The government today vowed to take action soon against all those behind the Easter Sunday attacks.

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar entered hospital Friday as a precautionary measure after testing positive for coronavirus.

The parents of a five-year-old Sri Lanka boy who was left behind on a Coober Pedy school bus in Melbourne, Australia last week say better procedures are needed to safeguard against potential tragedies.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP, Champika Ranawaka today continued the suspense surrounding whether he would contest the Presidential Elections in 2025 saying it was ’too early to say anything’.

The Chinese vaccines were brought in at the request of the President and it will be first provided to Chinese nationals resident in Sri Lanka in close coordination with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Sri Lanka, Army Chief and head

At least 36 people were reported killed and dozens injured after a packed train derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan on Friday morning, authorities said, in the worst train crash on the island in decades.

A 38-year-old person, who had impersonated as a President’s Counsel (PC) and a member of the Western Provincial Council, has been arrested by the Borella police.

Welikanda Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Priyantha Kavindu Abeysooriya has been removed from his position with immediate effect.

A container truck allegedly containing substandard coconut oil has been seized in Dambulla last night, Police said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping renewed his invitation extended to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to visit China at an early date during a telephone conversation between the two leaders last Monday, the Daily Mirror learns.

The Government has decided to temporarily suspend the Covid vaccination programme.

Then President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had apologized to the brother of two tourists killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.

The popular Nuwara Eliya ’Wasantha Udanaya’ or Summer festival will be held through the month of April this year strictly maintaining health guidelines, the city’s Mayor Chandana Lal Karunarathne said yesterday while inaugurating the 2021 festi

The Health Ministry said it was not appropriate to engage in New Year games like pillow fights, tug of war as they carry the risk of spreading the COIVD-19 virus, Dr. Susie Perera, Deputy Director General, Public Health Services II, Ministry of Healt

No one in the international community has accused Sri Lanka of committing war crimes but have only called for an investigation to determine whether such crimes have been committed, one time Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday.

Sri Lanka will take part in a joint military exercise along with India, Bangladesh and Bhutan from April 4 to 12, in the first such multi-nation venture with neighbouring countries.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rajitha Senaratne today said he will soon make another effort to form an anti-government common alliance bringing in all opposition parties together by initiating a dialogue among the leaders of the opposition politica

The number of COVID-19 deaths reported in the country climbed to 571 today with three more deaths being confirmed by the Health Services Director General.

Though the COVID-19 situation has not yet reached the ‘fully controlled status’, the situation has relatively come under control, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said today.

There were only 3000-4000 Chinese nationals living in Sri Lanka and one or two percent of vaccines donated by China to Sri Lanka would be used for vaccination of them, a Chinese embassy official said.

The four former directors of ETI and Swarnamahal Jewelers (Pvt) Ltd. who were arrested on charges under the Money Laundering Act were yesterday ordered to be released on bail by Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.

Former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said he obtained a firearm for his personal protection in March 2006, with the knowledge of then Defence Secretary and current President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The mountain leopard which was rescued while trapped in a snare in an Estate in Agarapathana, died yesterday (March 31) while being treated at the Randenigala Veterinary Hospital, Wildlife Conservation Director (Health) Dr. Tharaka Prasad said.

SriLankan Airlines unveiled Neighbour Free Seats, which allows passengers to purchase an empty seat or row beside them on a flight, at a nominal price set by the airline, ensuring the seat or row remains vacant on economy class, giving passengers the

Extreme and caution level heat weather advisory has been issued by the Department of Meteorology today for Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Monaragala and Hambantota districts.

Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven others who were arrested and remanded over the second alleged bond scam amounting to Rs. 36.98 billion on March 29, 2016, were ordered to be released on bail by Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar today.

A Parliament Select Committee (PSC) is to be appointed to identify appropriate reforms of the election laws and the electoral system and to recommend necessary amendments.

The expert committee of the Health Ministry will decide the most suitable age group that will receive the Sinopharm vaccines after all Chinese nationals in Sri Lanka have been inoculated, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said.

Three women were killed and a man was injured when a lorry which was coming from behind crashed and toppled on three wheeler at Haggala in Nuwara Eliya this afternoon.

One kilo and 78g of heroin had been found in a shanty complex which had been demolished on the Maradana Courts Road during a raid by the Colombo Central Divisional Crime Investigation Unit early this morning.