 5:35 a.m. while the victim was sleeping in a room in his house alongside his father. 

According to initial...

The Colombo High Court today (28) imposed the death penalty on five individuals for the brutal killing of a 21-year-old youth adjacent to a temple in Mattakkuliya in 2012. Meanwhile, two other accused, who were under 18 years of age at the time of the crime, were sentenced to life imprisonment. Delivering the verdict following a lengthy trial,...

The Prime Minister, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, paid a solemn visit to the Embassy of the Vatican in Colombo yesterday (25) to offer condolences on behalf of the Government and the people of Sri Lanka on the passing of the Archbishop of Buenos Aires and the regional leader in Argentina, His Holiness Pope Francis.

During the visit, Dr. Amarasuriya...