An Indian national trying to enter the country with Kush worth over Rs.21.3 million was intercepted by Sri Lanka Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport last night.

The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee has announced a 16-member squad for the upcoming three-match One Day International (ODI) series against Bangladesh, scheduled for July 2, 5, and 8, 2025.

The issue of Sri Lanka arresting Indian fishermen stems from an agreement during Emergency under which their rights for fishing in some specific areas were given up, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

The Department of Coastal Conservation and Coastal Resources Management has identified approximately 2,500 unauthorised constructions along Sri Lanka’s coastal belt.

Former Chairman of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation (CFHC) in 2012, Upali Liyanage, was released on bail today after being arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.

A private bus crashed in Kantale town after the driver reportedly suffered a sudden heart attack, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and collide with an electricity pole, a roadside shop and two parked motorcycles.

Japan executed a 34-year-old death row inmate known as the ’’Twitter Killer,’’ who was convicted of killing nine people at his apartment south of Tokyo in 2017, marking the first person to be put to death in the country in nearly three years.

Former Chairman of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation (CFHC) Upali Liyanage has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC).

Former SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) in connection with an ongoing investigation into aircraft procurement during his tenure.

The Supreme Court today issued an interim order suspending the operation of the Gazette notification issued in respect of 5,941 acres of lands in the Northern Province.

The Colombo High Court Judge, R.S.S Sapuwida sentenced a 68 year old man to 60 years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually abusing his own brother’s preschool daughter over a period of more than two months.

The office of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe denied media reports pertaining to his visit to the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2023.

Applications have been called from qualified individuals to fill the existing vacancy and the forthcoming vacancies for the post of member of the Office for Reparations.

Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has called on the government to take immediate action to safeguard small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as the implementation of the Parate Law for loan recoveries is set to take effect from July 1.

Two National People’s Power (NPP) members of the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha, who were on their way for the council meeting to elect the Chairman, have been abducted, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) media unit said.

The Colombo Harbour Police have launched an investigation after a 24-year-old university student went missing while bathing in the sea near the artificial beach at Port City Colombo on Thursday.

Four parcels containing 317,000 narcotic pills were taken into police custody at Mohoththuwaram, a beach in Kalpitiya last night, Police said.

It has now become common in many government hospitals for patients to be asked to buy important medical items like artificial knee transplant equipment and other surgical tools from private companies, as hospitals often do not have them in stock.

Despite the green light, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) research vessel “Dr Fridtjof Nansen” is unlikely to visit Sri Lanka since approval came late, making timely scheduling for the survey here impossible, Daily Mirror learns

Sri Lanka must shift its focus towards fostering innovation, empowering entrepreneurs, and moving beyond its current economic trajectory to achieve a prosperous future with a sustained growth rate of over 8

The Badulla-Colombo train service was disrupted this morning (June 27) after several large pine trees fell onto the railway track between Demodara and Ella railway stations along the Upcountry Railway Line, the Railway Department said.

Sri Lanka’s barter trade with Iran (tea for oil) to settle dues for a previous transaction is likely to be hit by tension in the Middle-East at the moment, a Minister said.

Sri Lanka Customs yesterday defended its recent decision to halt the clearance of vehicles imported under cross-border Letters of Credit (LCs), citing the measure as a crucial step to combat significant tax evasion through fraudulent under-valuation.

Fast bowler Jayden Seales of the West Indies has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the opening day of the first match of their ICC World Test Championship series against Australia in Bridg

The Attorney General yesterday informed the Court of Appeal that Jaffna District Parliamentarian Dr. Ramanathan Archchuna continues to hold office as a public officer, raising serious threat to the principle of separation of powers.

In the wake of the current Middle- East crisis sparked by a 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel involving the United States, Iran today expressed readiness to enhance trade relations with Sri Lanka, particularly in importing tea.

A bear roaming a runway at a Japanese airport forced staff to cancel flights and declare itself off-limits to passengers for the day.

The U.S. Embassy in Colombo has issued a warning to Sri Lankan nationals and other foreign travellers, cautioning that those who travel to the United States on tourist visas with the intention of giving birth to secure U.S. citizenship for their chil

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) yesterday (25) awarded air tickets to a group of 16 Sri Lankan youths scheduled to travel to Japan under the Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP).

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) announced that registration for three job categories in Israel’s construction sector will officially begin tomorrow (27). The closing date for applications is July 1.