The seafarer from Jinthupitiya, Colombo 13, who had tested positive for Covid-19 few days ago, has been discharged from the hospital as five repeated PCR tests become negative, Health Services Director-General Dr Anil Jasinghe said.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today requested all voters to give them an overwhelming mandate exceeding even that of the presidential election of 2019, in order to put an end to narrow minded communalism in the politics of this country.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Puttalam District candidate and former parliamentarian Ashoka Wadigamangawa (68) has died in a road accident at Padeniya on the Kurunegala-Puttalam road, police said.

Former Northern Provincial Councillor M. K. Shivajilingam, who was arrested today for evading the court proceedings, has been released by the Magistrate Court in Point Pedro.

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today pledged to grant a package of concessions to people if his party was elected to office at the August Parliamentary Election.

A fire broke out at a textile store at W.A Silva Mawatha in Wellawatte. Fire Brigade said five fire trucks were dispatched to the location to douse the fire.

More than 1,100 mobiles phones and over 100 grams of heroin had been seized during the raids carried out at 28 prisons during the last four weeks, the Prisons Department said.

A gangster ‘Battaramulle Bunty’ who is an accomplice of underworld figure ’Angoda Lokka’, had been arrested in Thalangama this morning.

A total of 290 Sri Lankan expatriates who were stranded in Bahrain arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport this morning.

Sri Lanka has not been exempted from the Global Travel Advisory or border restrictions for the British nationals against all but essential international travel, at this initial stage, the British High Commission in Colombo said today.

Former member of the Northern Provincial Council M.K. Sivajilingam has been arrested by the Valvettithurai Police today for failing to appear in the court.

A 35-year-old woman was seriously injured and hospitalized following an explosion at her home in Iyakkachchi, Kilinochchi yesterday, police said.

Cricketer Kusal Mendis has been arrested following an accident that killed a 64-year-old man at Horethuduwa in Panadura, this morning, Police Spokesman Jaliya Senaratna said.

The Election Commission has issued the legal provisions regarding electors with disability to be accompanied by a person to assist in marking the ballot paper at the polling station.

A day after The Indian Express reported about matches of Uva T20 League, purportedly being played in Sri Lanka, but actually held in Sawara village in Mohali district, (Indian) the local police conducted raids at the hideouts of the two accused arres

The fallout of the militarization process on some of the candidates in Jaffna contesting the general election under the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) was evident when some persons claiming to belong to military intelligence had forced three SEP cand

Attorney General Dappula De Livera yesterday reprimanded higher officials of the Sri Lanka Police Department stating that they were responsible for the state of affairs at the Police Department.

Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday concluded the counter case filed by Malaka Silva, son of former Minister Mervyn Sliva, against Scottish Engineer James Cassserly who was allegedly involved in a brawl with Malaka Silva at a nightclub in 20

Sri Lanka has raised surveillance along its northern coast, following reports of some Sri Lankan refugees in India attempting to return by boats following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, authorities in Tamil Nadu denied any large-scal

The Census and Statistics Department (DCS) will conduct a countrywide survey on the economic impact of COVID-19 with the participation of 20,000 large, medium and micro level businesses, industries and other commercial ventures in the private sector.

The three member Elections Commission will on July 6 discuss and submit a proposal to the health authorities to extend the quarantine period of those in centers and home to 21 days from the existing 14 days so that two PCR tests can be conducted on t

The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) will carry out an investigation into the findings of condoms inside the blocked drains of the Municipal workshop, a CMC member Saman Abeygoonaratne told Daily Mirror yesterday.

The Attorney General’s Department yesterday informed Supreme Court that it would raise preliminary objections against the Fundamental Rights petition filed seeking an order to immediately arrest Former LTTE commander and armed group leader Vinayaga

Former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage runs the risk of being be tried under the Prevention of Offences Relating to Sports Act if he the allegations he had made are found to be false with regard to the 2011 Cricket World Cup final, former sp

The UK’s first female suicide bomb plotter has told the police during an interview that she was planning a Sri Lanka-style terror attack on St Paul’s Cathedral as she is jailed for 14 years, Daily Mail reported.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today appointed a five-member Committee to examine and report on the concerns regarding the development of Jaya Container Terminal (JCT) and East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port, the President’s Media Divis

The Epidemiology Unit today said that in the past 24 hours, 12 people were tested positive to the COVID-19 infection while 36 patients who had recovered were discharged from various hospitals.

Responding to allegations of corruption with regards to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011 final, ICC Anti-Corruption Unit General Manager Alex Marshall said they had no reason to doubt the integrity of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Final 201

Two youths had drowned while bathing in Ma-Oya in Giriulla today, police said.

A Criminal Investigation Department team, which has recorded a four-hour statement from UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe regarding the investigations into the Central Bank bond scam, left his residence a short while ago.