A committee consisting of senior MPs in Parliament would be appointed within this week to investigate the unruly behaviour in Parliament during last Friday and Saturday, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced today.

The remains of Diyawadanage Don Nandasiri Priyantha Kumara, who was tortured and burnt to death by a mob in Sialkot in Pakistan on Friday, will be brought to Colombo at 5.00 pm, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Central Bank (CB) projects Sri Lanka’s outward labour migration to recover to around 120,000 persons this year from the sharp decline recorded in 2020.

In a plot twist to the resignation drama that unfolded at the country’s apex investment promotions body, Board of Investment (BOI),President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has refused to accept the resignations tendered by BOI Chairman Sanjaya Mohottala and th

SriLankan Airlines resumed operations to picturesque Gan Island in Addu Atoll of Maldives from December 4 after it had to cease operations to the destination temporarily in March 2020 with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

At least seven persons including a 20-year old woman and her 2-year old baby girl drowned and several others were hosptalised while bathing in Peradeniya, Mullaittivu and Kuruwita on Sunday.

Four suspects were arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division over the murder of Mohammed Kamil Mohammed Fawas alias ’Keselwatte Fawas’, police said.

Heavy rains above 100 mm could be expected today in North-Central province and in Vauniya and Mannar districts, the Meteorology Department said.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is hopeful that the Norochcholai coal power plant that got tripped during the countrywide blackout last Friday can be restored today, a spokesman said.

A new political culture will dawn in Sri Lanka with the enactment of legislation to control election expenses, Mass Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez was yesterday stopped at the Mumbai Airport by immigration officials due to a LOC (Look Out Circular).

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced that the man who tried saving the Sri Lankan national during the recent lynching incident will be awarded the Tamgha i Shujaat — the second-highest civil award for bravery bestowed by the Islam

A 25-year old man was killed and his 13-year old brother was injured when they tried to cut a motar shell using a grinder at a house in Paranthan in Kilinochchi today.

The brother of Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, who was brutally murdered in Sialkot, Pakistan, has urged media and social media users to stop circulating videos of his brother’s brutal torture and murder.

Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera instructed the ministry officials to expand the Air Quality Investigation program to check the air quality in several cities in Sri Lanka.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said coordination and cooperation will be required to counter the threat posed by religious extremism and terrorism in countries in the region.

The Sri Lanka Police has initiated a project to regulate all three wheelers in the country.

The true story of extremism that is being swallowed up should be considered very deeply by those who value humanity, head of presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law and Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara The

SJB MPs will boycott Parliament continuously if Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene fails to ensure their security, MP Mujibur Rahman said today.

The Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery which was closed since last month, will restart again from December 7 Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said.

Pakistan is the largest recipient of eye donations from Sri Lanka, having received at least 35,000 corneas since 1967, says Dr Niaz Brohi a leading ophthalmologist of the country.

A 32-year old man known as ’Keselwatte Fawas’ was hacked to death by a group of armed men at Keselwatta last night.

Police have launched investigations after four children have drowned while bathing in the sea at Ichchilampattru and Kuchchaveli within last two days.

The preliminary postmortem of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara reveals that he died from a severe blow to his head and most of his limb bones had been shattered before the body was set on fire.

Underlining the threat posed by the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday called upon nations that have the wherewithal to support the vaccination drive of less wealthy countries more effectively.

The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) said that it has decided to release domestic gas cylinders to the market from tomorrow (05) under three conditions.

New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel became the third bowler in history to take 10 wickets in a Test innings - but India seized control of the second Test.

After the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Pakistan’s Sialkot over alleged blasphemy, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he would personally oversee an investigation into ’’the horrific vigilante attack’’ which he also called ’’

The Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU) claimed that the Health Ministry had not officially informed them about the woman who was infected with the Omicron COVID variant enabling them to direct her contacts for quarantine or PCR tests.

Both Government and Opposition MPs today condemned the killing of a Sri Lankan national by an extremist mob in Pakistan.