A total of 48 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (18) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today increasing the death toll in Sri Lanka to 3,827.

Former Pakistan cricketer and commentator Ramiz Raja analysed the first ODI between Sri Lanka and India, calling it a game between a university and a school team – where the Indians looked strong like university players who made the hosts struggle

China Eastern Airlines’ flights from Colombo to Shanghai will be suspended for two weeks by China’s civil aviation regulator from July 26.

Three precious gems in the possession of the National Gem and Jewellery Authority were brought under tight security by the STF to be kept in the safety locker of the Bank of Ceylon.

Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said he could not condone the trade union action by school teachers jeopardizing the education of children at this time.

UNP MP Ranil Wickreremsighe today said he will move an amendment to the no-confidence motion against Minister Udaya Gammanpila and thereby convert it into a no-faith motion against the entire cabinet.

The closing date of accepting the applications from children to Grade One for the Year 2022, has been extended until August 7, Education Minister G.L. Peiris said.

The arrest of MP Rishad Bathiudeen and the interrogation of Harin Fernando is a breach of privilege of the entire Parliament, MP Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said today there was no plan to arrest SJB MP Harin Fernando but added Fernando had a duty to provide information of the mastermind of the Easter Sunday attack to the CID if he knew about him as he claimed.

The almanac case filed against two accused including Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa was today fixed for September 15 by Colombo High Court.

The Attorney General today told the court that the prosecution is expecting to hear the first Central Bank bond scam that took place in February 2015 in the absentia of former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran, if he cannot be brought here under

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said that he will contest a second term at the next presidential election, making a u-turn from what he said earlier that he will hold the seat only for one term.

The Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of Frontline Socialist Party Propaganda Secretary Duminda Nagamuwa was today withdrawn before the Court of Appeal.

The Education Ministry has decided to postpone the 2021 GCE Advanced Level examination (A/L) and the Grade-Five-Scholarship Examination.

The debate on the no-confidence motion against Minister of Petroleum Resources and Energy Udaya Gammanpila commenced in Parliament a short while ago.

Heavy traffic congestion was reported along Battaramulla - Pannipitiya Road on the lane leading towards Pannipitiya opposite Education Ministry due to a protest staged by the teachers and Principals.

Telephone numbers of some 40 Indian journalists figure in a “leaked list of potential targets for surveillance” and forensic tests were said to have “confirmed that some of them were successfully snooped upon by an unidentified agency using Pe

Another batch of 60,000 doses of ’’Pfizer’’ vaccine manufactured in the US, brought to the country this morning, the Airport Duty Manager said.

The United National Party (UNP) says its doors still remain open and it stands ready to work with former members who joined the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).

The all party conference which was summoned by the National Movement for Social Justice is a positive step as such a move to form a common platform is what people want today, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday

Mass inoculation against Covid -19 will gather pace further with the arrival of 5. 6 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines within the next couple of weeks, Daily Mirror learns

Sri Lanka is presently one of the highest countries in the world, administering COVID-19 vaccinations per day, with over 300,000 vaccines administered daily as medical experts warn that the Delta variant will cause havoc in weeks ahead if the populat

Former Parliamentarian Jayantha Ketagoda has turned down an offer to be appointed as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Australia

Residents of the area yesterday staged a protest compelling the authorities to hold a formal investigation into the death of a 16 year old girl at former Minister Rishan Badiudeen’s residence who had died of serious burn injuries. The victim J.Isha

A total of 46 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (17) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today increasing the death toll in Sri Lanka to 3,779.

While claiming that a military institution was not a suitable place to provide higher education to civilians, the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) today called on the government to restructure the existing Kotelawala National

Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila yesterday dismissed recent media reports, which stated that the country is on the verge of facing a fuel shortage following an oil tanker was diverted from Sri Lanka due to foreign currency issues.

With the scheduled 13 development projects between 2021 and 2025, a total volume of 57 million cubic meters of sand will be required, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Four animals, two chimpanzees and two orangutans were suspected to have infected with COVID virus at the Dehiwala zoo, Wildlife Protection State Minister Wimalaweera Dissanayake said.

A 35-year old woman and her one-and-a-half year old child have died, leaving her husband and another child injured in a bizarre accident when the motorcycle in which they were travelling skidded off the road after a nylon string of an abandoned kite