Lawyer Ranitha Gnanarajah has been honored with the International Women of Courage (IWOC) award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to democracy and human rights in Sri Lanka.

President of the Sri Lanka Public Health Inspectors’ Association Upul Rohana cautioned that despite reports showing a drop in the number of positive cases of Covid-19, the authorities and the people should not arrive at a conclusion that the countr

Estate trade unions have warned plantation companies of serious repercussions if the companies decide to withdraw from the collective agreement signed between trade unions and Regional Plantation Companies (RPC).

The core group of countries working on Sri Lanka’s issue at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will be ready with the final version of the resolution after another session of informal consultations with the states interested in the iss

One of the main positions in the UNP should be reserved for a woman whenever the party is re-organised in the future, Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

The Serum Institute in India, yesterday confirmed that it will deliver 500,000 doses of the Covishield Astra Zeneca vaccines to the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) in March and will deliver a further 500,000 doses during the month of April, wh

Veteran musician and singer late Pandit W.D. Amaradeva’s wife Wimala Amaradeva passed away at the age of 86 while receiving treatment at the National Hospital in Colombo, sources confirmed.

Officers attached to the Customs Central Investigation Bureau today seized a container with 15,200 litres of Ethanol worth Rs.20 million, Customs Director General Maj. Gen. (Rtd.) Vijitha Ravipriya said.

Permission has been granted to re-open schools in the Western Province (WP) on Monday (15), Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena said.

The Prisons Department has launched special investigations regarding an incident in which a jailor tried to bribe the Superintendent of the Colombo Remand Prison to facilitate three suspects, including one involved in the Easter Sunday attack, Prison

The COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka climbed to 507 with five more deaths being confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services, the Government Information Department said.

A power outage was experienced in the North, North Central and Eastern parts of the country due to a failure in the transmission system at the new Anuradhapura grid, Power and Energy Development Director and Media Spokesperson Sulakshana Jayawardena

The Samagi Tharuna Balawegaya which is the youth wing of the SJB, today appointed it’s office bearers, in a ceremony held at the SJB Headquarters.

The Commissioner General of Examinations today requested the candidates to leave the examination premises peacefully on the last day of the examination.

A total of 31 corpses of COVID-19 victims have been so far buried in the Ottamavadi area, Batticaloa, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Prince Harry and Meghan opened up about their life both in and out of the Royal Family during a wide-ranging interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired on Sunday.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today issued notice on former State Minister and SJB MP Ashok Abeysinghe to appear before CID tomorrow to record a statement over the speech he made on Easter Sunday attacks, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Roh

The research carried out on blood samples of those who have been administered with the vaccine against COVID-19 have so far shown positive results, Prof. Neelika Malavige of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Sri

An e-channeling system would be introduced enabling the public to book time and date to get Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 in the Colombo Municipality area in the future, Mayoress of Colombo Rosy Senanayake said.

A total number of 56 COVID-19 positive candidates have been identified during the nine days of continuing the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L), Education Minister G.L Pieris said.

The twelve Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed against former President Maithripala Sirisena, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and others in connection with the Easter Sunday coordinated terror attack have been postponed till June 07, 0

The Colombo High Court today fixed the case filed against former Minister Patali Champika and two others over an alleged road accident on February 28, 2016, for trial on May 31.

The Education Ministry today appealed to the Health Services Director General to convey his recommendations within two days in order to the re-opening of schools in the Western Province (WP) on March 15.

Lesser than 10,000 PCR tests have been conducted in the country daily within last three days, according to the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

The Canadian diplomat was concerned how the private meeting got media coverage when there was no media outside the residence at the time

A total of 1,158 persons have been arrested during a special operation conducted within a 10-hour period in the Western Province yesterday.

Restaurants at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel in Colombo have resumed back to normal operations after MoH clearance was issued, after being shut over the weekend due to some staff members testing positive for COVID-19.

The present government has failed to suspend the transaction and start up an investigation, which had led to the Rs.10 billion sugar importation scam to date, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

Health officials from the Colombo Municipal Council said that the COVID-19 infections in Colombo were on the decline in recent weeks and from an estimated 250 random PCR and antigen tests being conducted, an average one or two people were testing pos

Local LP gas business has been severely affected due to non-increase the price of LP gas cylinder concurrently with the surge in gas prices in the world market, local LP gas sellers said.