At least 15 passengers have been hospitalised after a Colombo bound private bus from Badulla ran off the road and toppled at Demodara in Ella on the Badulla-Colombo road.

Cinnamon Air, Sri Lanka’s premier domestic airline, recently launched scheduled flights to Jaffna, which will provide travellers with easy

With the resumption of train services between Colombo Fort and Kankesanturai (KKS) on the northern railway line, the renovated section from Anuradhapura to Omanthai wll be open to the public from today, the Railways Department said.

Production on many shows had already been affected after US screenwriters’ strike in May. Now with Hollywood actors joining the writers on union picket lines, studios have ground to a halt.

The government intends to allocate money in the next year’s budget for the relocation of the President’s House, Temple Trees, the Prime Minister’s office and the Presidential Secretariat to Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte so that these buildings can

The Sri Lankan government would want to see the Indian rupee used as much as the dollar, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said

The death rate in the human-elephant conflict has been increasing in a large proportion every year.

The recent death of the young woman at the Peradeniya Hospital has been caused due to the shortage of drugs where the consultants and the doctors had been compelled to use available drugs as there had been no drugs with less complications in the hosp

Police personnel were stationed near panel boards at Kelani Bridge and highways after a string of thefts that took place recently incurring a loss of Rs 275 million, Director General of the Road Development Authority L.V.S. Weerakoon said today.

The Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation today said if all SriLankan Airlines pilots leave the country for greener pastures, the government will get foreign pilots to run the national carrier.

Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army.

India has launched its third Moon mission, aiming to be the first to land near its little-explored south pole.

A national emergency should be declared by the government with the increasing number of deaths due to drug-related complications, President of the Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF) Dr. Rukshan Bellana said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed the Health Ministry to expedite the approval process for drugs endorsed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Signifying a crucial juncture in Sri Lanka’s fuel market and a timely move to address fuel supply challenges, Sinopec Energy Lanka (Pvt) Ltd inked an agreement worth $100 million with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) to operate and set up

The government has decided to impose an excise tax of Rs. 10 per liter when tapping toddy to prevent illegal toddy production, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said today.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is contemplating bringing a no-confidence motion against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, a party senior said today.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Health Minister and officials to extend the retirement age for doctors to 63 years till the end of 2024 and for other special cases as per the requirement of the Health Ministry, the President’s Med

An underworld figure known as ’Dunumala Sarath’ has been shot dead at the Dunumalawaththa area in Galapitamada, Warakapola.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has depreciated further against the US Dollar (USD) today, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Asia Rugby today announced that it has upheld its suspension of Sri Lanka Rugby President Rizly Illyas, after his appeal was dismissed by an AR Appeal Panel.

The Court of Appeal issued an Interim Order preventing Sports Authorities from interfering with the administration and affairs of Sri Lanka Rugby.

Police have found the body of the 32-year-old Danish woman who had reportedly gone missing while hiking on the Alagalla mountain in Kadugannawa.

The price of a 50-kilogramme bundle of MOP fertiliser will be reduced by Rs.1,000 from tomorrow, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Swiss Embassy employee Ganiya Bannister Francis was today sentenced to two-years imprisonment suspended for five years by the Colombo High Court after she pleaded guilty to the charges relating to making a false claim that she has been abducted and s

People who seek treatment from government hospitals have become laboratory rats due to the import of inferior quality drugs under emergency purchases, National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday.

A 32-year-old woman from Denmark has reportedly gone missing while hiking on the Alagalla mountain in Kadugannawa, police said.

Chinese state-owned oil and gas company Sinopec is to sign an agreement with the Board of Investments (BoI) of Sri Lanka today to conduct a retail fuel business deal in the country.

The Cabinet approved the granting of domestic and foreign unpaid leave to government officials without affecting their seniority or pensions, the Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Ministry said.

The Sri Lankan Government has reportedly refused to grant a visa to Canadian MP Gary Anandasangaree.