American arrested at BIA with live bullets

Namal Rajapaksa heading for humiliating defeat

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa is heading for a humiliating defeat at the 2024 Presidential Election. Results in so far (5am Sri Lanka Time) show Namal Rajapaksa at 5th place with just 10,233 votes. National Peoples Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake is leading with over 300,000 votes, followed by Sajith Premadasa, Ranil Wickremesinghe and Tamil Common candidate P. Ariyanenthiran. Namal Rajapaksa was a last minute nominee by the SLPP after D

21 Sep, 2024

Keheliya Rambukwella granted bail

Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who was arrested and remanded in February this year, over the alleged importation of substandard human immunoglobulin vials, has been granted bail. Two others who were also remanded in the same case were also released on bail by the?Maligakanda Magistrate?s Court. The former MP was released on two personal bails of Rs. 5 million each and a cash bond of Rs. 100,000 while an overseas travel ban was also imposed. Rambukwella was reportedly released af

11 Sep, 2024

NPP Leader Anura Kumara ahead in Presidential poll results

The Leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading based on the results from the 2024 Presidential election released so far. Dissanayake secured the highest number of postal votes in the Ratnapura, Polonnaruwa and Hambantota Districts. The NPP Leader, who secured 19,185 postal votes in the Ratnapura District, got 11,768 postal votes in the Polonnaruwa District while Sajith Premadasa secured 4,120 postal votes and Ranil Wickremesinghe 2,762 postal votes. In th

21 Sep, 2024