Since there hasn’t been a price revision for Lanka Auto Diesel, it is not possible to consider a bus fare revision right now, but if the prices of Lanka Super Diesel decrease further, they may be able to switch to using it, Lanka Private Bus Owners

The Attorney General’s Department has implemented the action recommended by the Presidential Commission which probed the Easter Sunday attacks while it is up to other institutions to act, Minister of Justice Wijedasa Rajapakshe told Parliament toda

The price of a 12.5 kg domestic Litro LP gas cylinder will reduced by Rs. 135 from midnight today, Litro Gas said.

The government today withdrew the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill which calls to reduce the consent age for sex to 14 years.

A person is to be summoned before the Commitee on Privileges for a post uploaded on social media criticising an MP.

Presence of Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe at the SLFP central committee meeting over the weekend surprised many. Responding to journalists as to whether he intends joining SLFP, the Minister said he will make a political decision later.

In the wake of AI (Artificial Intelligence) powered election malpractices mushrooming globally, Sri Lanka’s Election Commission is bracing for such possibilities in the future elections here, an official said yesterday.

An individual who came first in a drinking competition in Lethenty estate in Hatton had died within hours of the competition.

The Singapore cargo ship Dali chartered by Maersk, which crashed into the Baltimore, US bridge on Tuesday 26 March, was carrying 764 tons of hazardous materials to Sri Lanka,

The specter of a widespread health worker strike looms over Sri Lanka’s medical landscape, as the Health Trade Union Alliance, representing 72 unions, has issued an ultimatum slated to commence on Tuesday, April 2, at 6:30 a.m.

The construction sector, which picked up at the start of the year, is seen gathering pace as the Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) compiled only for the sector showed continued expansion in February.

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka surged past the 600,000 mark by 27 March, in nearly half the time compared to last year. Provisional data from the Sri Lanka....

As shipowners and charters continue to take longer voyages to avoid Red Sea, bunker demand across ports on India’s west coast has risen and VLSFO supplies at the ports of Kochi....

The deficit in the trade account of the Balance of Payment (BoP) widened in February from a year ago on higher imports as the economy normalises.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has decided to revise its fuel prices with effect from tonight.

A group of school students who held an alcohol party in an abandoned building in the Welimada area were taken into custody by the police.

Claiming that the ’Yukthiya’ operation nets only the minor offenders, NPP politburo member Samantha Vidyaratne said the National People’s Power (NPP) will launch the real ’Yukthiya’ operation under its government.

In the second Test of the two-match series against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka amassed 531, the highest ever Test match total without an individual hundred.

A 52 year old man who sought the services of an unauthorized spa at Embillawatta on the Dehiwala-Maharagama main road died due to a sudden illness.

As domestic egg production has exceeded the total daily requirement, the price of an egg is likely to be below Rs. 35 during the coming festive season.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Congress party over a controversial island, Katchatheevu that was given to Sri Lanka by former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974. The Katchatheevu island debate has taken centre stage

An individual was hospitalized after he was shot at by the police during a raid in Ranminithenna.

Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon has instructed all police stations to deploy special security measures at churches hosting Easter Sunday services.

The Executive Board of UNESCO at its 219th Session adopted by acclamation a Decision to commemorate the International Day of Vesak at UNESCO in alignment with the Organization’s core mandate of promoting global peace, intercultural dialogue, and th

The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation following the tragic death of a 50-year-old patient at Ragama Teaching Hospital shortly after receiving a vaccine.

Following the latest Central Bank report, the inflation in March was 0.9, and inflation in the non-food sector was 0.5, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff, Sagala Ratnayaka, led a high-level delegation in discussions with Indian officials in New Delhi on March 28, aimed at assessing bilateral economic connectivity proj

Ministers Mahinda Amaraweera, Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Duminda Dissanayake were stripped of their positions in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today.

The China Quality Certification Center and the Sri Lanka Bureau of Standards signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday on mutual recognition of conformity assessment results at a ceremony held in Shanghai.

Three Indian nationals who were engaged in employment at restaurants in Nuwara-eliya by violating their work visa conditions were nabbed by the Immigration and Emigration Department yesterday.