Police said that security will be heightened in Colombo during the upcoming festive season.

Four vehicles traveling towards Colombo from Matara on the E01 crashed and piled up at the 25.5-mile post near the Gelanigama Interchange on the Southern Expressway this morning, the expressway Police said.

A 19-year-old girl drowned and two others, including a teacher, were hospitalized yesterday (March 31) after they swept away by the waves while bathing at the Nayaru Beach in Kokkilai.

The MAS Athlete Training Academy, an initiative of MAS Holdings, has provided sports gear and per diem sponsorships to promising athletes and coaches set to compete at the Asian Under-18 Athletics Championships in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in April 2025.

Japan’s long-dreaded “big one” earthquake could kill almost 300,000 people along its urbanised Pacific coast, create 12.3mn evacuees and cause $1.8tn of economic damage, a new government forecast has warned.

Sri Lanka is set to lose US $ 1 billion in FDI since Adani wind power project in Mannar is now uncertain with both the project company and the Sri Lankan government remaining firm on tariff rates, Daily Mirror learns.

The government is prioritising equitisation as a key strategy to enhance the governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and inject liquidity into the capital market, instead of embracing full privatisation, which has garnered negative sentiment amo

Sri Lanka’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has introduced a simplified self-declaration process to alleviate the 10 percent advance income tax (AIT) burden on interest earnings for the low and middle-income earners.

Social activist and complainant Sanjaya Mahawatte yesterday said that he had given a successful statement to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for nearly four hours regarding an accident involving a modern pilot vessel stationed at the Trin

While alleging that Shani Abeysekera, and Ravi Seneviratne have used political asylum by holding key positions in the government to avoid prosecution regarding the Easter Sunday attacks, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa called on the President to question the

The government has paid special attention to enhancing facilities and undertaking development activities at the Jaffna International Airport (JIA), also known as Palali Airport.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has announced a revision of fuel prices, effective from midnight today (31).

The price of 12.5kg domestic Laugfs Gas cylinders has been increased by Rs.420 with effect from today.

Survivors were pulled out of rubble in Myanmar and signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed around

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, is on an official visit to Paris, France, to participate in the high-level segment of the International Expert Conference on An Integrated and Sustainable Approach to Safeguarding the World Heritage Property of

The All Island Canteen Owners’ Association (AICOA) has decided to increase the price of a cup of tea by Rs. 10 from tonight.

The Sri Lanka Railways Station Masters’ Union (SLRSMU) has decided to refrain from all duties at sub-train stations in the Colombo region starting tonight.

A 30-year-old man jumped from the ITC Ratnadipa Luxury Hotel near Galle Face Green after leaving a written note stating that he took his own life due to unbearable stress, the police said.

Former Public Security Minister Tiran Alles left the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after a five and a half hours statement was recorded.

Referring to the recent sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom on top Sri Lankan military officials, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, who played a significant role in the country’s civil war, stated that the sanction against former Army Commander Sha

Organized criminal Amila Sampath, alias ‘Rotumba Amila’, has been arrested in Russia.

The Royal Madras Yacht Club, together with IndSri Ferry Services Lanka Pvt Ltd, today launched the first international sailing expedition from Chennai to Sri Lanka, lasting seven days.

In a swift response to an urgent appeal, the Court of Appeal today issued an interim order suspending the decision made by the Puttalam High Court Judge to remand a lady lawyer over an alleged contemptuous conduct.

The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government said Monday.

Police have launched an investigation after an individual was found dead at a luxury hotel near Galle Face Green.

Shammi Silva has been re-elected as the President of Sri Lanka Cricket for the 2025–2027 term.

Sri Lanka has experienced a significant surge in HIV/AIDS cases in 2024 recording over 800 cases.

Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Hospital which is commonly known as the KDU hospital has been identified as a burden to the Treasury because it does not generate profits, according to a top level committee.

Although Sri Lanka is not typically considered a high-seismic zone, the mushrooming skyscrapers in Colombo are safe from any unexpected earthquake, as they are built using such structural technology, a seismologist said.

Sri Lanka’s construction sector continued to expand in February, with increased construction activity reported by most respondents, according to the Central Bank.