The Urban Development Authority (UDA) is yet to receive approval from the Prime Minister’s Office to review the approval process of existing multi-storey buildings, to identify how many of them are non-compliant with building and planning regulatio

A Bell 412 helicopter of the Sri Lanka Air Force transported two human Livers and a pair of kidneys from Polonnaruwa to Colombo on Sunday.

A highly confidential ‘Chinese only’ casino den carried out on the 28th floor of a luxury condominium apartment in Kollupitiya without any licence and even when gaming centres are still not been permitted to open owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, w

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Moscow Meegahalande Durage Lamawansa said on Monday he planned getting inoculated with Russia’s vaccine against COVID-19, dubbed Sputnik V, in the near future.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi will hold bilateral discussions on September 26 to further strengthen ties between the two governments, as well as discuss possible development projects between India and Sri

The remark made by TNA MP Govinthan Karunakaran that Ven. Ampitiye Sumanaratana Thera will have to be driven away from the Batticaloa District caused a mini uproar in Parliament yesterday.

In a pre-recorded statement at the High-Level Meeting to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations today, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said, ‘We expect the United Nation will place due emphasis on non-interference in domestic affairs o

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to form its own trade union wing instead of trying to gain control of the UNP trade union wing Jathika Sewaka Sangamaya (JSS), its National Organiser Tissa Attanayake said today.

The National Police Commission (NPC) has requested the Acting IGP to nominate a female Police Officer to the post of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for the first time in the history of the Sri Lanka Police.

It has been confirmed that the collapse of the five-storied building in Kandy on Sunday has been caused by a substandard foundation and there is no connection with the recent tremors in the area, the Geological Surveys and Mines Bureau said today.

The government today reiterated that it has no decision to withdraw the 20th Amendment to the Constitution but said if needed, amendments to it can be made at the committee stage in Parliament.

The Bribery Commission has filed indictments against former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and Perpetual Treasuries Ltd’s (PTL) Owner Arjun Aloysius at the Colombo High Court over leasing of an apartment in Kollupitiya.

The clause relating to the dual citizenship which was introduced in the 19th Amendment should be retained in the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, Democratic Left Front (DLF) Leader Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara said today.

A large number of Police personnel have been stationed in different places to photograph drivers, who violate lane law, Senior DIG of the Western Province and Traffic Deshabandu Tennakoon said.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday announced that a men’s team player, who was among the 27 to participate in the skill-training camp ahead of the Sri Lanka tour, has been isolated after showing ’’classical Covid-like symptoms’’.

A 24-hour water cut will be imposed for several areas in Wattala from 8pm today to 8pm tomorrow, National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said today.

A total of 1,113 individuals were arrested over various offences during a special operation carried out by police in the Western Province from 6.00 pm yesterday to 6.00 am today.

UNP is ready to join all progressive forces to defeat the efforts of the present government to suppress democratic rights of the people through the 20th amendment, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Bishops and the Catholic Clergy were in no way made aware of the Easter Sunday attacks while the Cardinal did celebrate Holy Mass in the morning of that day, a statement issued by the three Auxiliary Bishops said.

Resulting in the Government’s decision to ban the import of motor vehicles and luxury goods from March 19, the local vehicle market has become unstable, the Vehicle Importers Association of Sri Lanka (VIASL) President Indika Sampath Merinchige said

Former President Maithripala Sirisena today denied the statement made by former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando-regarding Former President- to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the 2019 Easter Sunday Attack.

The bodies of parents of the infant child, which was trapped under the debris of the building collapsed on the hotel in Buwelikada, Kandy had been recovered, an official said.

Volumes of people have gathered at the Colombo International Book Fair (CIBF) despite concerns over the spread of COVID-19, according to organizers.

Three suspects, including the mastermind, wanted over a major land grab racket that had been taking place for a long time in the Chilaw, Marawila and, the Mundalama areas, had been arrested by Chilaw Special Crimes Investigation Unit officers today.

Mohamed Farook alias ’’Barrel Ranji’’ has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division in Grandpass today.

Eighteen Sri Lankans who were deported from the United States for illegally staying had arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake.

A one-and-a-half-month-old infant was killed and two others were rescued after a five-storey building collapsed on to another building at Buwelikada in Kandy this morning.

SJB MP Mujibur Rahman yesterday urged the government to seek India’s support to get Sri Lankan woman ‘ Sara’ deported from that country as she is directly involved in the Easter Sunday attacks.

At least 249 individuals were arrested for drunk driving while 3,106 were charged for other offences during an islandwide special traffic operation carried out last night, the police said.

The position that former President Maithripala was not informed about the prior warnings regarding the coordinated terror attack which occurred on April 21, 2019, cannot be accepted under any circumstances, former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando