While assuming duties as the new General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways (GMR) today, Dhammika Jayasundara said that the Railway Department should transform into an institution that brings happiness to the people and to provide a people-friendly servic

The Acting Inspector General of Police has issued new directives for officers on traffic duty regarding procedures for stopping vehicles at night.

Legal action has been taken against nearly 9,000 drivers, including 251 for driving under the influence of liquor, for traffic violations and reckless driving within a 24-hour period that ended yesterday, police said.

The government is yet to assign vehicles to the MPs of the new Parliament though it has taken a policy decision to do so.

National consumer prices continued their descent for the third month in a row in November 2024, at a pace much deeper than a month ago as prices either fell or remained unchanged helping the pocketbooks of large swaths of people who were hammered for

Twenty big cats - including a Bengal tiger and four cougars - have died of bird flu over the past several weeks at an animal sanctuary in the state of Washington.

There will be a definite salary increase for government sector employees, including teachers, by next year, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Anil Jayantha Fernando said.

Making a fresh approach towards the stagnating tax issue of staggering Rs.5.8 billion defaulted by the local liquor giant W. M. Mendis and Co. Ltd. the newly appointed Excise Chief has proposed a way-out to settle 50% of the arrears to reactivate its

An organized group is once again deceiving the public on a large scale, as evidenced by a sharp increase in financial fraud complaints during the Christmas and New Year season, Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) Chief Information Se

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna had decided to go to court over reducing the strength of security provided to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

There will be an 18-hour water cut tomorrow (26) in several areas of the Western Province due to urgent repairs on the main transmission line, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced.

Stressing the need to resolve issues in the supply of medicines soon, Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA), State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC), State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporati

The Police Special Task Force (STF) will be deployed to contain theft of power cables laid to supply electricity to the Katunayake-Colombo expressway, according to a statement from the Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Ministry.

Two persons including an acting revenue officer of the Weweldeniya Sub Office attached to the Mirigama Pradeshiya Sabha were arrested by the Bribery Commission for accepting one kilo of chicken worth Rs. 1,170 as a bribe.

’Pastor’ Jerome Fernando recently shared a nostalgic Facebook post recalling the role of the ’Cardinal’ brand in his childhood Christmas traditions.

A passenger plane carrying dozens has crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau on Wednesday, the Kazakh Transport Ministry said.

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has initiated special and additional bus services to cater to commuters travelling during the Christmas festive season, SLTB Supervisory Officer Indika Chandimal said.

The Department of Prisons announced today that a total of 385 prison inmates were released under a special State pardon in view of Christmas, Prison Commissioner (Media Spokesman) Gamini D. Dissanayake said.

India will face Pakistan in Dubai on 23 February as the International Cricket Council released the Champions Trophy fixtures on Tuesday.

A total of 62 employees who were suspended for protesting against the privatisation of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have been reinstated.

Wasantha Handapangoda, President of the Sri Lanka Podujana Education Services Union, has passed away.

A new Gazette Extraordinary has been issued, outlining the procedure for the payment of monthly benefit allowances to eligible families and individuals under the Aswesuma Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme, effective from January 2025.

A 32-year-old man was killed and his wife injured in a shooting incident at Maraluwawa, Wellawa, last night.

The government has yet to decide whether to abolish or retain the position of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) following the conclusion of the current CDS, General Shavendra Silva’s tenure.

The new government is unlikely to follow the previous government’s model in tying up with India’s Amul in the development of dairy sector, an informed source said yesterday

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has received death threats from ISIS terrorists and LTTE groups, Vice President of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Lawyers’ Association, Manoj Gamage, disclosed.

The government is committed to combating the underworld and drug trafficking, but not by staging frequent operations for show, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said.

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) Dr. Senesh Bandara has resigned from his post.

The government has taken steps to regulate private hospitals as people have faced serious issues when seeking treatment from private hospitals, Cabinet spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said today.

The circular issued by the Western Province Education Zonal Ministry prohibiting private tutoring classes for students by school teachers, along with the letter issued by the Education Ministry regarding modulators, has been withdrawn, Deputy Ministe