President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that Parliament has passed 42 new laws during the past 14 months, aimed at facilitating the economic transformation of the country, the Presidential Media Division (PMD) said.

The Public Utilities Commission said that the electricity tariff will be reduced by 21.9 percent.

The no-faith motion on Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is to be handed over tomorrow, SJB MP Tissa Attanayake said today.

The drivers of a train that missed a signal and ploughed into another train, killing 14 people, were distracted because they were watching cricket on a phone, India’s railways minister said Monday.

Anuradhapura district Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Uddika Premaratne, who resigned from his Parliamentary seat recently, said he was expecting a work visa in Canada.

The Irrigation Department has advised the public to exercise caution and use water sparingly.

Eight Sri Lankan nationals who were forcibly detained at an illegal cyber center camp in Myanmar have been rescued, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Myanmar, Janak Bandara confirmed.

Three top-order batters from India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have made the shortlist for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month Award for February 2024.

An Israeli woman leaving after a visit to Sri Lanka was arrested during the early hours of last morning at Katunayake International Airport for having in her possession a 5.56 mm live ammunition.

Governor of the Uva Province A.J.M. Muzammil today said his son Mohammad Isham Jamaldeen will not evade arrest but will present himself before police tomorrow.

A 31-year-old man was killed and another injured following a shooting at Niripola in Hanwella this morning.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa and its office bearers are expecting to raise objections against the plaint filed by Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka

Additional Secretary of Health Saman Ratnayake, who was arrested over the import of substandard human Immunoglobulin injections, is provding a confidential in-camera statement before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court.

Claiming that they have plans to raise state revenue, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today they had discussions with the Inland Revenue Department on ways to increase state reveue.

The skyrocketing prices of coconuts will have a serious effect on the packed rice and curry meals in the future, as most of the curries are prepared with the coconut cream, food industry trade unions said.

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said yesterday that Russians and Ukrainians who have been in Sri Lanka since February 2022 will need to apply for a visa or leave the country.

Indicating the problem faced by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in facing the forthcoming Presidential election, Minister Prasanna Ranatunga told yesterday that his party, the SLPP would have to find a better candidate than President Ranil Wic

Sri Lanka’s construction sector for the first time saw its activity exceed the neutral threshold since January 2022.

IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon said hiring of experienced police and security force personnel of marksmanship by underworld gangs has been going on unchecked since long and that and effective mechanism would be worked out to prevent such malpractices.

All activities related to the supply of electricity and petroleum products have been declared as essential services through a Gazette Extraordinary.

The financial performance of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is largely positive as it ended the financial year 2023 with a massive profit.

Tourist arrivals to the island nation surpassed the 200,000 mark for the third consecutive month this February, affirming Sri Lanka is regaining its position as a sought-after destination among its key source markets.

The milk production from smallholder dairy farms in Nuwara Eliya District has been reduced by over half a million litres last year with the closure of over 2500 such farms being reported from the District, according to the Central Province Department

Reigning schools rugby league and knockout champions St. Peter’s sounded a warning when they got their 2024 schools rugby season off to an electrifying start as they emerged Cup champions of the Zahira Centenary Rugby 7s tournament after recording

Niroshan Dickwella was drafted into Sri Lanka T20 squad last week in place of Kusal Janith Perera who is claimed to be suffering from an illness and is unavailable for Bangladesh tour. Since then the chief selector Upul Tharanga has come under heavy

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has handed over his propaganda activities for the Presidential election to three advertising agencies aiming to attack the National People’s Power (NPP), NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe welcomed His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin Saheb, the Spiritual Leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Community, at the official residence of President this afternoon (03).

The current number of subjects for the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination will be reduced to seven subjects, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

Students from Grade 8 and above will have the opportunity to study artificial intelligence (AI) with their information technology subject and this pilot project will be started in 20 schools from March 19, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said

While highlighting that the Suwaseriya ambulance service is fighting for its survival, its founder Harsha de Silva said its employee should be given a salary increment as a priority.