Sri Lanka blew away Zimbabwe, bowling the visitors out for 70 after posting 254 on the board to bounce back and wrap up the ODI series 2-1 today at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy.

The total COVID-19 cases reported so far in Sri Lanka surpassed 600,000 mark with 840 more individuals testing positive for the virus.

Port City Colombo, which recently opened its public gallery to visitors, yesterday said that it had been forced to introduce payment methods for those willing to shoot professional pictures and videos on the Port City premises due to a rising number

Minister of Power Gamini Lokuge said that the necessary fuel requirements have been fulfilled and that they are planning to provide an uninterrupted power supply.

More than 800 cases are being reported daily and we urge the public to adhere to health guidelines and get their booster jabs as soon as possible, said Deputy Director of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath.

Parliamentarian Daina Gamage today proposed that a motion should be passed with a two-thirds majority in Parliament to extend the term of the President by two more years claiming that the President had lost two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has topped the global rating amongst world leaders with an approval rating of 71 per cent.

Public Health Inspectors Union President Upul Rohana said that around six public health inspectors working at the airport have tested positive for COVID19.

Claiming that the government is using the Covid-19 pandemic to cover up its failures, the National People’s Power (NPP) said today that the people are not prepared to believe such lame excuses any more.

Former CID Director Shani Abeysekara has filed a writ petition against the Presidential Commission on Political Victimisation for allegedly violating an undertaking given to the Court of Appeal.

Submitting a report regarding the health condition of former Megapolis and Western Province Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, the Colombo Chief Judicial Medical Officer has opined that former Minister does not have a life threatening dis

Following a special operation conducted by the Navy in Mannar and Erakkandi on January 17 and 20, 2022, 11 water gelignite sticks, a type of commercial explosive, and several other explosive materials ready to be used for illegal fishing had been sei

A fire broke out and five houses were gutted in Kithulwatta road, Borella this morning, Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Fire Service Department said.

The National Environment Council had decided to declare the Warnagala Reserve in Kuruwita as a protected ecological zone, the Environment Ministry said.

Multiple vehicle collisions on the Southern Expressway (E-01) were reported this morning between Kottawa and Kahathuduwa interchanges, the expressway police said.

The South Korean government will support efforts to promote job creation, vocational training, and investment opportunities, National Assembly of South Korea Speaker Park Byeong-Seug said.

If late President Ranasinghe Premadasa was in power today, he would have invited world-renowned business tycoon Elon Musk to set up a factory which produces electric vehicles in Sri Lanka, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.

Nilushi Dissanayake, the widow of Priyantha Kumara who was killed in a mob attack in Sialkot, Pakistan, requested the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to bring the perpetrators to book and ensure justice.

As Omicron is becoming the dominant variant in Sri Lanka surpassing Delta, the health authorities raised the importance of curtailing public movement to avert a massive outbreak in the country.

The Sinhala Ravaya has forwarded a complaint to the Central Bank (CB) Governor, Ajith Nivard Cabraal over a racket that is being operated in the country to smuggle dollar reserves out of the country illegally and nearly 300 such transactions have bee

Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva requested World Bank’s assistance to formulate a social security and pension scheme for the employees working in the formal and informal sectors of the private sector.

TNA Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam has tested positive with the COVID-19 today.

The students and their parents and teachers of the Al Gazzaly School in Atulugama have refused to get the COVID vaccine when it was offered to them by the health officials of the Bandaragama MOH office.

With COVID infections among school children on the rise, the number of students in a classroom should be limited, health officials stressed.

Sri Lanka’s programme to empower human rights is making great strides, United Kingdom’s State Minister for South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad said.

Nearly Rs. 10 million revenue had been earned from more that 70,000 local and foreign tourists who visited national parks in Sri Lanka during the long weekend, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said.

The Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the legality of the agreements on Yugadanavi power plant were today re-fixed for February 3 by Supreme Court.

The current fuel crisis will not affect SriLankan Airlines or domestic airline services in the country, Aviation and Investment Zone Development State Minister D.V. Chanaka said.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is to provide uninterrupted power supply today after receiving adequate fuel supply for power generation, CEB Additional General Manager and media spokesman Andrew Navamani said.

The Attorney General’s Department today informed the Court of Appeal that the prosecution will consent to release Attorney-at-law Hejaaz Hizbullah on bail if the defence makes an application for bail at Puttalam High Court on the 28th of January.