Australia’s Shane McDermott, who recently was Sri Lanka’s fielding coach, will take up the same role with the Bangladesh national team, it is learnt.

A gangster known as ’Neelaka’ who abducted a 7-year old boy from Kandana in Horana, has been shot dead during a crossfire with the Special Task Force of Police (STF) in Horana.

The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) today said that feeding bottles and food containers intended for feeding children and babies in the country have been found with bisphenol A (BPA), which is a harmful chemical.

Police have initiated investigations into the installation of a modern camera in the ladies toilet of a leading private education institute conducting classes for Advanced Level students.

Secretary to the Prime Minister Anura Dissanayake has contracted Covid-19, an official of the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed.

Pakistan Ministry of Finance (MoF) has advised Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) to seek Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approval for establishing Defence Credit Line Facility of $50 million for Sri Lanka before starting negotiations and fi

Head of the Colombo Archdiocese’s Social Relations Unit Rev. Fr. Jude Chrishantha requested the CID to question former President Maithripala Sirisena and arrest him if necessary as it is clear that the latter is responsible for the Easter Sunday at

Legal action would be taken against those who have not rehabilitated the excavation sites properly after completion and to ensure that such establishments and individuals will not be issued licence, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Industries Minister Wimal Weerawansa today said that his personal Facebook account had been hacked and the hacker had posted some posts critical of the government, and he asserted that he had no hand in posting such posts.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canada’s history to give the federal government temporary powers to handle ongoing blockades and protests against pandemic restrictions, CBC news reported.

A close associate of ’Manna Ramesh’ was arrested by the STF along with 235 gms of Kerala cannabis, 50 narcotic pills, two swords and over Rs. 100,000 earned through cannabis sale.

The writ petition filed by Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, who was at the centre of the controversy surrounding the alleged sterilisation of female patients was today fixed for support by Court of Appeal.

Customers who are not punctual in settling their monthly electricity bills will have their power supply disconnected, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said.

Ganja packets weighing 250 kg and bound for Sri Lanka were seized by a special team of police in Thanjavur, India on Tuesday night, the New Indian Express reported.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the Police not to use the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) as a shortcut but only if there are clear links to terrorism.

All major political parties in Sri Lanka are presently struggling to remain intact and are likely to start splitting, with one alliance already to be named in early March signalling a split in the present government, the Daily Mirror learns.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has proposed enforcing power cuts for bulk electricity users, including media companies and other large businesses.

While denouncing the use of Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and the section 120 of the penal code to restrict the right to freedom of expression, National Peoples’ Power (NPP) today urged the government to uphold democratic values, ensure fundame

A social media campaign was launched by pro- LTTE activists against Sri Lanka’s spinner Mahesh Theekshana after Chennai Super Kings [CSK] picked Theekshana at the IPL auction 2022.

The Wildlife Protection Ministry has ordered Shermila Rajapaksa, Director General (DG) of the National Zoological Gardens, not to report for duties until the investigations being carried out into an illegal organic fertiliser project at the Zoologica

Sri Lanka’s top order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa is available for the upcoming India tour, it is learnt, after he passed the required fitness tests.

Whilst stating that there are signs that a black era will dawn for the local media, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene today said Sri Lanka will have to face certain questions at the next UNHRC sessions in Geneva on the harassment of journalists and

It’s the duty all parties in Sri Lanka to initiate a dialogue and come to an agreement on the report which the IMF is expected to release on Sri Lanka shortly,, Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

One of the world’s endangered species, the Arabian oryx gave birth to a calf at the Dehiwala National Zoo two weeks ago, National Zoological Gardens Director General Sharmila Rajapaksa said.

Aravinda de Silva says Sri Lankan cricket powerbrokers are keen to talk with Justin Langer if the ousted Australian coach shares a reciprocated interest in Sri Lanka’s vacant coaching post.

Younger brother of Dhammika Bandara, a much talked about person for introducing a syrup (Pani) said to cure COVID-19, has died of Covid pneumonia despite obtaining all three doses of Covid-19 vaccine.

An Extraordinary gazette has been issued by the Election Commission removing two symbols from the list of symbols allotted to political parties.

The due date for accepting applications from the candidates who are aspiring to sit for the 2021 (2022) GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination will ends from tomorrow (17), the Examinations Department Commissioner General L.M.D. Dharmasena said.

A Police Sergeant attached to the Cinnamon Gardens Police has been acquitted and released from a theft case by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court after the defence created a reasonable doubt that the Crime OIC of the same police station had personal

There is a shortage of fuel at Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) filling stations due to the limited supply of fuel, CPC Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya wing (JSS) Secretary Ananda Palitha said.