Navy arrests 18 Tamil Nadu fishermen for poaching

Tensions in Pakistan forces SriLankan Airlines to suspend flights to Lahore

SriLankan Airlines on Thursday said its flights to Lahore had been temporarily suspended. However, the services to Karachi would be continued as scheduled, the airline said. The airline runs four weekly flights to Lahore and all those flights are cancelled till further notice. ?This is being done in view of the current tensed military situation in the Kashmir region,? sources said. In a late-night development on Wednesday (May 7), the Pakistan government closed its airspace for all commercia

08 May, 2025

NPP wins Local Government elections

The ruling National Peoples Power won the local council elections but with significantly lower margins, in its first test since sweeping national polls last year, official results showed on Wednesday. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition received the most votes in 265 out of the 339 councils, but fell short of an outright majority in about half of them. The main opposition SJB won just 14 councils, while the country’s main minority Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance, performed

07 May, 2025

NPP grabs Colombo but fails to secure absolute majority

The National People’s Power (NPP) secured the most number of seats in the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) at the Local Government Election, but failed to secure absolute majority. The NPP secured 48 seats in the Colombo Municipal Council and won the polls in Colombo. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) secured 29 seats, the United National Party (UNP) 13 seats, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) 5 seats and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) 4 seats. The opposition and independent groups c

07 May, 2025