Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera ruled out a fuel shortage despite misinformation in this regard.

The six-member presidential select committee (PSC), appointed to nominate Chairmen and directors to state institutions, yesterday denied it was supporting nepotism or favouring certain candidates among the 11,000 estimated applications it had receive

Department of Immigration and Emigration flying squad nabbed seven Indian nationals last week, who were employed as labourers at a leading construction site in Wattala defying their visa conditions.

Former Western Province Governor Azath Salley has reportedly influenced the police probe into the vandalizing of Buddha statues in Mawanella, as revealed during a four-hour statement given to the CID by a retired top cop on Saturday.

MPs talking to government officers over the phone is a natural phenomenon but one cannot approve the action taken by MP Ranjan Ramanayake to record the conversations, UNP MP Mujibur Rahuman said yesterday.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said on Saturday that arrangements are underway to offer a key post to General Secretary of the Jathika Hela Urumaya( JHU) MP Patali Champika Ranawaka in the near future in the United National Party (UNP).

Flights have been suspended after a volcano on a tourist island in the Philippines erupted, sending a plume of ash into the sky.

Eight men were hospitalised following an acid attack at them at Moronthota in Bulathkohupitiya on Saturday night.

Sri Lanka was vulnerable to a conflict in the Middle East and even running the risk of experiencing suicide attacks, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.

Three suspects had been arrested with heroin and ice in Dematagoda, the Police said.

The Lanka Self-Employed Professionals’ National Three-Wheeler Federation said it had decided to offer Rs. 1 million cash reward to the three-wheeler driver who has handed over an external hard drive containing MP Ranjan Ramanayake telephone recordi

Four persons have been arrested for assaulting a group of STF officers in Uhana yesterday, police said.

The UK ambassador to Iran was arrested during anti-government protests in Tehran after officials admitted shooting down a passenger plane.

Award-winning actor and dramatist Jayalath Manoratne passed away early this morning following a brief illness. He was 71.

The Sri Lanka Mission in Tehran is presently coordinating with the relevant authorities in Azerbaijan to repatriate the human remains of the deceased three Sri Lankan university students, who died in their apartment due to a fire on Thursday, foreign

Two youths drowned in the seas off Kammalawella in Wennappuwa and another is still missing, Police said.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the Muslim Religious Affairs Department to register all Muslim religious schools (Madrasas) with the Department.

Dubai International, one of the world’s busiest airports, canceled, diverted and delayed flights on Saturday due to heavy rain and flooding, Dubai Airports said

Higher Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane said yesterday he would seek fresh placements at the state universities and the other government-owned degree-awarding institutions for some 2,000 students who abandoned their studies because of ragging.

Former president Maithripala Sirisena said investigations on the Central Bank bond scam should proceed interrupted.

Referring to Thursday’s protest by the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) held opposite the Presidential Secretariat, IUSF convener the Ven. Rathkarawwe Jinarathana Thera said this government was resorting to a subtle method of suppressing

Iran has announced that its military ’’unintentionally’’ shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 on board.

Higher Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said the Sri Lanka Forestry Institute in the picturesque location of Sandathenna in the Nuwara-Eliya district would be developed as a fully-fledged university offering courses for both local and foreign s

Several government ministers are continuing to call for a Presidential Commission and a Judicial Commission to probe the leaked telephone conversations of UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayaka.

Referring to MP Ranjan Ramanayake’s audio clips which have gone viral on social media, Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera said yesterday there was an international conspiracy behind the series of events to carry out some hidden agenda.

Nuwara Eliya town experienced a hail storm in the early hours of last morning. Residents of the area said Nuwara Eliya experienced hail storms usually in January every year however the hailstorm experienced this year was heavier.

A proposal is to be submitted to build a rail track close to the proposed Central Expressway (E-04), which will link Colombo and Kandy, Railway Services State Minister C.B. Ratnayake said.

Three Sri Lankan students studying at the Western Caspian University in Baku, Azerbaijan have died in their apartment as a result of suffocation from smoke inhalation due to a fire that broke out on Thursday.

There will be major changes in the UNP next Thursday when the party’s parliamentary group meets to discuss its future, MP Sujeewa Senasinghe told the media today.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed two commissions to probe alleged political victimization that took place from 2015 to 2019 and on alleged financial irregularities of the Edirisinghe Trust Investment (ETI) Limited.