The Supreme Court today issued a rule for the removal of Nagananda Kodituwakku from the position of an Attorney-at-Law after he was found guilty of professional misconduct.

China is reported to have expressed its dissatisfaction to Sri Lanka over the decision to bar Chinese research vessels from carrying out any study in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for one year starting from January 3, 2024.

A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition was filed today (29) on behalf of former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who is currently in remand custody.

The newly appointed Inspector General of Police, T. M. W. Deshabandu Tennakoon met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat today(29).

Santhan alias T Suthendiraraja, a Sri Lankan national who was one of the six convicts released in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, died on Wednesday morning at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital (RGGH) in Chennai.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry urged the members of the UN Human Rights Council not to allow short-term political gains or “domestic vote bank politics” to overtake the work of the Council, when addressing the High-Level segment of the 55th Session of the Council through a pre-recorded video statement on 27 February 2024.

In response to soaring atmospheric temperatures, the Education Ministry has issued a directive to all school authorities urging them to suspend strenuous outdoor activities for students till Friday (March 01).

National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to Canada next month to address Sri Lankans living there and to meet with some Canadian politicians, the Daily Mirror learns. He will address a meeting in Toronto on March 23. Earlier, he visited Austrailia, the United States and India.

Puttalam District SLPP Parliamentarian Chinthaka Mayadunna is accused of being involved in land grabbing in Kalpitiya to distribute amongst the Muslim and Tamil communities, eyeing their votes at the upcoming elections.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to support the proposed no-confidence motion against Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane. The Opposition is planning to bring in a no-confidence motion against the Speaker claiming that the Online Safety Act was passed without considering the recommendations of the Supreme Court.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said the Constitutional Council (CC) has not approved the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the new IGP.

Anuradhapura district Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Uddika Premaratne resigned from his Parliamentary seat. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane, upon inquiry by the Daily Mirror, confirmed that Premaratne has handed in his letter of resignation. Premarathna was elected to parliament in Anuradhapura in the 2020 election with 133,550 votes.

S.C. Muthukumarana is to fill the vacancy created by MP Uddika Premaratne's resignation from Parliament today. Muthukumarana is next in line on the SLPP list for the Anuradhapura District.

The National People's Power (NPP) will support the no-confidence motion which is to be brought in by the Opposition against Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane, former NPP MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said today.

Due to the high temperature during the past few weeks, many school students across the country have suffered from heat-related illnesses and hospitalised, Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) consultant pediatrician Dr. Deepal Perera said.

Seven Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the decision to appoint Deshabandu Thennakoon as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the IGP were today fixed for April 2 by the Supreme Court. Court was informed that the parties were yet to receive minutes pertaining to the Constitutional Council appointing Deshabandu Tennakoon as the new IGP.

Opposition parties have decided to bring in a no confidence motion against Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena a short while ago.

The Sri Lankan Navy offshore patrol vessel (OPV) which was deployed to jointly patrol the West Indian Ocean seas and the troubled Red Sea area, had intercepted a dhow (traditional Iranian fishing/trading vessel) which is suspected to have been smuggling narcotics.

Senior U. S. diplomat Elizabeth Kathryn Horst is designated to be appointed new American ambassador to Sri Lanka succeeding Ms. Julie Chung whose stint will end soon , Daily Mirror learns. The Sri Lankan government has given its concurrence to the appointment subject to clearance by the U.S Senate .

The Ministry of Education has issued a circular on the precautions to be taken for school students in light of the prevalent dry weather conditions across Sri Lanka.

Australia’s United Petroleum has entered into an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to supply petroleum products to the Sri Lankan market, it was reported.

A future SLFP-led alliance for the upcoming elections will not form an alliance with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) or the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), SLFP Senior Vice President Prof. Rohana Luxman Piyadasa told The Daily Morning.

The annual feast of St. Anthony was celebrated at the Sri Lankan islet of Kachchatheevu, with many Sri Lankan devotees attending, but it was boycotted by Indian fisherfolk in protest against the arrest of Indian fishermen for poaching.

The Sri Lanka Navy vessel which was dispatched to patrol the troubled Western Indian Ocean waters off the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in great secrecy late last month has completed its maiden joint patrol and is returning to home port, The Sunday Morning reliably learns.

Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon is set to be appointed as the next IGP, a top State official disclosed to The Sunday Morning.

While the prevailing heat is a deviation from the average temperature, the warmer conditions are likely to subside after a month following sufficient inter-monsoonal rainfall, the Department of Meteorology reveals.

The Sri Lanka Army has announced the granting of permission for the public to visit seven Hindu temples (Kovils) situated within the high-security zone under the jurisdiction of the Security Forces Headquarters in Jaffna.

At least four SriLankan flights were delayed at Bandaranaike International Airport this morning due to ground staff refraining from performing some of their duties.