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A win will hand Sajith Premadasa the top job more than 30 years after his father was assassinated while holding the same post.

Not one of the 38 contenders in Sri Lanka's presidential election this month is a woman.

39 candidates filed nomination papers by the deadline for the Sept. 21 vote in the crisis-hit nation.

Namal Rajapaksa said he would hold talks with 92 parliamentarians who recently declared support for Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The Online Safety Bill proposes jail terms for content that a five-member commission considers illegal.

PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the matter was discussed during his meeting with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in NY today.

Doctors and university teachers working at state-run hospitals and universities started a 24-hour strike, warning of longer strikes.

Wickremesinghe also "expressed his desire to further strengthen economic ties between Sri Lanka and Malaysia".

More than a quarter of the population of 22 million is now struggling to secure adequate, nutritious food, the United Nations says.

Tokyo is open to hosting talks among all the creditor nations aimed at lifting Colombo from its worst debt crisis since independence.

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Wickremesinghe's office cited the president as saying at an event in the main city of Colombo that the emergency would lapse this week.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter, according to two sources.

Wickremesinghe has remained in contact with Rajapaksa to deal with administrative handover issues and other government business.

The World Bank said Sri Lanka needs to adopt structural reforms that focus on economic stabilisation and tackle its crisis' root causes.

A married couple and a man were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 51.974 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine.

The police may seek new testimony from existing witnesses for additional insights into the investigation of Teoh Beng Hock's death.

Thailand's Constitutional Court rejects a petition seeking to stop Thaksin Shinawatra from interfering in the running the Pheu Thai party.

The State Assemblyman for Sungai Bakap, Abidin Ismail, was sworn in today at the State Assembly building, Lebuh Light.

A cadet officer at UPNM pleaded not guilty to a charge of injuring his junior by stomping on the victim's stomach with spike boots.

The indictment was unsealed on Nov. 20, prompting a $27 billion plunge in Adani Group companies' market value.

Several countries have already vowed to curb social media use by children through legislation, but Australia's policy could become one of the most stringent.

Bondi was the top law enforcement officer of the country's third most populous state from 2011 to 2019, and served on Trump's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission during his first administration.

At 8 am, the local currency climbed to 4.4600/4700 against the greenback.

The hospital hallways echo with the screams of children as anxious parents await news from doctors.