Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa left the country today morning for a two day visit to India, which political sources termed as a ’private visit’, the Daily Mirror learns.

With the increase in recent fuel prices, the All Island School Van Operators Association (AISVOA) today said they will be compelled to increase the school van fees from the beginning of the first term next year.

Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has instructed the Archeology Department to introduce an alternative plan for youth to continue engaging in adventurous sea diving activities which is also popularly known as “Crazy Dive” from Kodigala in Gall

The Environment Ministry has decided to launch a plan of action to reduce the use of paper in Parliament under the theme ’’Paperless Parliament’’.

The tariff in water will have to be increased if the electricity tariff is increased due to the increase in fuel prices, Water Supply Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said.

With the trade union action by the Government Medical Officers Association entering the third day, patient care services have been highly affected across the country.

The year 2022 will be an year when the government is going to be toppled, Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB) said yesterday.

The board of directors of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), with the consultation of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), has decided to extend the trading hours from Monday, January 3, 2022.

The Central Bank yesterday reassured the public that Sri Lanka would end 2021 with foreign reserves over US $ 3 billion but without disclosing how such would be achieved. Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves fell to US $ 1.6 billion by the end of November,

Sri Lanka welcomed a total of 47,120 tourists in the first 20 days of December, already surpassing November’s arrival figures, which were the highest for the year.

The Sri Lanka Railways Station Masters’ Union (SLRSMU) has decided to refrain from transporting and accepting parcels and issuing tickets from 12.00 midnight today to avoid serious problems faced by station masters.

Three more new cases of Omicron COVID variant were reported today in Sri Lanka, COVID-19 Coordinator, Director of Technical Services of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Anwar Hamdani said.

Leading business chambers in the country have issued a fresh warning to the government today that their membership might be compelled to relocate operations if the current detrimental economic condition continues.

While appreciating the moves by the graduates of the Colombo University at the recent graduation ceremony where they refused to receive the degree award certificates from the Chancellor Ven. Muruttettuwe Ananda Thera, former President Chandrika Banda

A light training Aircraft belonging to a private company (Sakurai Aviation) with an instructor & a trainee pilot on-board has made an emergency landing on a beach near Beruwala area this afternoon, Airforce spokesman said.

Anusha Palpita and D.M.L.D. Bandaranayake were appointed as new secretaries to the Mass Media and Agriculture Ministries respectively, the President’s Media Division said.

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera has instructed IGP Chandana Wickramaratne to take steps to strengthen the security of the people in and around Colombo during festive season.

Seventeen newly accredited envoys to Sri Lanka including 11 newly appointed Ambassadors and six High Commissioners presented their credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House last afternoon (21), President’s Media Divisio

Power cuts could be experienced in several areas of the country today as the electricity generation capacity of the Norochcholai power plant is still incomplete, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena said

Licensed banks have been asked to offer extra Rs.10 for foreign currency notes “held in hand”, as part of a broader incentive package offered to encourage the general public to channel all their foreign currency through the formal banking system.

The government is expecting a fresh shipment of organic fertiliser that meets Sri Lankan standards, from China’s Qingdao Seawin Bio-tech Group after settling the US$ 6.7 million claim by the company.

Sri Lanka’s consumer prices at national level climbed double digits in November over the same month last year, touching the highest level since the statistics office began compiling the data for the broader price index in 2015 as the country has en

As this week’s fuel hike has led to price escalations across the supply chain, the Colombo City Restaurants Collective (CCRC) said it would try its best to maintain the price stability of its plates.

The Gampola Police launched an investigation after a 14-year old girl died as a result of assault allegedly by her uncle and father.

A 30-year old man who was running away from security when he tried enter a women’s hostel died after fallen from a building in Maradana, police said.

Two people aged 72 and 61 were killed when a bowser truck crashed into a tipper truck on the Southern Expressway this morning, Police said.

Health guidelines are being grossly violated during the last few days before Christmas and the New Year with some shopping malls in Colombo packed and public transport also accommodating passengers, more than the seating capacity.

The government has taken the difficult decision to increase fuel prices in the domestic market, well aware of the difficulties faced by the people, as there is no other option than a price hike of petroleum products, as the national economy is in a m

Whilst stating that representatives of donor agencies and those from.foreign missions have informed him that the Sri Lankan government had sought their assistance to get out of the exchange rate crisis, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday sa

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Plantation Ministry of Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran to formulate a scheme for the settlement of a sum of US$ 250,925,169 outstandi