The stretch from Peliyagoda to Ja-Ela on the Colombo- Katunayake Expressway (E-03) has been re-opened, Police said. The Colombo- Katunayake Expressway (E-03) was closed this afternoon due to smoke emitting from a garbage dumping site at Seeduwa.

The Colombo High Court judge Adithya Patabendige today sentenced former Homagama District Judge Sunil Abeysinghe and his Personal Security Officer PC Mahinda Kithsiri to a 16-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) for soliciting a bribe of Rs. 300,000 in 20

Both President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had directed the relevant authorities to take stern action against all who are responsible for the Srilankan Airlines scam including former CEO Kapila Chandrasena, State Minister

The Colombo- Katunayake Expressway (E-03) has been closed until further notice due to a smoke emitting from a garbage dumping site at Seeduwa, Police said.

The Government has withdrawn the proposed amendment to the Vote on Account (VoA) seeking to increase expenditure and an increase in the debt ceiling.

The Court of Appeal today issued order that interdicted High Court Judge Gihan Pilapitya shall not be arrested without an order of a Competent Court.

The Gazette notification to establish a separate Urban Council for Sainthamaruthu has become invalid following the Cabinet decision not to proceed with the Gazette right now, Co-Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said.

Two elderly people have died in Iran after testing positive for the new coronavirus, according to health officials.

Deputy Solicitor General (DSG) Thusith Mudalige yesterday revealed that the Singapore bank account belonging to former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena’s wife had a record of sending USD 800,000 to an individual by the name of Nimal Hemasi

Eight people are dead following two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau, BBC reported.

A fresh hurdle emerged yesterday in the adoption of the swan symbol by the newly-formed ‘Samagi Jana Balawegaya’ to contest the next general elections, Daily Mirror learns.

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said there was no need to move a counter resolution to withdraw from cosponsorship of the UNHRC resolution 30/1.

The UNP might have to contest under the elephant symbol as the Democratic National Front (DNF) has refused to allow Samagi Jana Balawegaya to use the swan symbol for a period of five years, said a senior member of the UNP who wished to remain anonymo

The Cabinet yesterday approved to move out of the UNHRC resolution 30/1 with the help of ‘likeminded’ countries, Daily Mirror learns.

At the UNP Working Committee meeting held yesterday, MPs Daya Gamage and Navin Dissanayake insisted that they be granted permission to contest their respective districts under the elephant symbol while MP Ruwan Wijewardene empathised on contesting al

Sri Lanka will categorically outline the flaws of the Resolution 30/1 which the previous government had co- sponsored at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and will look to completely close it after withdrawing from its co-sponsorship, a

The Education Ministry has decided to suspend the mid-term teacher transfers following a request made by the principals and after considering the negative impact the process has made on the students’ learning process.

A group of scientists led by Dr. Sameera R. Samarakoon at the Institute of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo has recently discovered a possible sets of United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved

Investigations carried out by Police over the Easter Sunday attacks had revealed that certain persons on tourist visas pretending to be clerics, had propagated radicalised extremist ideology among innocent Muslim youth in rural areas, DIG (Traffic) A

The prevailing hot weather condition would last until mid-March and disappear with the onset of the Inter monsoon rain, Director General of the Department of Meteorology Athula Karunanayake said.

Four in a group of schoolboys, who were on an educational tour to Anuradhapura, had drowned this evening when they had gone to take a bath in the Medawachchiya tank, the police said.

The Power and Energy Ministry had decided to provide continuous power supply, unless any emergency situation arises at the power plants, Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera today said.

Parliament went into an uproar today when the government questioned the legal validity of the forensic audit report conducted on the bond scam and whether it is possible to debate on such a report in the House.

UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake today said none of his phone recordings/conversations tabled contain unparliamentary language.

The Transport Ministry today introduced a new system for pensioners to obtain railway ticket warrants.

A pet dog that had been attacked with a machete in Kuliyapitiya had been treated and was discharged by the Kurunegala Veterinary Hospital after a four hour surgery today.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed all Provincial Councils and Local Government authorities to suspend the imposition of any extra levy or raising any existing rates or taxes, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The Chinese woman who was hospitalised after being tested positive for the new coronavirus has left for China this evening after being discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Angoda.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today said the international principle that ‘innocent until proven guilty’ does not seem to apply to Sri Lanka’s Army Commander or even to members of his family.

Former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena and wife Priyanka Wijeynayaka were further remanded until March 4 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake today.