President Sri Lankan Musicians Association Keerthi Pasqual told Daily Mirror that Ms Wickramasinghe died in Italy.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today warned that there is a risk of rapid COVID-19 spread in the country due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should intervene to ensure that a proper investigation is conducted on the grenade incident in Borella Church, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said today.

Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando today that an income of over two million rupees income was received within the first 12 hours of the opening of the second phase of the Central Expressway.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) would initiate discussions with Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) to procure fuel required for the next few days, Power Minister Gamini Lokuge said today.

The National Zoological Gardens Department today said they had received a record income of more than Rs.13 million last Friday (14) and Saturday (15), Department Director General Shermila Rajapaksha said.

Some 340,508 children will sit for the 2021 Grade Five scholarship examination, and 345,242 candidates scheduled to face the GCE Advanced Level (A/L) examinations. The Grade five exams will be held on January 22 at 2,943 examination centres across th

The Catholic Church is losing its trust in the incumbent government is not a good sign as far as the country is concerned, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa said.

Sri Lankan singer Yohani de Silva’s “Menike Maga Hithe” which had taken the Indian music scene by storm, is now being used by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to boost the prospects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Uttar Pradesh C

There is no need to have discussions with Power Minister Gamini Lokuge, but all we need is the dollars to issue the required diesel, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said.

In a move to express its displeasure over the new Special GST Act, the country’s top tax collectors of the Excise Department, Sri Lanka Customs and the Department of Inland Revenue will team up to launch a massive protest against the Ministry of Fi

The much awaited cabinet reshuffle which was to get underway this month has been delayed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as an SLFP split from the government is imminent, the Daily Mirror learns.

Dinesh Chandimal and Charith Asalanka smashed half-centuries to guide Sri Lanka to a comfortable five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first one-day international on Sunday.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who visited the Kuragala Sacred Site, instructed the officials to expedite construction works at the site, the Presidential Media Division (PMD) said.

Three persons were killed when a car collided head on with a tipper truck at Damana in Ampara today.

A total of 14 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (15) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 15,211.

Claiming that the power supply could be continued without interruptions until next Tuesday (18), Power Minister Gamini Lokuge said today a decision would have to be taken on power cuts if the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) did not provide require

Novak Djokovic will be deported from Australia ahead of the Australian Open after the full federal court dismissed the world No 1’s bid to restore his visa.

Chairman of the Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha Chandana Kumara Jayawandala has been removed from his post by the Sabaragamuwa Governor Tikiri Kobbekaduwa due to the Pradeshiya Sabha budget had failed to get through.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday that everything promised to the people to fulfill within five years will be fulfilled in the next three years.

Customs officers attached to the Central Mail Exchange recovered a consignment of 1.6 kgs of ecstasy pills containing methamphetamine which was sent from the Netherlands to a resident in Jaffna.

Three persons had drowned and two boys aged 10 and 16 have gone missing while bathing in rivers in Siripagama and Koslanda yesterday.

Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne said it is not fair to criticize the police investigation into the incident in which a grenade was found at the Borella All Saints’ Church, less than 24 hours after it was reported.

In the wake of new detection of 160 more cases of Omicron where two out of three sub lineages were also identified, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara said the Omicron is becoming the dominant variant in Sri Lanka overtaking Delta variant.

The second phase of the Central Expressway (E-04) from Mirigama to Kurunegala (Athugalpura entrance) was declared open for public today under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Tsunami waves caused by a giant underwater volcanic eruption have hit the Pacific country of Tonga.

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar had a virtual meeting with Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and assured steadfast support to Sri Lanka.

A total of 160 more cases of Omicron COVID variant have been recorded in Sri Lanka.

As Joshua Martinangeli, 7, is too ill to go to school, the German student can still interact with his teacher and classmates through an avatar robot that sits in class in his place and sends a blinking signal when he has something to say.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) says it has no immediate plan to withdraw from the Government but will continue to raise critical questions.