Former Minister and Kalutara Distrcrct MP Indradasa Hettiarachchi has passed away at the age of 99.

Sri Lanka is set to expand homeopathy as part of its healthcare system, focusing on making it more affordable and accessible for the public.

In a bid to reduce accidents caused by high-speed driving, the Sri Lanka Police have distributed several US-made speed gun devices worth Rs. 91 million to traffic officers.

The deadline for importing rice ended at midnight yesterday, with a total of 167,000 MT of rice imported to Sri Lanka since the government allowed the imports.

A photograph of former Brazilian football star Ronaldo Nazario enjoying a safari at a Sri Lankan national park has been circulating widely on social media.

The Borella Police have launched an investigation after a 16-year-old girl, a Grade 11 student of the Colombo Musaeus College, was found dead after falling from the 12th floor of a 24-story apartment complex in Borella.

The traders in several areas of the upcountry yesterday demonstrated demanding the supply of adequate stocks of Nadu and Red rice varieties in view of the Thai Pongal festive season.

While issuing a special gazette notification, the government announced an excise duty percentage on all vehicles imported starting in February, following the resumption of vehicle imports after a five-year suspension.

In a bid to address the salt shortage, chairman of National Salt Limited Gayan Wellala said plans are underway to fully activate the saltern including one in Elephant Pass in the north by March, this year to increase production of salt in the country

A judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an ’’unconditional discharge,’’ bringing to an end the first criminal trial of a former US president.

Heavy showers exceeding 100 mm are expected in the Eastern, Uva, and Central provinces, as well as in the Polonnaruwa district today, the Forecasting Division of the National Meteorological Centre said.

Senior Professor of Forensic Medicine at Karapitiya Hospital U.C.P Perera said it was a matter of serious concern that the fatalities in road accidents have been increasing at a large proportion every year and that 118,240 road accidents had occurred

A troubling rise in shootings linked to organised crime has left 66 people dead in over 100 incidents reported across the country since January 2024. Of these, 13 deaths occurred in organised crime-related shootings involving the underworld in the la

Sri Lanka’s tea industry is set for a year of modest growth in 2025, despite facing several challenges and uncertainties, an analysis by Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers showed.

Sri Lanka’s squad for the upcoming ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup has been announced, with the tournament set to take place in Malaysia from January 18 to February 2.

Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket on Friday with the 35-year-old star run-getter insisting the ’’chapter is over’’.

India’s IndiGo becomes the largest foreign carrier out of Sri Lanka, with it operating 54 weekly flights. The airline operates to two cities in Sri Lanka – Colombo and Jaffna, from four cities in India – Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai

Sri Lanka must prioritise women’s participation in the business and decision-making roles as a strategic necessity for economic growth, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said, asserting the need for greater gender inclusivity in the corporate s

The Finance Ministry announced a 6% increase in Excise Duty on liquor, effective from tomorrow, as per a Gazette notification.

The Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) has announced that, following the increase in Excise Duty, cigarette prices will be raised under four categories starting from January 11, 2025.

Following a recommendation by a specialist doctor, R. Duminda Silva has been transferred from the prison hospital to a general ward at the Welikada Prison, Prisons Commissioner and media spokesman Gamini B. Dissanayake said.

The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this.

A concerning trend of young Sri Lankan women being abandoned by foreign husbands shortly after marriage has come to light following a recent submission made by a lawyer before a Colombo court.

A judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an ’’unconditional discharge,’’ bringing to an end the first criminal trial of a former US president.

Port City Colombo celebrated a milestone today with the groundbreaking of the Marina Development, a joint venture between Browns Investments PLC, the strategic investment arm of LOLC Group and China Harbour Engineering Company.

Thirteen schoolchildren from Tamil Maha Vidyalayam in Hatton were admitted to the Dickoya Primary Hospital this afternoon (10) after experiencing symptoms of food poisoning.

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, who was arrested over assault of a neighbor, has been remanded until January 17 after being produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court.

The government today refuted claims that Rs. 7 million was spent for the inauguration of the ’Clean Sri Lanka’ programme held at the Presidential Secretariat recently.

A video circulating on social media shows a wild elephant blocking a vehicle carrying a group of foreign tourists and scaring them while searching for food.

A wild elephant had been knocked down to death at Karadipuwal area between Puttalam and Eluwankulama Railway Stations in the early hours of last morning by a goods train transporting limestone to the Palaviya cement factory in the Puttalam District.