The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in March while being detained at an immigration center in Japan filed a criminal complaint Tuesday against senior officials of the facility, accusing them of causing her death by failing to provide appropriat

The process of assessing damages caused to the environment by the X-Press Pearl disaster would be completed by the end of December or beginning of January and steps would be taken to recover compensation from the owners of the vessel, Justice Ministe

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea today announced that they are to allow new Sri Lankan migrant workers to enter Korea very soon.

None of those Muslim youth who underwent ISIS training in Syria participated in the Easter Sunday attacks as per the investigations carried out just after the attacks, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Zahran, who led the Easter Sunday attacks, had never met anyone from the intelligence units as per the available evidence, Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekera told Parliament today.

Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa will present the second reading of the Appropriation Bill for the financial year 2022 in Parliament tomorrow (12).

The Pahala Kadugannawa area on the Colombo Kandy main road will remain closed until further notice, Kegalle District Secretary, Mahinda S. Weerasooriya said.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Wanni District Parliamentarian Charles Nirmalanathan has tested positive for COVID-19.

A 28-hour water cut will take effect from Saturday (Nov. 13) 8.00 pm to Sunday (Nov. 14) 12 midnight in several areas in Colombo, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said.

Prevailing showery condition over the island is expected to reduce from today, Department of Meteorology said.

The Central Bank yesterday said that plans are afoot to incentivise the Sri Lankan expatriates who ensure their remittances enter the country through formal channels, so that both the migrant workers and national economy can reap the benefits of a wi

Schutter Global Inspection and Survey Company, the third party testing organization selected by the Chinese company that is embroiled in a conflict with the Sri Lankan agricultural authorities, has cleared its samples of any harmful bacteria on the c

New Zealand reached the Twenty20 World Cup final with a five-wicket victory over England in the first semi-final in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, today at an event questioned the public as to why they elect politicians who they had once chased away and urged them to look for new people without electing the same set of people.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been briefed on the progress of the investigation launched by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption into the Pandora Papers,President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Following the latest report issued by the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), the death toll relating to the adverse weather has increased to 25.

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena today questioned the player selection of the Lanka Premier League 2021 following the dropping of several key Sri Lankan players from the player draft including Kusal Janith Perera and Dinesh Chandimal.

Due to the danger and possible earth slips, the Kandy-Colombo main road is closed at Pahala Kadugannawa, the Kegalle district secretariat said.

The government knows how to respect teachers, value their services, and understand their responsibilities and therefore, it is advisable they work in collaboration with the government, Power Minister Gamini Lokuge said.

Two accused including a police Sub Inspector who mistakenly shot and killed one of their closest childhood friends when trying to show a pistol to the deceased to perform a joke, have been cleared from the death sentence after Court of Appeal determi

Woman Chief Inspector Kanchana Samarakoon will assume duties as the OIC of Naalla Police Station in Gampaha tomorrow, the Public Security Ministry said.

There is a slight increase in the number of children being hospitalised with COVID-19, Health officials said.

The writ petition filed by parents of the youths who went missing in 2008 seeking an order quashing the decision of the Attorney General to withdraw the indictment filed against Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda was today dismissed by Court o

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today appealed to all Government and opposition MPs to extend their support to provide relief to the people who are affected by the inclement weather and flood situation.

Sri Lanka ranked 109th in the ‘Global Climate Risk Index’ in 2017 as a country with a high risk of weather disasters and ranked 31st in the 2019 index, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Police have revealed that there is an organized racket of criminals operating specially in the Western Province to extort money from drivers after staging road accidents.

A copy of the agreement which the government has signed with New Fortress Energy and other documents pertaining to tenders will be tabled in Parliament next week, the House was informed today.

Northern Province Governor Jeevan Thyagaraja had invited overseas investors to set up new businesses in the province as a new platform has been created for their investments.

The government has agreed to settle the salary anomalies of teachers and principals at once, rather than paying it in three installments, Teachers’ Trade Union leaders said today.

Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said, despite Covid pandemic, the tourism industry in Sri Lanka has earned US$ 130 million from January to October.