The SJB will not allow anyone to make Sri Lanka a playing field in geopolitics, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.

Vidyalankara Parivenadipathi, Kelaniya University Chancellor Most Ven. Velamitiyawe Kusaladhamma Thera passed away at the age of 84.

The Central Bank this week issued a fresh warning to the public to be on alert on financial scams.

The Italian authorities have announced that travellers from Brazil, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka reaching the country for essential purposes are no longer banned since the countries have been moved to List E.

While taking measures to stop the exploitation of sand by middlemen, the environment ministry has decided to carry out the island wide sand distribution under the Building Materials Corporation (BMC) from next year.

The government yesterday said that the new health declaration system inaugurated at the BIA was one of its kind which would enable passenger to complete fulfilling their health declaration in 20 seconds to proceed to clear immigration.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has not changed its position regarding its players ‘taking a knee’ and expects them to not participate in the gesture during the T20 World Cup, in keeping with a previously issued directive.

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by award-winning writer Shakthika Sathkumara challenging his arrest and detention over an allegation that he propagated religious hatred through a short story titled ’’Ardha’’ (Half) has been fixed for ar

The Police Headquarters announced that a Rs. 2.5 million cash reward will be awarded for any information on the main suspect in the shooting incident in which a 42-year-old man was killed and another was injured when a gunman on a motorbike opened fi

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) United Trade Union Alliance today warned that there would be trade union action on November 3 similar to the 72-hour trade union action experienced in 1996.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that Sri Lanka, with its rich philosophical heritage shaped by the teachings of the Buddha, fully understands the importance of balancing environmental boundaries with human needs.

All parties that are not currently represented in Parliament will join the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) by November 11, UPFA General Secretary and Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

The matter with regard to making the vaccination card mandatory when entering public places is being discussed by relevant stakeholders, the Health Ministry said.

Parliamentary Council approved the appointment of Sundaram Arumainayagam as a member to the Public Service Commission and Mrs. P. S. M. Charles as a member to the Election Commission, Parliament media unit said today.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today concluded the magisterial inquiry against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former IGP Pujith Jayasundara in connection with their criminal negligence and failure to prevent Easter Sunday Terr

Sri Lanka’s Elections Commission has received an increase in applications of new political parties, signalling a rift in some of the major parties already in existence, with sources saying Sri Lanka had now bypassed India with the number of politic

A Sri Lankan woman on Tuesday killed her two daughters aged three and 11 who were with her in a women’s shelter in Verona, foreign media reported.

Advisory boards to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday decided that the benefits of jabbing children between five and 11 years old with the Pfizer vaccine outweigh any other healt

An extraordinary gazette notification was issued by the President forming a Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law chaired by Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera.

The Government is pondering certain actions to be taken against unvaccinated people in the future, to ensure the safety of those who have been administered the jabs

The government has decided to re-test a fresh sample of earlier rejected organic fertiliser from China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co. through a mutually agreed third-party with an accredited laboratory following a request from the Chinese Embas

Asia Rugby (AR) President Qais Al Dhalai on Tuesday (26) announced a staggering deal with Dialog who are set sponsor the Asia Rugby 7’s Series scheduled to be worked off in Dubai on November 19 & 20.

Senior DIG in charge of the Sabaragamuwa Province Ranmal Kodituwakku who was allegedly involved in an incident in Kiriella where a civilian was assaulted, has been transferred to the Police Medical Service, Welfare and Field Force Headquarters from

Controversy involving fertilizer imports from China took a dramatic turn yesterday when the Chinese company, in a lengthy statement, disputed sample testing done here saying the unscientific detection method and conclusion of National Plant Quaranti

The position of the Central Bank Governor has been given the Cabinet Minister status and the fifth rank in the New Precedence of the Government.

SJB MPs Hesha Withanage and Chaminda Wijesiri who confirmed that they have resigned from the positions they were holding in the party, stressed that the SJB leadership should get rid of those who are engaged in conspiracies and clean up the party.

Shermila Rajapakshe has been appointed as the Director General of the National Zoological Gardens, the Department of National Zoological Gardens said.

The Peliyagoda Police have found the body of a man, brutally hacked to death, on the Posonwatta Road at Wanawasala in Kelaniya.

The Government was planning to accept the shipment of 96,000 MTs of organic fertilizer which was rejected following the laboratory tests in Sri Lanka while agreeing to conduct another test through a third party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna alleged

A new online system was introduced today at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to allow arriving passengers to exit the airport within 20 seconds.