Referring to the statement issued by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa about the prevailing fuel crisis where the PM had stressed that there was no such crisis, sacked Minister Wimal Weerawansa said it was a foolish statement.

The Provincial Governors instructed the officials of the relevant government agencies to reduce the consumption of electricity in public places in all provinces by 20%.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has devalued the rupee against the US dollar to Rs.230 with immediate effect, the bank announced a short while ago.

The power schedule which was imposed today will be carried out for tomorrow (8) as well, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said.

In view of increasing the number of national schools in the country to 495, another ten schools are to be announced as national schools tomorrow under the ’Thousand National Schools’ programme, the Education Ministry said.

Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government too has the same swing door’ policy of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa so that anyone could leave or join the government as they wish.

Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today requested the UNHRC to support in ensuring an impartial investigation on the Easter Sunday attacks.

Alleging that a government MP was behind the egg attack on Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) headquarters today, SJB MP MP Chaminda Wijesiri said the day when people would throw eggs at the rulers of this country was not too far away.

There is a tendency in reducing the number of power shedding hours by at least two hours with the presence of sufficient diesel and furnace oil and until we get enough rain, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman Janaka Rathnayaka

While holding public inquiry for the first time in the country, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman Janaka Rathnayaka said the cause for the countrywide blackout on December 3 will be reveled soon.

Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today requested the UNHRC to support in ensuring an impartial investigation into the Easter Sunday attacks.

An autopsy showed the death last week of Australian cricket great Shane Warne on an island in Thailand was due to natural causes, the Thai police said on Monday.

While raising concerns regarding the continued lack of progress on accountability and regret that there have been setbacks in several emblematic human rights cases, the United Kingdom called on the Government of Sri Lanka to engage constructively wit

Former Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne has filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court seeking an order preventing CID from arresting him in respect of the allegations mentioned at the Kuliyap

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today inaugurated the cement manufacturing facility of Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corporation (Pvt) Ltd., the largest cement factory in the country, located in the Magampura Lanka Industrial

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has instructed all Local Government heads in the country to switch off all the street lamps in their respective Local Government areas until March 31 so as to conserve electricity.

A case filed against National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa and six other party activists for allegedly providing leadership to a protest which blocks the main roads at Bauddhaloka Mawatha, causing disturbance to the people and the norm

Minister of Water Supply Vasudeva Nanayakkara said he will boycott the Cabinet meeting to be held tonight.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed Secretary to the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Kapila Gunawardena to declare the deceased tusker Nedungamuwe Raja who was the main casket bearer of the Esala perahera held i

A tense situation was reported at the Consular Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry this morning.

A group of people staged a protest in front of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) office in Kotte this morning.

Brent oil prices soared to a near 14-year high of $140 on Sunday as traders fretted over the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Denara Training Institute will kick-start their mission and vision while planning to inaugurate their first training programmes for young enterprising women, which coincides with the celebration of International Women’s Day.

The country is currently facing a severe gas shortage as three gas tankers are being anchored off the Sri Lankan waters due to the non-issuance of letters of credit by Sri Lankan commercial banks in the face of the dollar crisis.

Udaya Gammanpila told Daily Mirror last evening that the 11 parties who had now formed a separate alliance, will sit independently in Parliament when sessions resume this week.

In addition to the economic, fuel, power and food crisis which has severely hampered the daily lives of all citizens in the country, Sri Lanka has now been plunged into severe political turmoil after two cabinet ministers were sacked last week and 11

Nadungamuwa Vijaya Raja, popularly known as Nadungamuwa Raja passed away this morning, the caretaker of the elephant Harsha Dharmawijeya said

The Central Bank is still disinclined to recommend to the government to seek International Monetary Fund (IMF) support for a rescue package and foreign currency debt restructuring even amid the country in a deeper foreign exchange crisis, which has

The Central Bank has extended the 15 percent special interest scheme for one year term deposits of senior citizens continuing the proposal made in the budget 2017, which was brought with the intention of offering additional income to whose real incom

Dedicated efforts are underway to transform Sri Lanka into a technology-based society, as the government is actively looking at a holistic approach to create an ecosystem where citizen services will be supported by digital transformation, State Minis