Engineers partly freed a wedged ship blocking the Suez Canal, and tug boats are now working to straighten its course, which could soon reopen the vital trade route and end days of global supply disruptions, foreign media reported.

The Police arrested 1,120 suspects in a special operation conducted yesterday covering the Western Province.

Sri Lanka is bracing for a major impact from the blockage caused by a ship stuck in the Suez Canal, with port authorities to urgently meet with key players this week to assess the damage it will cause on the country if the stalled ship is not freed w

A consignment of 600,000 Chinese vaccines has been delivered to the Beijing international airport to be airlifted to Sri Lanka on Wednesday as a gift from the people of China, an official said.

The Government has banned a number of Tamil diaspora groups, including some influential organizations based in the UK.

Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda said yesterday that Sri Lankan authorities would continue to arrest Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters.

A person who claimed to be a policeman attached to Cinnamon Gardens Police station had forcibly got into a taxi which was on a private hire with a Journalist on Saturday night and got down without paying his fare.

The 6.9 million people who voted the present administration into power is also responsible for the failure of systems in the country in addition to those in the government itself, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.

Two more individuals succumbed to COVID-19 today bringing the total number of COVID deaths in the country to 561, the Government Information Department said.

If the people fail to adhere to strict health guidelines, emergence of another disastrous situation at the end of April cannot be ruled out, Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union Head Upul Rohana said.

A total of 168 new COVID-19 patients were reported within today bringing the total number of cases in the country to 92,007, the Government Information Department said.

A passenger on a Varanasi-bound SpiceJet flight tried to open the emergency exit door mid-air on Saturday, but was restrained by the crew till the aircraft landed safely.

All the schools in the Jaffna Education Zone will be closed for a week from tomorrow till April 5 due to the spread of COVID-19, Jaffna District Secretary K. Mahesan said today.

The Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union today said that they have informed its members to visit all schools including the ones in the Western Province (WP) from tomorrow and monitor to ensure the schools are adhering to health guidelines issued b

The National Movement for Consumer Rights Protection (NMCRP) today requested the Health Director General to issue a statement whether the coconut oil currently in the market contain carcinogen alpha toxin or any other toxin.

Sri Lanka has released all 54 Indian fishermen arrested this week for poaching in the country’s territorial waters, Indian officials confirmed on Saturday.

An Inspector of Police (IP) attached to the Gampaha Traffic Division died when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a parked bowser at Kalagedihena Junction on the Colombo-Kandy Main Road early this morning.

Several areas in the country would receive heavy rainfall of over 100 mm during this evening or night, the Department of Meteorology said.

A blast outside a Catholic church in South Sulawesi’s provincial capital Makassar in Indonesia on Sunday (March 28) killed two suspected suicide bombers and wounded 14 people, the police said.

A 15-year-old boy who was bathing in the Ittikulam tank in Sampur was dragged away by a crocodile last evening, the Police said.

Two persons have been reported dead after being trapped in a gem mine at Weralupitiya in Avissawella last night, Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

All grades in all schools, including pre-schools in the Western Province (WP) will open tomorrow (Monday), Education Ministry said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the government would face the Geneva issue without any fear, claiming that Sri Lanka is an independent country.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the opposition was attacking the very set of policies that would prosper the country someday.

Security forces killed more than 90 people across Myanmar on Saturday in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month, news reports and witnesses said.

No matter what are the difficulties the Government experiences, they have no right to increase the fuel or domestic gas prices, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya wing’s (JSS) Secretary Ananda Palitha said.

Around 18 million out of 22 million total population in the country live in the island, and that, one million out of 18 million do not have birth certificates, Minister Dullas Allahapperuma said.

A total of 243 more Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospital increasing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 88,388, the Health Ministry said.

Sri Lanka Cricket team is not among the top ten in the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League while England have climbed to the top following their victory over India.

Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane said Sri Lanka should promote locally manufactured soya oil for cooking as a substitute for cooking oil instead of depending on imports.