The prevailing hot weather condition in several areas in the Island would continue until mid-September, Director General of the Department of Meteorology Athula Karunanayake said

The failure of the Nuwara Eliya Police to find anything suspicious from a search operation carried out on May 8, 2018 at a lodge where National Thawheed Jama’at (NTJ) Leader Zahran Hashim was operating a training camp, enabled Zahran and the NTJ as

Public Viewing Area at the Bandaranaike International Airport was declared opened yesterday by the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited Chairman Maj. Gen. (Rtd.) G.A. Chandrasiri.

At least 7,058 persons are currently under quarantine at 65 quarantine centres in the country, National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Head Army Commander Shavendra Silva said.

Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today denounced the claims made by some sections in the UNP that he is not a member of a party and stressed that he had obtained the membership for the year 2020.

The government made the advance payment for the commencement of construction of the Meerigama-Kadawatha stretch of the central expressway, a statement said today.

Power Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said the report which was handed over to him by the nine-member committee appointed to investigate the sudden countrywide power outage, was submitted to the Cabinet today.

A nine-hour long statement was recorded from former President Maithripala Sirisena by the officers from the Police Unit of the Presidential Commission probing Easter Sunday attacks.

Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kamal Gunaratne said today that they were successful in eradicating organized crimes, narcotic waves, extortion and underworld activities in the country.

Matale District SLPP MP Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon today handed over the first private member Bill in 9th Parliament to Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dassanayake to set the minimum age of marriage of Sri Lankan Children at 18.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revealed his intention to develop Kitul (Fishtail Palms) and Palmyra Palms plantation as main export crops of Sri Lanka in order to open a new avenue of foreign exchange earning, the President’s Media Division said.

SLPP MP Susil Premajayantha was appointed as the State Minister of Education Reforms, Open Universities and Distance Learning Promotion by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today.

A Sub Inspector attached to the Horana Police Station was arrested at Nambapana in Ingiriya by the Bribery Commission officials for attempting to solicit a sexual bribe from a woman.

An accomplice of underworld figure ’Angoda Lokka’ had been arrested with 42 kgs of heroin, three T-56 weapons, 170 rounds of ammunition and a 9mm pistol at Ambatale.

There is no postponement, but a slight delay in the repatriation flights scheduled for Sri Lankan migrants residing in the Middle East, a Foreign Ministry (FM) official said today.

The Attorney General has concluded action in a total of 23,645 criminal advise files and forwarded 12,503 indictments to the High Courts over the last 18 months, the AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said.

Four persons including a prison guard and a civil worker attached to the Sri Lanka Air Force had been arrested over involving drugs trafficking at the Mahara Prison, the Police said.

Minister of Agriculture, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, has been appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as his nominee to the Constitutional Council.

Three inmates who were addicted to drugs have committed suicide within the last week as a result of the crackdown on narcotics by authorities, and therefore being unable to consume drugs, Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya said.

Officers from the Police Unit of the Presidential Commission probing Easter Sunday attacks arrived at former President Maithripala Sirisena’s Colombo residence to record a statement a short while ago.

A couple had been arrested when they were packing 75 grams of heroin in a house at Suwarapola in Piliyandala, Police said.

Foreign reports sent to the State Intelligence Service (SIS) on April 4, last year on possible terror attacks cannot be considered as intelligence reports, other that it being information, SIS ex-director, former SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena told the PC

The experts’ committee report on the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement will be referred to the new Cabinet, Foreign Secretary Jayanath Colombage said.

Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera said there was a trend of illegal immigrants entering the country from India posing a threat of spreading COVID-19 in the country.

The progressive features of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution will be preserved when abolishing it, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader, Minister Udaya Gammanpila said yesterday.

State Intelligence Service (SIS) had only identified active members of the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) at the time it received the foreign intelligence report on the terror attack on April 4, 2019.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said it was high time to increase agro harvests to strengthen the local economy and that it was necessary to encourage farmers to increase local potato production to meet the demand without having to import them.

The 38-year-old England’s James Anderson has become the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets.

The Education Ministry had decided to commence all schools including the primary sections from September 8 according to the recommendations of the Health Ministry, Education Ministry Secretary Prof. Kapila Perera said.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today urged the newly-elected lawmakers to unite in the major task of introducing the proposed constitutional reforms, eschewing personal agendas and political affiliations.