The Millennium City safe-house case filed against former police officer ASP Kulasiri Udugampola was today fixed for further defence evidence by the Colombo High Court.

Following the incident of assaulting foreigners at the Nawalapitiya Railway Station, six railway employees were suspended for non-performance of their duties, the Railways Department said.

Ambassadors of six countries met leader of the National People’s Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the head office of the JVP this afternoon (6), party sources said.

Additional Secretary of Health Dr. Saman Ratnayake, who was arrested in connection with the alleged import of substandard Immunoglobulin injections, today provided a confidential statement (in-camera) before Maligakanda Magistrate Lochani Abeywickrem

Police used water cannons to disperse a group of students participating in a protest march organized by the Inter-University Students’ Federation at Punchi Borella.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is set to release a book tomorrow titled ’’The Conspiracy to Oust Me from the Presidency.’’

The Sri Lanka Women’s Team will tour South Africa during the March–April period to engage in a white ball contest.

A 13-year-old student from the Meepagama School in Kalawana died after collapsing during the school’s morning assembly today.

The gross salary of the lowest ranking employee of the Central Bank, that of an Office Assistant - Grade 1, has been increased by 29.53 per cent up to Rs. 188,827, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane said today.

Matale District in Sri Lanka ranked the lowest in Sri Lanka’s Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) compared to national averages, recent data by the United Nations showed.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced a ten-day training camp for the national team, scheduled from March 25th to April 8th at the Pakistan Army’s Kakul academy. This decision comes amidst a packed cricketing calendar, raising concerns among p

While reducing the prices of Lanka Super Diesel 4 Star Euro 4 and Lanka Petrol 95 Octane Euro 4, the government has played a small gimmick on the people, former Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Commissioner Janaka Ratnayaka said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe today announced that items such as books, school supplies, medicines and health equipment will be exempted from the VAT list.

Several undersea communications cables in the Red Sea have been cut, affecting 25% of data traffic flowing between Asia and Europe, a telecoms company and a US official say.

The government is expecting to obtain a debt moratorium from 2023 to 2027, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced in Parliament today.

Parliamentary attendence of Ali Sabri Raheem has been suspended for a period of one month from today over the gold smuggling case, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane anounced today.

Three persons died in an accident near Bulogolla Junction in Potuhera on the Colombo-Kurunegala Main Road last night.

Sri Lanka has called for the UN Human Rights Council to halt its excessive scrutiny of nations in the global south through intrusive mechanisms while ignoring violations elsewhere to regain credibility.

British High Commissioner Andrew Patrick emphasized the need for the main three parties, if not all the major parties, to recognize the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The National People’s Power (NPP) said it would not derail the IMF programme if it won the presidency but would renegotiate its terms and conditions on implementations since the current austerity measures had burdened people and the attempts of the

Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram were back up on Tuesday after a more than two-hour outage that was caused by a technical issue and impacted hundreds of thousands of users globally.

The Free Trade Zone Manufacturers Association (FTZMA) welcomed the electricity tariff reduction, but said it hopes the revision is not used as another election gimmick.

The recent electricity tariff revision was not given by the incumbent government or current political authorities but by the collective efforts of civil organisations, the public and the media, former Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL)

While saying that Sri Lanka is currently at an impasse, SJB MP Imthiaz Bakeer Markar called upon leaders and citizens to transcend political differences and unite for the collective betterment of the island nation.

In a joint operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a drug smuggling attempt near Mandapam on Tuesday. Four people have been apprehended and drugs worth Rs 108 crore seized.

Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, are currently facing technical issues, rendering them inaccessible for many users on Tuesday. The outage has impacted functionalities across these social media platforms.

After a splendid batting performance from Sri Lanka’s top order, they will aim for a Twenty20 International (T20I) Series win against Bangladesh when the two teams clash in the second match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium tomorrow.

Claiming that the property of the Small and Medium Scale entrepreneurs are being auctioned despite the Cabinet decision to suspend the Parate execution laws, Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa urged the government to instruct the banking network to i

The railway strike, which was scheduled to be launched tonight by several railway trade unions, has been called off following a favourable response by the Transport Ministry, Locomotive Engine Operators’ Union (LEOU) secretary Indika Dodangoda said

The Cabinet has approved an extension of the validity period for the scheme enabling Sri Lankans working abroad to import fully electric vehicles, Cabinet spokesman and Minister Bandula Gunawardana said.