The Fort Magistrate Court today issued an order against a protest march scheduled to be held tomorrow, police said

A total of 3.3 tons of essential medical supplies donated by Government of India was handed over to the 1990 Suwaseriya Ambulance Service by High Commissioner Gopal Baglay today.

Sri Lankan authorities today raised objections against the Enjoining Order issued by Colombo Commercial High Court preventing a Russian Aeroflot flight from taking off within the territorial jurisdiction of Sri Lanka.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has written to IGP C.D. Wickramaratne over indiscriminatory arrests by the police in relation to the violence which occurred in the wake of the incidents of May 9, 2022 and thereafter.

The people who were waiting to receive their domestic gas cylinders, have obstructed Malay Street in Slave Island, demanding for gas.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the relevant officials to release Rs. 1.8 billion from COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund to import essential medicines, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The LITRO Gas Lanka Ltd today said that they will not supply gas until further notice due to shortage and urgeed people not to wait in queues, a LITRO official said.

An individual had died in a shooting carried out by an unknown gunman riding on a motorcycle near Nirmala Mawatha in Panadura.

Refuting claims that more than Rs. 600 million has been spent for a software for an inventory of medicine for the Medical Supply Division(MSD),EWIS Sri Lanka said today only Rs. 83 million was spent on the Software made for the MSD and the cost for t

Colombo Municipal Councilor Mahinda Kahandagama was today ordered to be remanded till June 8 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage in connection with the incidents took place at ’MainaGoGama’ and ’GotaGoGama’ on May 9.

Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Thirukumar Nadesan have been aquitted from the case filed against them over the alleged purchasing of a land in Malwana for Rs. 64 million and building a mansion on this plot of land by spending Rs.125 mill

A freighter carrying gas is to sail into the port tomorrow, a senior official of the LAUGFS Gas Lanka said.

A man, who was driving a lorry, was shot dead at Moragalla in Aluthgama this morning, Police said.

Eastern Province (EP) Governor Anuradha Yahampath yesterday ordered to set up a home garden in every government institution that comes under the Eastern Provincial Council.

The 1990 Suwaseriya Emergency Ambulance Service, which was launched amid multiple obstacles in Sri Lanka under Indian grant assistance, is set to celebrate its sixth anniversary on July 28 this year.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the relevant officials to take measures to maintain adequate stocks of all essential food items in order to ensure that there is no shortage of goods, President’s Media Division said.

Students to national schools will not be admitted as long as an audit inquiry is concluded on the issue as a slew of misdeeds and misappropriations have been reported on the student admission system to National Schools, Education Minister Susil Prema

The Cabinet nod was granted this week to lease two vessels owned by Ceylon Shipping Corporation to Singapore-based Wallem Shipping Pte. during this South Western monsoon period (from June to September).

Microsoft recently announced that Team Nana Shilpa emerged as the Runner-Up following an intense finale against Team V Bionic and Team Melodic at Imagine Cup World Championship 2022, in Seattle, Washington.

The Port of Colombo has been ranked as the most efficient port in South Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent, 3rd in the Indian Ocean rim and 22nd among 370 ports globally, in the second edition of the Global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2021

Sri Lanka’s hard-hit tourism industry is faced with yet another hurdle in catering to its international guests, this time with the non-availability of imported liquor.

Former Kegalle Senior Superintendent of Police K.B. Keerthiratne and three other police officers have filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal challenging the Kegalle Magistrate’s order to arrest them in connection with the recent Rambukkana sh

Aeroflot flight SU-288 from Russia had arrived at the Katunayake Airport from Moscow, Russia at 10.10 am today

A special allocation was made by the LITRO Gas Limited to dispatch nearly 10,000 domestic gas cylinders in the Colombo district tomorrow.

A Fundamental Rights petition filed by a protester seeking an order directing the authorities not to remove the structures set up on behalf of the protestors at GotaGoGama was today dismissed by Supreme Court.

More than Rs. 600 million has been spent for a software for an inventory of medicine for the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation( SPC) which is said to be malfunctioning at the moment, it was revealed at the meeting of Committee on Public Accounts( COP

Warning that Colombo City will run out of food by September this year, the Mayor of Colombo Rosy Senanayake today said the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) will start cultivating essential food crops in 600 acres of land within the city shortly.

Turkey will be known as Türkiye at the United Nations from now on, after it agreed to a formal request from Ankara.

Sri Lankan fast bowling legend Lasith Malinga had been appointed as the ‘Bowling Strategy Coach’ of the National Team for the white ball segment of the Australia tour of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said.

The Weeraketiya Police is seeking public assistance to locate former Chairman of the Tangalle Urban Council Ravindu Wedaarachchi and his wife Nethmi Harindika Silva to arrest them in connection with obstructing the duties of a policeman and allegedly