A Tunisian national was arrested with a stock of of cocaine worth Rs. 180 million by the Customs Narcotics Division at the Bandaranaike International Airport.

The Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery will be temporarily closed for 50 days from today (15), Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said.

Three suspects aboard a dinghy have been arrested with about 3.1 kg of Crystal Methamphetamine, known as ICE during an operation by the Navy in the seas off Sandbanks, Talaimannar today.

Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today said he doubted whether the recent protests staged by teachers and principals violating health protocols were a deliberate attempt to spread the COVID-19 virus.

As plans are afoot to digitalize the entire court and judicial system in Sri Lanka in order to expedite legal proceedings and cases, the process to call for expressions of interest for a tender by leading IT companies in Sri Lanka has been marred in

Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddika Sri Ragala today refused to ban the protest which will be held by the Samagi Jana Balavegaya tomorrow at Hyde Park.

Police today obtained orders from several courts in the Western Province preventing Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) from carrying out protests tomorrow, police said.

A body of a girl was recovered from the Kondaipitti beach in Mannar yesterday (14), Police said.

Turkish Airlines (THY) suspended flights to Brazil, South Africa, Nepal and Sri Lanka as part of measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, the flag carrier’s Senior Vice President of Media Relations Yahya Üstün said Sunday.

Academic activities in remaining Grades in Government schools will resume next week, Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said today.

The Mirigama-Kurunegala section of the Central Expressway will be opened this month, Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said today.

Rev. Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando who was at the centre of controversy after making some remarks on Easter Sunday suicide attacks, arrived at the CID to give a statement, a short while ago.

The low-pressure system in the south Andaman Sea is now located over the central Andaman Sea and it is likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression over the west-central Bay of Bengal Sea by November 17, the Meteorology Depart

The proposal made in the recent Budget to charge a fee for road accidents has been fixed by the government instead of the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) inspector inspecting a vehicle involved in an accident, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunuga

China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group, the fertilizer company caught in the midst of controversy with Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Ministry has warned to lodge a complaint against Sri Lanka at the FAO of the United Nations, if the National Plant Quaran

The disastrous situation in the Lower Kadugannawa area could have been averted if the NBRO’S prior recommendations in 1999 were followed by the relevant authorities, top NBRO official yesterday said.

Australia won their maiden T20 World Cup title as they defeated New Zealand in the final by 8 wickets.

In a strict responsive measure, the Chief of Excise has ordered a spree of detections to be conducted countrywide in the coming weeks, to address the mushrooming illicit liquor industry that thrived during the recent Covid lockdowns.

A total of 697 more COVID-19 patients have been detected within today,the Government Information Department said.

As many as 8000 Covid-19 patients sought treatment at Ayurveda hospital in Navinna, Maharagama but none of them succumbed to the disease, a minister said.

The Sapugaskanda oil refinery will shut down tomorrow for the first time in history due to a shortage of crude oil, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya wing (JSS) Secretary Ananda Palitha said.

Anuradhapura District Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) branch passed a resolution that the SLFP should contest the next elections as a single party regardless of victory or defeat.

The Crime Branch-CID police from Coimbatore arrested Chanuka Thananayaka alias Ladiya alias Ladim, 38, a close aide of Sri Lankan underworld don Angoda Lokka, from Bengaluru on Saturday.

Condemning the remarks made by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa that public service is a burden to the nation, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa today alleged that the government is preparing to dissolve the public service in Sri Lanka, either d

One lane of the Pahala Kadugannawa area on the Colombo-Kandy main road will be opened after 12 p.m. tomorrow, Kegalle District Secretary Mahinda S. Weerasooriya said.

The Ministry of Education has decided to make some changes in the preparation of Scholarship, G.C.E. O/L and A/L examination papers.

Ten civil society activists have filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal challenging the ever-rising abuse, harassment and discrimination against individuals of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ) community

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to go ahead with its planned mass protest on Tuesday November 16 despite the ban on mass gathering, party seniors said.

The vehicle import ban, which has been in effect since March last year, is expected to continue for another six to seven months, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance SR Attygalle said.

The Colombo Development Symposium presenting, the Future of the Sri Lankan Economy will kick off in Colombo tomorrow with Secretary to the President Dr. P. B. Jayasundera delivering the keynote address, focusing on charting the country’s path forwa