A 12-hour water cut would be imposed from 8.00 am tomorrow (10th) due to power interruption to the water treatment plant, the Water Supply and Drainage Board announced today.

Fuel prices will be reduced shortly owing to a price drop of the same in the global market, Commuter Transport Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today.

State Minister of Transport, Dilum Amunugama said today that instructions had been given to integrating all government medical centres into an online system for people to get their medical reports.

The preliminary report of the four-member Committee appointed to review the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCC) was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today requested the Elections Commission (EC) to register their new alliance ‘Sri Lanka Nidhahas Podujana Sandhanaya’ to contest the upcoming elections under the lotus bud

Former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, was further remanded until February 26 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court today.

An arrest warrant has been issued by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayararnte against UPFA MP Jayantha Samaraweera over his failure to appear in the Court.

The federal government has provided heavily redacted documents to lawyers representing a Tamil family detained on Christmas Island, entirely blacking out details of discussions between Australian and Sri Lankan authorities on the matter.

Rifkan Bathiudeen, who was arrested over an alleged forged land deal had been released on bail by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.

U.S. Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz informed Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane that she would convey to Washington Sri Lanka’s concerns regarding travel restrictions on Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva.

Expressing her displeasure over the postponement of the UNP working committee meeting from today (17) to tomorrow (18), UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra yesterday said the party should stop dilly dallying in making decisions like the way it did during th

Malwatte and Asgiriya chapters of Siyam Nikaya Chapters expressed their displeasure over the travel restrictions imposed on Army Commander Shavendra Silva by the United States of America.

The Election Commission has not yet included the heart in the list of symbols to be assigned to a political party, an official said yesterday.

Election Commission informed a group of senior members of United National Party (UNP) that if the ‘elephant’ symbol is given up by the United National Party, the commission cannot give an assurance that the symbol concerned can be allocated after

Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today formally conveyed strong objection to US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz on the imposition of travel restrictions by the US Government on Army Commander Shavendra Silva and his immediate family and asked

The final decision on the symbol under which the UNP-led alliance would contest the general election, will be made by the party’s working committee on Tuesday (February18) , UNP MP Mujibur Rahaman said today.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has restrained the Centre and the State from deporting a woman to Sri Lanka, the Hindu reported.

Imposition of a travel ban on Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva and his immediate family members is regrettable and unfortunate, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said today

Eleven Indian fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan territorial waters arrested by the Navy in the seas off Analathivu Island yesterday.

The mortality rate of China’s COVID19 epidemic is of or below 2 per cent from those who contracted the virus, which is low compared to the SARS epidemic which had a reported mortality rate of 10 per cent, Director General of Health Dr Anil Jasinghe

United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz arrived at the Foreign Ministry to discuss over the travel ban imposed on Army Commander Shavendra Silva by the US.

A traffic Police Sergeant attached to the Kahawatte Police Station was remanded yesterday after he was arrested by the Officers of the Bribery Commission for allegedly accepting a bribe from a lorry driver for transporting illicit timber.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male national of Sri Lanka who is suspected in the fraudulent purchase of nearly 40,000 liters of fuel in Ibaraki Prefecture last year, TBS News reported.

The number of new cases from China’s coronavirus epidemic dropped for a third consecutive day on Sunday, as the World Health Organisation chief warned it was “impossible” to predict how the outbreak would develop.

United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Relations tomorrow (16) to inform the Sri Lankan government’s objection to the imposition of travel restrictions on Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavend

US Congressmen Ami Bera and George Holding met Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo and discussed the strengthening of relations in a few sectors including counter terrorism, tourism & energy sectors.

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended two persons with 14.35 kg of gold worth over Rs.100 million being smuggled in the sea area of Madagal, Jaffna yesterday, the navy said.

Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga, who was arrested and remanded until February 17 over the controversial MiG deal, has been admitted to the prison hospital, informed sources said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the visiting Sri Lankan delegation that he would look favourably on the proposal by Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda to set up the Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar Joint Marine Fisheries Resources Management Au

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed relevant officials to expedite the completion work of Central and other expressways, President’s Media Division said.