The Fore Shore Police initiated an investigation into a theft inside the St. Anthony’s Shrine in Kochchikade in which a woman robbed money from a female while she was praying.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will not take any decision in support of the Opposition in the no-confidence motion against Minister Udaya Gammanpila, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

A cabinet proposal had been made to include Wildlife and wildlife conservation as a subject in the school syllabus, Wild Life Minister C.B. Rathnayake said.

A 30-year old suspect, the brother in law of underworld figure ’Ran Malli’ who is operating from Dubai, had been arrested with Rs. 13.9 million in cash buried inside a house at Hiripitiya in Pannipitiya.

An accomplice of the deceased drug trafficker and underworld figure Makandure Madush who is linked to a number of crimes including six murders died after being shot by the Special Task Force in Seeduwa, Police said.

Former MP Duminda Silva, who was serving a death sentence over the killing of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra but was released from jail on a special presidential pardon last month has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Housing Developmen

MP Rishad Bathiudeen who is being detained by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)I has been hospitalised.

A total of 31 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (16) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today increasing the death toll in Sri Lanka to 3,733.

A total of 962 more COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals bringing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 255,833, the Health Ministry said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the obstacles existed in the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act will be removed and the Kotelawala Defence University will be brought under its purview.

Secretary of State of the United States Antony Blinken said his country is proud to lead the global fight against COVID-19 by sharing 1.5 million Moderna vaccine doses with ‘ Sri Lankan friends’.

It was revealed that the girl working at the house of former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen in Borella, who died of burn injuries, was brought to the house as a domestic helper when she was 15 years old.

The government will deal with openness and transparency regarding the issues of human rights and reconciliation, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena assured the activists of the civil organisations and NGOS of the country.

Ceylon Teachers Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin, Frontline Socialist Party Politburo Member Duminda Nagamuwa and several others who were detained in quarantine centres were released yesterday.

Following an arrest of three boys of leading schools in Horana in connection with breaking into several shops, the police had found a number of pornographic videos recorded by them inside a stolen computer.

A total of 41 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (15) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today increasing the death toll in Sri Lanka to 3,702.

Clarifying the reports that confiscated canned fish was sold through Lanka Sathosa following a Cabinet decision, its Chairman Rear Admiral (Retd) Ananda Peiris said today Lanka Sathosa was selling a number of food items confiscated by the Sri Lanka P

In a backdrop where 19 more cases of dreaded Delta variant cases were detected from the community yesterday (15) increasing the total cases of such variant to 38 in Sri Lanka, the Health Ministry has further relaxed restrictions and asked people to a

There is a rapid decrease in the number of childbirths in the country due to the COVID epidemic, Indigenous Medicine Promotion State Minister Sisira Jayakody said.

The Eiffel Tower is to reopen to visitors on Friday for the first time in nine months following its longest closure since World War II.

The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) today granted approval for the emergency use of China’s Sinovac Covid vaccine as a shield for the COVID virus in Sri Lanka.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the officials to launch a mobile vaccination service for those who are suffering from illnesses and unable to leave their homes.

While issuing revised travel-related health directives, Health Director-General today issued quarantine measures for travelers arriving from India, South American countries, South African countries and European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Claiming that the discipline in the country has deteriorated lately and that in order to create a disciplined society, people over the age of 18 should be given a training in military camps, Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekera said.

The COVID committee has decided to suspend all inter-provincial bus and train services until August 1 from tomorrow, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

A total of 918 more COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals increasing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 254,871, the Health Ministry said.

Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa in a letter addressed to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene today urged the latter to convene the Parliament Council to discuss about the sudden transfer and removal of officers attached to the Elections Commission

The General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers Union Joseph Stalin today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court seeking a declaration that attempts by police and Health Authorities to prevent protests using quarantine regulations violate peop

Among the number of decisions taken by the Environment Ministry, there was also a decision to increase the fine for the production, distribution and sale of polythene lunch sheets to Rs. 100,000 from August 1, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera

The Supreme Court has awarded one million rupees against the five Police Officers attached to Peliyagoda Police Station as compensation for torture leading to the death of a father of two children, a seven-year-old son and a daughter of one month at