In response to a query regarding the inability to reduce electricity tariffs for another six months, a top official said the additional requirement of one billion units of electricity next year and the absence of construction of low cost power plants

The leader of the Islamist group leading an insurgency in Syria says his forces have taken full control of Homs - the country’s third largest city.

The low pressure area formed over south-east Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further and move west-north-westwards during the next 24 hours and is likely to reach over south-west Bay of Bengal off tbr Sri Lanka-Tamil Nadu coasts around December

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed rice traders to sell Nadu rice to consumers at a wholesale price of Rs. 225 per kilo and a retail price of Rs. 230 per kilo.  

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Mr. Donald Lu expressed the United States government’s commitment to supporting Sri Lanka’s on-going anti-corruption initiatives as needed during a meeting with President

The number of accidents involving tourists engaging in unsafe behaviour on the upcountry mainline trains have been on the rise, prompting calls for stricter safety measures and greater awareness.

Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has decided not to change electricity tari for six months and to go for a revision by mid next year, it was revealed yesterday.

Do not fall prey to automobile smugglers and lose both wealth and the car, when vehicle imports are still strictly banned in the country! Sri Lanka Customs warned the public yesterday.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologized to the nation in his first public comments since his abortive attempt to impose martial law threw the country into political chaos and led to calls for his impeachment.

The government has no plans to lay off the public service, but will focus instead on improving productivity, a minister said.

Former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte has been arrested by the police following an accident reportedly caused by driving under the influence of alcohol.

The resolution on the Vote on Account for the first four months of 2025 was passed in Parliament today (6) without a vote.

The controversial letter, issued by the Regional Director of Health Services in Matale, instructing medical specialists aged 60 and above to retire by December 31 was withdrawn following agitations by specialists.

An unknown disease with flu-like symptoms has killed at least 79 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the BBC.

President of Sri Lanka Cricket Shammi Silva has officially assumed the Presidency of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

Former chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya has challenged Speaker Dr. Ashoka Ranwala to prove his degree if he had claimed so.

Sugath Wasantha de Silva who is visually impaired began his speech in Parliament thus becoming the first physically challenged MP to speak in Sri Lankan legislature in local political history.

Police launched investigations in search of a group of individuals who had robbed Rs. 900,000 and murdered a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) security officer, the Nuwara Eliya Police said.

A mill owner who had failed to release rice stocks to the market is included in the SJB’s national list, Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe told Parliament today.

The ruling party in Parliament has decided to allow a member from the Opposition to head the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA), Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayke told Parliament today.

NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon this decade amid a renewed international push for lunar exploration, is facing more delays. The agency said Thursday that a planned mission to land on the moon in 2026 will now tak

A total of 55 vulnerable Sri Lankan workers have been evacuated from Lebanon, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beirut said.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has confirmed that it will submit the revised electricity tariff proposal to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today.

Thundershowers are likely in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Southern Provinces, as well as in the Nuwara-Eliya and Kandy districts, during the evening or night, the Meteorology Department said.

A 73-year-old woman was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen who arrived on a motorcycle at Bogahawewa in Padaviya last night.

The opposition flayed the government yesterday saying that a large budgetary allocation had been made to the Presidential Secretariat for the first quarter of next year despite pious pronouncements in the pre-election period to prune expenditure.

Officers from the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) raided a factory in the Hemmatagama area in Mawanella which had a stock of bottled drinking water.

Sri Lanka’s Local Assembler’s Association, has raised concerns over the government’s decision to resume imports of completely built units (CBUs) from February next year.

The World Bank Group this week affirmed that all ongoing World Bank-supported projects in Sri Lanka will continue uninterrupted under the country’s new government.

The medical fraternity has raised serious concerns over a letter issued by the Regional Director of Health Services in Matale, instructing specialists over the age of 60 to retire by December 31.