Renewing his pledge made during the 2019 Presidential election, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today said he will focus on the maximum on women’s health if elected as President of this country.

The Police Special Task Force arrested a key suspect linked to the shooting incident at Mahabage on Thursday.

The Health Ministry has launched an investigation and appointed a committee to look into the incident surrounding the suspected deaths at the dialysis unit of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital.

Sri Lanka is ready to face any radiation emission if a nuclear accident occurs in the region, Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Regulatory Council told a Parliamentary Committee recently.

The Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) of the Union Ministry of External Affairs has issued an emergency travel document for Santhan, one of the freed convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, facilitating his immediate deportatio

More than one million power disconnections have been imposed within the past year throughout the country, a parliamentary committee has revealed.

The temperature in Ratnapura District in Sabaragamuwa Province and Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya in the Central Province had increased due to the decline of wind flow, the Department of Meteorology said.

Thundershowers will occur at several places in the Western, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-Western, and Uva Provinces in the evening, the Forecasting Division of the National Meteorological Centre said.

The wholesale prices of vegetables at the New Manning Market in Peliyagoda today recorded lower while bringing down the price of carrots to Rs. 350 per kilo.

Amidst criticism over the exorbitant salary hike of the Central Bank employees, a top parliamentary committee has called for a report from the Central Bank on the legal provisions for such a salary increment without parliamentary approval.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry, in coordination with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Myanmar continues to make every effort to rescue and repatriate the Sri Lankan nationals who have become victims of human trafficking and are trapped in Myanmar, the Forei

The United States (US) which invested half a billion dollars in the development of the West Container Terminal of the Colombo Port has expressed interest in similar financial cooperation with Sri Lanka, Daily Mirror learns.

The United States remains committed to the economic growth and prosperity of Sri Lanka, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma told government, civil society and economic leaders during his February 23 to 24 visit to Sri

A controversial ’white only’ themed party scheduled to take place on February 24 at a Russian run cafe in the south has been cancelled by its organizers following widespread public backlash.

Shamima Begum, the London-born Bangladeshi-origin woman, who fled the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist network, on Friday lost yet another legal bid to regain her British citizenship and return to the UK.

Immigration officers at the Katunayake Airport arrested two Sri Lankan youths attempting to flee to Europe using counterfeit ’’Greek’’ tourist visas during the early hours today.

State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya has assured India that the island will not be used by another country jeopardising India’s security concerns.

G Lasya Nanditha, a prominent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) politician and Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, died in a car accident in Sangareddy on Friday.

Foreign Minister Ali Sabry had a meeting with the Uganda National Cricket team at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

The name ’spa’ has to be changed and people should not be allowed to merely use the name spa, Tourism State Minister Diana Gamage said.

President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake has directed officials to take legal action against the unauthorized granting of national awards and honorary titles.

The Malwathu and Asgiri Chief Prelates have lost their faith on President Ranil Wickremesinghe and with the government as they have begun to raise doubts about the elections being held as scheduled, former MP Hirunika Premachandra said.

The Minister of Sports Harin Fernando has recommended a squad of 58 athletes for the High-Performance Pool in preparation for the Paris Olympic Games and the Paralympics Games 2024.

Former Chief of Defence Staff Major General Sathyapriya Liyanage has been appointed as the head of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Anti Corruption Unit, the party office said today.

United States Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe a short while ago at the Presidential Secretariat, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

A 32-year-old manager of a tourist hotel in Ella died after falling down a precipice while on a hiking expedition in Rawana Ella mountain yesterday afternoon.

A total of 83 suspects were arrested during the continuing ’Yukthiya Operation’ conducted targeting those arriving at the Anuradhapura town in view of Nawam Poya Day, police said.

An unmanned, robotic lunar lander launched by a private U.S. company landed on the moon Thursday evening

A contingent of Sri Lankan workers dispatched to Israel to work in the agriculture sector has encountered challenges, with some seeking alternative employment due to reported difficulties on the job, Daily Mirror learns.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, as a member of the Constitutional Council (CC), has sought to retain a private lawyer instead of the Attorney General in the case in which the CC’s rejection of the nomination of Appeal Court President Nissanka B