The Locomotive Operating Engineers Union has decided to launch a train strike at midnight tomorrow due to further delays in the second-class promotions of locomotive drivers, continuous delays in recruitment due to a lack of a salary code, and other

By the end of July, all schools offering various subject streams will be brought together, and their information will be networked and digitized, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

The Sri Lanka Electricity Bill was passed in Parliament with amendments.

A special programme is being implemented to provide school text books and exercise books for the students whose books were destroyed due to the floods, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said today.

A 13-year-old boy had consumed poison after stabbing an eight-year-old boy for not allowing him to play a video game on his mobile phone.

The government is trying to sell off the country’s power sector to India’s Adani group by creating a private sector monopoly over the electricity sector through the Sri Lanka Electricity Bill, National People’s Power (NPP) MP Vijitha Herath sai

There are no plans in place to move any T20 World Cup fixtures out of New York despite growing fears over substandard pitches.

The Education Ministry has launched a new initiative this month to provide free vouchers for schoolgirls to purchase sanitary pads, announced Education Minister Susil Premajayantha.

Venerable Balangoda Kassapa Thera, who was preparing to launch a fast near Parliament with a protest sign board against the proposed Electricity Act, was arrested this afternoon by the Thalangama Police.

A 22-year-old female student following a degree course at a private university was sentenced to one month compulsory imprisonment by Kuliyapitiya Magistrate Randika Lakmal Jayalath for making a false complaint that she was raped by an individual that

A Parliamentary Committee has instructed the relevant officials to take immediate steps to remove the obstacles in the local production and export of toddy, kithul, palm and coconut related products.

Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Moosa Zameer during his visit to Sri Lanka, requested Public Security Minister Tiran Alles to facilitate arrangements for Maldivian senior citizens to come to Sri Lanka for permanent residence.

The first rally of the new alliance led by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will be held on June 8 in Ambalantota town, Sri Lanka Freedom Party Senior Vice President and Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has granted preliminary approval for Starlink to provide satellite-based internet services in Sri Lanka, Technology State Minister Kanaka Herath announced.

The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment has expressed willingness to allocate a portion of the foreign job opportunities to retired military personnel and war hero families, the Ministry of Defence said.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) will submit its proposal on electricity tariff revision to the Public Utility Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) tomorrow or on Monday, and the tariff revision will be effective from July 1, Power and Energy Minister K

Thilanga Sumathipala has no ethical right to pretend to be the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) illegally, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Senior Vice President Mahinda Amaraweera said.

The National People’s Power (NPP) has informed the state owned Independent Television Network (ITN) channel that NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake is ready to participate in the debate with SJB leader Sajith Premadasa on the ITN channel.

The time allocated for the Parliamentary debate on the Electricity Amendment Bill is to be extended following the requests by Opposition MPs.

Marcus Stoinis shone with bat and ball as Australia launched their bid for a grand slam of major cricket titles with a 39-run victory over Oman at the T20 World Cup in Barbados on Wednesday.

Lack of proper equipment prevented accurate forecast of the recent inclement weather conditions, geologist Professor Athula Senaratne said yesterday.

In another landmark judgment pertaining to the scope of the pardon granted by the executive President, the Supreme Court today ruled that former President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to grant a Presidential pardon to to Royal Park murder convic

A 17-year-old student was arrested for fatally assaulting a 15-year-old student in Sippikulama, Hambantota.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe auspiciously opened his political office in Colombo.

Thirty-five days have passed since the University Trade Union Joint Committee (UTUJC) launched their trade union action, crippling the entire university system, UTUJC Co-Chairman Dhammika S. Priyantha said.

Uganda captain Brian Masaba said it ’’doesn’t get more special than this’’ after his side beat Papua New Guinea to earn their first win at a T20 World Cup.

Overseas Sri Lankan missions are in the process of being stripped of their authority to issue different categories of visas for foreign nationals including resident visas with the introduction of online application, an official said.

ColomSeveral spells of showers are expected in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-Western Provinces, as well as in the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts today, the forecasting division of the National Meteorological Centre said.

Sri Lanka faces a worrying upswing in HIV/AIDS cases, with over 200 new infections and 13 deaths reported in the first quarter alone in 2024.

Japan, Sri Lanka’s biggest bilateral lender after China, yesterday stressed the island nation must speed up in its debt restructuring efforts for its own betterment.