By D.G. Sugathapala  Two 15-year-old schoolboys who had threatned to share on the internet the manipulated nude photos of two schoolgirls of 17 and 20 years of age were produced before Galle Additional Magistrate Lakmini Vidanagama and released on personal bail in Rs. 100,000 with two sureties each.  The magistrate called for a probation report on the two boys. The suspects are Year 10 students of a school in Akmeemana and residents of Narawala in Akmeemana.  Investigations revealed that […]

Colombo, May 07 (Daily Mirror)  -  A revision application filed by Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe challenging the legality of the enjoining order issued by the Colombo District Court preventing him from functioning as the acting chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) was today dismissed by the Court of Appeal.  

MOSCOW, May 7 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term on Tuesday at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the United States and a number of other Western countries due to Russia's war in Ukraine. Putin, in power as president or prime minister since 1999, begins his new mandate more than two years after he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine, where Russian forces have regained the initiative after a series of reversals and are seeking to advance […]

May 7 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said that Amul, a leading Indian milk producer with international presence has been appointed as the 'Official Sponsor' of the Sri Lanka Men's Team for the duration of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. “Amul's partnership with Sri Lanka Cricket is an excellent move, as associating with an international sports brand is definitely going to help the firm gain market growth and further enhance its brand visibility among the international audience," […]

RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO, May 7 - The Israeli military took control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, pushing into the southern Gazan town after a night of air strikes and as prospects for a ceasefire deal hung in the balance. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said late on Monday it had agreed to a ceasefire proposal from mediators seven months into the war that has pushed more than a million Gazans into the south of the enclave. Israel said the terms did […]

Colombo, May 7 (Daily Mirror) - The Road Development Authority (RDA) has assigned two special teams to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the collapse of a concrete beam in the first section of the Central Expressway project, the RDA Director General said. He said that through these inspections, these officials will quickly check the current condition of all the concrete beams constructed along the Central Expressway Project Part I and apply the necessary remedies. "This will ensure […]

By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Parliament, May 07 (Daily Mirror)- The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has failed to act swiftly to stop financial scams operating online, allowing fraudsters to swindle about one billion rupees from over 1,000 account holders, Parliamentarian Gamini Waleboda said today. The MP told Parliament that on April 25 he had revealed in Parliament that a scam was being operated online to transfer money from current and savings accounts to other accounts using […]

Colombo, May 7 (Daily Mirror) - The body of a youth from Kuliyapitiya, who had gone missing a few days ago while visiting his girlfriend’s house, has been recovered in the Panirendawa area of Madampe, the police said. Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa said the body was found in a forest in the area. On April 22, police launched investigations based on information that the youth had gone missing in the Ilukhena area in Kuliyapitiya Susita Jayawansha, a resident of the Kaballewa area in […]

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Parliament, May 07 (Daily Mirror)- Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) officials are to be summoned before Parliament for declaring itself as an independent institution, it was revealed in Parliament today. Leader of the House Susil Premajayantha said the Speaker can summon CBSL officials either before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) or the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) to seek an explanation. He said this in response to an issue raised by […]