The rights of citizens under the constitution of any state, duties and responsibilities are bound to be fulfilled, and those promises are fulfilled by the public service, Northern Province (NP) governor Jeevan Thiagarajah said.

Max Verstappen clinched his first Formula One World Championship after beating Lewis Hamilton in a controversial season finale at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.

While explaining the explosion of organic liquid fertiliser cans, Bio System Engineer Chandana Seneviratne said the explosions were caused by the action of microorganisms in these packages.

The Northeast monsoon is gradually establishing over the island and, therefore, showers will occur in the Eastern, Northern, North-central, and Uva provinces as well as in Hambantota and Matale districts, the Metrology Department said.

The wholesale price of a kilogram of imported rice has come down by Rs.20, the rice importers said today.

Several LTTE uniforms and cache of weapons along with human skeletal remains were found buried while clearing a mine in the Muhamalai area in Kilinochchi yesterday (11), police said.

The World’s largest single natural specimen of corundum as a single crystal (Blue sapphire) has been found in Sri Lanka, officials said.

The governor of the US state of Kentucky has said that more than 70 people were killed by tornadoes on Friday night.

Power disruptions could be experienced in several parts of the country for 30 minutes, the Ministry of Power said.

Chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka, Sanjaya Mohottala, has reiterated his intention to step down from his post.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed five members to the Right to Information (RTI) Commission today.

Some 8,209 chicken were killed following a fire which broke out at a poultry farm in Waradala, Kotadeniyawa this morning, the Police said.

Five suspects detained at the Badulla Prison have been admitted to the Badulla Hospital following a clash broke out among them, the Prisons Department said.

Five Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)s including DIG in charge of Crimes Division have been transferred with immediate effect, police said.

The provincial government of Pakistan’s Punjab region has decided to conduct the trial pertaining to the mob lynching of Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot, on a daily basis.

Travellers aged twelve years and above in Sri Lanka should carry a negative COVID-19 PCR test report in English done within 72 hours prior to embarkation, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) said.

A foreign fishing vessel carrying more than 250kg of heroin had been seized by the Sri Lanka Navy along with six suspects during a special operation conducted in international waters.

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday urged the government to withdraw the gazette notification under which it has made conversion of dollars held by investors and those who remit funds to Sri Lanka, into rupees mandatory.

The population and the household census which was to be conducted in 2021 will be done in the years 2022/2023, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday.

The carcasses of nine Dolphins had been lashed ashore in the sea off Alampil in Mullaitivu on Thursday morning (09).

Sri Lanka’s service exporters, including resident Sri Lankans, who receive their earnings in foreign currencies through the banking channels, have started to protest against the conversions of their foreign currency earnings by banks, under the new

The Tourism Ministry will launch a special programme to increase the number of international airlines and private jets landing at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA), as an attempt to lure tourists to the southeast region of the country.

The United States imposed human right-related sanctions on two more Sri Lankan military officials under Section 7031(c), gross violation of human rights, the US State Department announced on Friday.

Sri Lanka will stabilize its foreign reserves on its own and will not seek any assistance from anyone, Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa told Parliament today.

The third reading of the 2022 Budget was passed in Parliament today with a majority of 93 votes.

The ban imposed on the inbound passengers from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Eswatini was lifted with immediate effect, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) said

On Friday, a special prosecution team from Lahore will meet officials of the Sialkot police in the high-profile case of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara who was lynched by a mob.

The Sri Lanka women’s cricket team returned to Sri Lanka today after having been stranded for 12 days in Zimbabwe due to Covid-19.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has made two financial donations of Rs. 1 million each for the education of the two children of Priyantha Kumara, who was subject to a gruesome murder in Sialkot, Pakistan.

The Special Committee on COVID-19 Control today decided to make the vaccination card mandatory when entering public places in the future,President’s Media Division(PMD) said.