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A visit by Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler to the White House for talks on Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump aims to deepen decades-old cooperation on oil and security while broadening ties in commerce, technology and potentially even nuclear energy.It will be the first trip by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the U.S. since the 2018 killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, which caused a global uproar. U.S. intelligence concluded that MBS approved the capture or killing of Khashoggi, a prominent critic.The crown prince, widely known by his initials MBS, denied ordering the…

The government has decided to implement the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act from December 01, 2025. It is reported that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued the relevant Gazette notification.Accordingly, the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act, No. 17 of 2015, is scheduled to take effect on December 01, 2025.The Bill, which makes provisions for establishing the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act, was recently passed in Parliament and the Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne on September 03 endorsed the certification on the Gambling Regulatory Authority Bill in accordance with Article 79 of the Constitution. The new Act provides for the regulation and control of all…

Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala stated that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the provision of an allowance of Rs. 7,000 for police officers.Participating in the Committee Stage debate on the 2026 Budget in Parliament today (18), the Minister said that the allowance will be provided next month and is intended to cover the cost of uniforms and shoes for police personnel.Commenting further, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala said:“Yesterday, the Cabinet decided to provide an allowance to police officers for their uniforms and shoes. Accordingly, it has been decided to provide an allowance of Rs.…

Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern, Southern and Uva provinces. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in the other areas of the island after 1.00 p.m. Heavy rainfall about 100 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Northwestern, Southern and Uva provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts.Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Sabaragamuwa, Central, Uva and Southern provinces during the early hours of the morning, the Met. Department added. The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning…

A total of 2,183 complaints related to violence against women have been reported since November 2024, the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs has announced.The complaints were lodged through the 1938 toll-free Women’s Helpline, operated under the National Committee on Women affiliated with the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs.Among these, the largest number of complaints—1,488—were related to domestic violence.Additionally, 234 complaints were related to cybercrime, and seven complaints pertained to sexual abuse, the Ministry noted.The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs and the National Committee on Women, with the participation of government and non-governmental organizations, have already begun promoting…

The Chief Prelate of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya, Most Venerable Karagoda Uyangoda Maithri Murthy Thero, has sent a letter to the President regarding the incident in which police removed a Buddha statue from a temple premises in Trincomalee.The letter states that the Sri Sambuddha Jayanthi Bodhiraja Viharaya in Trincomalee has been in existence since 1951 and is a duly registered temple under the Department of Buddhist Affairs as a temple belonging to the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya.It further notes that in 2014, the ownership of the land on which the temple stands was confirmed by a grant…

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has announced that following the discussion held with the President, an emergency Executive Committee meeting and a Central Committee meeting will be convened, during which future actions will be discussed.Speaking to media after the discussion held this morning (17) at the Presidential Secretariat, the Secretary of the GMOA, Dr. Prabath Sugathadasa stated that a number of concerns were raised during the meeting.He said that the President’s attention had been drawn to the proposals presented by the GMOA and that the President had informed the association that those proposals would be discussed further and that…

Four defendants including former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, his son Ramith Rambukwella and his daughter have been served indictments before the Colombo High Court in two separate cases filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).The indictments were served before the Colombo High Court Judge Mohamed Mihal, Ada Derana reporter said. The charges were filed in two cases filed against Keheliya Rambukwella, his son Ramith Rambukwella, his daughter Amali Nayanika Rambukwella and one of their employees Nipuni Krishnajina.The judge ordered the release of all accused on a cash bail of Rs. 50,000 each, with two sureties of Rs.…

The decision to remove the Buddha statue from the premises of the Sri Sambuddha Jayanthi Bodhiraja Viharaya in Trincomalee was taken as a precautionary measure, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala stated in Parliament today (17).The Public Security Minister noted that since police received information that the statue might be damaged, officers decided to remove it from the premises.A heated situation arose last night when police officers took steps to remove a Buddha statue that had been placed on the premises of the Sri Sambuddha Jayanthi Bodhiraja Viharaya in Trincomalee.The Sri Sambuddha Jayanthi Bodhiraja Viharaya in Trincomalee is a temple…

Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death in abstentia by a court in Dhaka for crimes against humanity over a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.A three-judge bench of the country’s international crimes tribunal convicted Hasina of crimes including incitement, orders to kill, and inaction to prevent atrocities, carried out as she oversaw a crackdown on anti-government protesters last year.Reading the verdict to the court, Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder said the “accused prime minister committed crimes against humanity by her order to use drones, helicopters and lethal weapons”.Hasina had pleaded not guilty to the charges and alleged…