The former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sri Lanka was released on bail by a Colombo court on Wednesday, sources said.

The Railway Station Masters’ Union (RSMU) launched a 24-hour token strike last night based on several demands, including the arbitrary cancellation of long distance train services without prior notice, RSMU President Sumedha Somaratne said.

Investigations into the recovery of a hand grenade at the Borella All Saints’ Church premises revealed that a man who was employed at the church had got a 13-year-old boy to keep the grenade there.

The 15-year-old girl who went missing from Maharagama on January 7 this year, has returned home, the girl’s mother informed the police today.

India has planned to construct a shortest route to Trincomalee from Dhanushkodi after they take over the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm, putting the sovereignty and safety of the country at stake, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today.

Sri Lanka’s top order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksha has promised ’’to reconsider’’ his international cricket retirement.

Former Superintendent of Magazine Prison Lamahewage Emil Ranjan was sentenced to death today by Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar over the killing of eight inmates on November 09, 2012.

Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera and Ven. Bengamuwe Nalaka Thera today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court challenging the legality of the cabinet memorandum that authorised to enter into an Agreement with the Lanka IOC PLC to jointly deve

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa invited the people not to ponder on the previous two years which were lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and keep hopes for the next three years instead.

Chairman of Information Technology Society of Sri Lanka (ITSSL) Yasiru Kuruwitage has filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court challenging his arrest and detention for allegedly sharing an opinion regarding a Cyber Attack on the President

The Maharagama Police are still continuing its search operations to find the 15-year-old girl who went missing from Maharagama onJanuary 7 this year.

The Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the legality of the agreements on Yugadanavi power plant were today fixed for January 19 by Supreme Court.

Sri Lanka urgently needs change of government, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said today.

Sri Lanka’s economy is gradually but surely on the road to recovery and the country will record a GDP growth of over 5% in 2022, Governor of the Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal said today.

Prof. H.D. Karunaratne has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Colombo University with affect from today.

The CEB which today morning announced one hour power cuts from today evening has now reverted its decision and says there will be no more power cuts as the privately-owned 172 Mega Watt Sojitz Kelanitissa Power Station, which broke down last evening,

A carcass of a fishing cat was found at the entrance to a tea estate in Bogahawatta, Talawakelle yesterday.

Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (12) on an official visit.

Marking a milestone in Sri Lanka’s shipping industry, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to inaugurate the construction of East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Port of Colombo today.

Sri Lankans will soon have improved access to emerging employment opportunities in the health sector of the United Kingdom (UK) with the government looking to ink an MoU in that regard.

One hour power cuts in four zones from 5.30 p.m to 9.30 p.m commenced from yesterday (11), the Power and Energy Ministry said.

More than half of people in Europe are projected to catch Omicron by March, the WHO said Tuesday, as the World Bank warned the contagious variant could hamper the global economic recovery.

Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake who came up with fresh allegations against former President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday called the latter for a public debate and challenged him to prove that the allegations are wrong.

Claiming that procrastination of local government election was an anti-democratic move, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today called on the government to reveal the reason behind postponing the Local Government election.

It is acknowledged that there is a crisis in the electricity supply at present, and according to the schedule submitted by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), there may be sporadic power cuts in the next 10 days, Co-Cabinet Spokesman and Plantation M

The Environment Ministry has recruited 136 new environmental officers and they will be attached to the District Secretariats to assist in the work being done by the Ministry, Central Environmental Authority (CEA), and Geological Survey and Mines Bure

Political rallies, protests and unnecessary gatherings could result in spike in COVID cases in near future, Public Health Inspectors’ Union warned today.

A hand grenade was found at the Borella All Saints’ Church premises by the STF this evening.

President’s Counsel Saliya Pieris has been re-elected unopposed as the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) for the year 2022-2023.

Former parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake, who is currently in jail, has been granted permission to pursue higher education from prison, the Prisons Department said.