The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has initiated an inquiry into the threats said to have made by prominent underworld criminals currently under detention in the Boossa Prison to three senior prison officers, that they have the capacity to

Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association President Gemunu Wijeratne yesterday said that they had decided to reduce the number of buses and bus journeys operated on certain roads by 50% from next Monday onwards.

The Public Health Inspectors Union of Sri Lanka (PHIUSL) Secretary M. Balasooriya told Daily Mirror yesterday that they would continue their trade union action launched last week as there was no positive response from the Health Ministry.

UNP National Organizer and Nuwara Eliya District UNP candidate Navin Dissanayake said that the leadership of the UNP, which had remained unchanged for 26 years, needed to be changed and that he had the required qualifications to become the leader of

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today urged the government to take quick legal action against those responsible for the recent destruction of the Assembly Hall of King Buwanekabahu in Kurunegala.

At a discussion held over the issue of pepper prices today, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the target of the next year should be to receive higher prices for the pepper productions by adding value to Sri Lankan pepper exports.

The men’s T20 World Cup due to take place in Australia from October 18 has been postponed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Cricket Council announced Monday.

The Archaeology Department Director General has failed to safeguard the ancient assembly hall of King Buwanekabahu in Kurunegala, UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said today.

The Colombo High Court issued summons on Elections Commission member Prof. Ratnajeevan Hoole and three others for contempt of Court for allegedly publishing a distorted version of a court interim order.

The Imaduwa - Pinnaduwa stretch on the Southern Expressway (E01) which was closed due to a minor landslide was reopened this evening.

Two thirds majority is needed to draft laws to rid the country of extremism and to strengthen the defence apparatus, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Leader Prof. G.L. Peiris said today.

A rare life-sized statue of Buddha that was smashed into pieces with a sledgehammer by construction workers in Pakistan’’s northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province belonged to the Gandhara civilisation and was nearly 1,700 years old, a senior offici

The Colombo High Court today issued summons on former minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, ex-Welikada OIC Sudath Asmadala and the then minister Ranawaka’s driver Dilum Thusitha Kumara to appear in court on August 20 over the Rajagiriya accident case

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) supplied essential medical equipment valued at USD 1 million to Sri Lankan Health authorities to address the COVID-19 outbreak, the UNOPS said.

The Advanced Level (A/L) examination will begin on October 12 while the Grade Five Scholarship examination will be held on October 11, the Ministry of Education announced today.

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) today issued landslide warnings for Colombo, Kalutara, Ratnapura, Galle and Kegalle districts due to the prevailing rainy weather conditions.

The section between Pinnaduwa and Imaduwa of the Southern Expressway towards Colombo has been temporarily closed due to an earth mound collapsed on the road, Police said.

Alleging that some candidates contesting for the general election are using his pictures on leaflets and advertisements without his permission, Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has urged them not to use his picture in propaganda materia

One soldier was killed and two others injured when an army cab collided head-on with a private bus at the Nugegoda flyover this morning, police said.

The Police Department has given a month’s period for all the countrywide station OICs to process details of 13 most wanted underworld activists, who are presently finding refuge in foreign countries and to bring them down in due course by issuing r

After receiving the warning letter on April 9, 2019, about the possible terror attack, that particular letter should be the priority of all intelligence reviews and Security Council meetings during that time, former IGP N. K. Illangakoon on Friday in

Former Sri Lanka and Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha has been appointed as senior assistant and batting coach of New South Wales, having previously served as assistant coach between 2010 and 2014.

The Election Commission will have a special meeting tomorrow (20) with the health experts and the police to discuss modalities for the arrangement of voting facilities for those at quarantine centres or under self-quarantine, an official said.

Negotiations are underway between Sri Lanka and China for a currency swap agreement, a spokesperson said yesterday.

With reference to the Daily Mirror online article titled ‘NMRA issues cancellation notices to five pharmaceutical companies,’ the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (SLCPI) has sent the following statement.

Three persons including two female sex workers were arrested along with a car for operating a mobile brothel in Mount Lavinia this morning, police said.

The Election Commission said that it has received a total of 3,871 complaints of election law violation pertaining to the upcoming General Election as of yesterday evening.

The Minister of Passenger Transport Management Mahinda Amaraweera said today that the increase in bus fares will not be allowed at all.

The Police have opened fire at a car which was hijacked from Colombo after it was traveling in the Giriulla area defying Police orders.

The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours - the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.