The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has raised significant concerns regarding the prolonged delay in appointing judges to fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal. 

In a letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the BASL highlighted the pressing issue of as many as five vacancies currently existing within the Court of Appeal.

The Bar Association...

One person has been reported dead, while four others were left injured following a head-on collision involving a passenger transport bus and a three-wheeler in the Puwakgodamulla area of Badulla this morning (10).

Police said that the tragic accident involving a passenger transport bus attached to the Sri Lanka Transport Board’s (SLTB) D...

South Korea will set up a ministry to address the country’s plummeting birth rate, president Yoon Suk Yeol announced on Thursday, calling it a “national emergency”.

The fertility rate in South Korea has been severely hit and continues on a dramatic decline in 2023 as women concerned about their careers and the financial cost of raising children are...

The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in most provinces of the island after 2.00 p.m. today (10).

In its latest weather forecast, the department stated that heavy showers of about 100mm are likely at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Polonnaruwa district.

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