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Daily News on MSNUnderworld Figure 'Gal Ibba' Arrested in Matugama
Officers of the Kalutara Crime Division have arrested Gayan Prabath, alias 'Gal Ibba', a suspected member of an organized crime syndicate linked to drug trafficking, in the Bopitiya area of Matugama.
When the government of Sri Lanka published the National Red List of threatened plants in 2020, my eyebrows shot up. We’ve ...
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Mongabay News on MSNSri Lanka grants protection to a rare ecosystem
An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a move hailed as a long-overdue conservation victory, Sri Lanka has formally ...
After 14 years in hiding, when King Valagamba finally returned to reclaim his throne in Anuradhapura around 89 BCE, he paid ...
Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in ...
New Sri Lanka mass grave discovery reopens old wounds for Tamils So far, 19 bodies have been found. Thousands of Tamils were disappeared during the civil war that ended in 2009.
The Poson Poya, also known as the full moon day of June, holds significant religious importance for Sri Lankans. This day commemorates the arrival of Ven Mahinda Arahan to the island, a crucial event ...
Sri Lanka's customs authorities arrested on Friday a woman and seized the largest haul of cocaine ever detected at the country's main international airport, an official said. The unnamed 38-year ...
Sri Lanka’s historic chronicle Mahavamsa records that the King having deposited the sacred relic in Dhammacakka Vihara (built by King Devanampiyatissa), further decreed that the sacred relic should be ...
One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island of Sri Lanka not only embraced this compassionate path, but also became ...
As Sri Lanka emerges from its worst economic crisis, the new government faces the challenge of balancing recovery with sustainable growth.
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