Three suspects including an air force sergeant have been arrested in connection with a drug racket operated from within the Negombo Prison.

A total number of 95,087 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests have been conducted in Sri Lanka as of June 20 with 827 tests conducted yesterday, the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) said.

Four persons including a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy have drowned while sea-bathing in the seas off Dickowita, Wattala last evening, police said.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible over Sri Lanka today (21), the Planetarium of Sri Lanka said.

In a newspaper advertisement, the SLC called for Expressions Of Interest (EOI) from a suitable Sports Marketing/Management Agency to manage and promote Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2020 in collaboration with the SLC.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on the recommendations of Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army Shavendra Silva, promoted one more set of 71 Officers to their next rank, the Army Headquarteras announced

Former Minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias ’’Karuna Amman’’ claimed that he is more dangerous than Covid-19.

The beach in the Colombo Port City is scheduled to open for the public next year and the Port City Colombo Pvt Ltd has accelerated construction work of the project to enable completion by 2021, Secretary to the Ministry of Urban Development, Water Su

Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said the National Transport Commission (NTC) had taken steps to introduce a mobile ’Passenger App’ for passengers who use the Sri Lanka Transport Board and private buses by next week.

Construction work on two Udagama housing schemes in the Lunugamvehera elephant management forest reserve funded by the Indian government were suspended by the National Housing Authority on Thursday.

One suspect arrested over the stabbing of the father of imprisoned underworld gangster ’Kanjipani Imran’ has been remanded till July 02 by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today.

The heartbreaking video footage of a dying mother elephant with a baby by its side was reported from Galgamuwa.the postmortem examination confirmed that the elephant had died of septicaemia.

A wanted person belonging to an organized criminal gang was arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) officers today near the Horape railway station in Ragama.

Opposition political parties today expressed their views on the match-fixing allegation made by former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage with regard to the 2011 Cricket World Cup final with some of them calling for investigations.

No matter who administers the country, Islamic extremism cannot be eradicated until the government leaders ban extremism across the country, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary the Ven. Galagodaththe Gnanasara Thera told the Presidential Commissio

Attorney General Dappula de Livera said today the prisons have become the playgrounds of criminals and pointed out that the prison department lacked honest and efficient officers.

While assuring that the construction of the Central Expressway Project (CEP) would be completed soon, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said there would have been no delay if their government had not been toppled in 2015.

Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen arrived at the BMICH police unit today to record a statement over the Easter Sunday attacks.

Former MP Namal Rajapaksa has called for the International Cricket Council to look into the allegations of match fixing during the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

The Special Investigations Unit of the Sports Ministry has launched an inquiry into match-fixing allegations made by former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage with regard to the 2011 Cricket World Cup final.

The charred remains of an unidentified person were discovered yesterday at Gonawewa in Dambulla, Police said.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has supplied critical medical supplies worth USD $102,310 (LKR Rupees 19,054,214) to the Ministry of Health to provide specialist care for high-risk COVID-19 patients requiring maternal a

A total of 289 Sri Lankans including around 100 mothers and 8 children stranded in United Arabi Emirates (UAE) arrived in Sri Lanka today, the officer-in-charge of the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) said.

Twenty three Sri Lankans who were working in Middle Eastern countries have succumbed to COVID-19 during past three months, Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) told the Daily Mirror today.

The 24-year-old Tarinda Ratwatte, the suspect driver of the Defender Vehicle which was involved in the accident in which State Intelligence Services (SIS) Police Constable (PC) Sithum Alahapperuma was killed, has been released on bail today.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said he had already complained to the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding the alleged match fixing incident in 2011 and demanded an investigation to be carried ou

Sri Lanka must strictly adhere to health guidelines issued by the World Health Organization and the Health Ministry, if it wants to prevent a second wave of the COVID-19 as a small segment of society has begun disregarding the seriousness of the viru

All cinema halls in the country will open on Saturday, June 27, the Film Exhibitors Association said today.

The All Ceylon Jamiyathul Ulama (ACJU) had been issuing fatwas (rulings according to Islamic law) since 1979 against Sufis, considering the ACJU incorporation Act (No 51/2000), but the Act does endorse the organization to issue any fatwas against Suf

During a meeting held with Ambassadors of EU countries in Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said loans are not an option and what the country currently needs is new investments.