There will be a definite salary increase for government sector employees, including teachers, by next year, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Anil Jayantha Fernando said.

Making a fresh approach towards the stagnating tax issue of staggering Rs.5.8 billion defaulted by the local liquor giant W. M. Mendis and Co. Ltd. the newly appointed Excise Chief has proposed a way-out to settle 50% of the arrears to reactivate its

An organized group is once again deceiving the public on a large scale, as evidenced by a sharp increase in financial fraud complaints during the Christmas and New Year season, Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) Chief Information Se

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna had decided to go to court over reducing the strength of security provided to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

There will be an 18-hour water cut tomorrow (26) in several areas of the Western Province due to urgent repairs on the main transmission line, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced.

Stressing the need to resolve issues in the supply of medicines soon, Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA), State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC), State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporati

The Police Special Task Force (STF) will be deployed to contain theft of power cables laid to supply electricity to the Katunayake-Colombo expressway, according to a statement from the Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Ministry.

Two persons including an acting revenue officer of the Weweldeniya Sub Office attached to the Mirigama Pradeshiya Sabha were arrested by the Bribery Commission for accepting one kilo of chicken worth Rs. 1,170 as a bribe.

’Pastor’ Jerome Fernando recently shared a nostalgic Facebook post recalling the role of the ’Cardinal’ brand in his childhood Christmas traditions.

A passenger plane carrying dozens has crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau on Wednesday, the Kazakh Transport Ministry said.

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has initiated special and additional bus services to cater to commuters travelling during the Christmas festive season, SLTB Supervisory Officer Indika Chandimal said.

The Department of Prisons announced today that a total of 385 prison inmates were released under a special State pardon in view of Christmas, Prison Commissioner (Media Spokesman) Gamini D. Dissanayake said.

India will face Pakistan in Dubai on 23 February as the International Cricket Council released the Champions Trophy fixtures on Tuesday.

A total of 62 employees who were suspended for protesting against the privatisation of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have been reinstated.

Wasantha Handapangoda, President of the Sri Lanka Podujana Education Services Union, has passed away.

A new Gazette Extraordinary has been issued, outlining the procedure for the payment of monthly benefit allowances to eligible families and individuals under the Aswesuma Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme, effective from January 2025.

A 32-year-old man was killed and his wife injured in a shooting incident at Maraluwawa, Wellawa, last night.

The government has yet to decide whether to abolish or retain the position of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) following the conclusion of the current CDS, General Shavendra Silva’s tenure.

The new government is unlikely to follow the previous government’s model in tying up with India’s Amul in the development of dairy sector, an informed source said yesterday

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has received death threats from ISIS terrorists and LTTE groups, Vice President of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Lawyers’ Association, Manoj Gamage, disclosed.

The government is committed to combating the underworld and drug trafficking, but not by staging frequent operations for show, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said.

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) Dr. Senesh Bandara has resigned from his post.

The government has taken steps to regulate private hospitals as people have faced serious issues when seeking treatment from private hospitals, Cabinet spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said today.

The circular issued by the Western Province Education Zonal Ministry prohibiting private tutoring classes for students by school teachers, along with the letter issued by the Education Ministry regarding modulators, has been withdrawn, Deputy Ministe

In response to remarks by NPP MP Nilanthi Kottahachchi, who claimed that people have the right to convince others that something true is false, or something false is true, as it is a democratic right, Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe said that it is wr

This Christmas Eve, a vehicle will travel at incomprehensible speed around a celestial object to bring wonder to the people of Earth — and it’s not Santa’s sleigh.

A Russian national was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to smuggle a consignment of the cannabis variety Kush, valued at Rs. 10 million, concealed in his baggage.

Sri Lanka has recorded a staggering 375 elephant deaths in the past eleven and a half months due to a plethora of causes, according to the Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Cabinet spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said today that the people will know whether the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MPs had sought assistance from the President’s Fund as claimed by SJB MP Dayasiri Jayasekara when the rest of the list is

Adding further controversy to the misuse of the President’s Fund, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dayasiri Jayasekera yesterday said some of JVP members also sought assistance from the President’s funds prior to 2010.