A total of 3,207kg of paddy per hectare has been recorded in the 2022 Yala season, the Agriculture Department said citing a report presented at a progress review meeting recently.

A mother and her two children were burnt to death in a fire that broke out in a house at Mahamankadawala in Anuradhapura last night, the Police said.

A 38-year-old farmer was killed when his firearm accidentally discharged at Mirusuvil in Kodikamam following a motorcycle accident.

A pedestrian was killed when a water pipeline burst at Hemmathagama in Mawanella yesterday.

A 40-year-old man who shared a post on FB which is likely to pose threat to the 75th Independence Day Celebrations, has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

Panadura North Police have arrested four men and two women in connection with sexually exploiting a 13-year old girl from Panadura.

The Government allocated over Rs. 1.5 billion for the Army in the year 2021 for nation-building tasks which included the construction of buildings for State institutions, flyovers for schools, and ‘Sangawasa’ for temples, documents tabled in Parl

The Solar Industries Association (SIA) said today that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has not settled their bills for the renewable energy procurements amounting to Rs. 40 billion for the past 13 months.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that Sri Lanka must celebrate the 75th Independence Anniversary, if not, the world would say that Sri Lanka is not capable of celebrating even its independence.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said today that legal action will be taken against the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) if they fail to provide continuous power supply as promised.

The Election Commission said that it has not yet received a written resignation of a member of the Election Commission.

Former Minister Ranjan Ramanayake stated that it would be difficult to restore the country until the end of the present generation due to the country’s debt of nearly Rs. 14 trillion.

A CCTV footage of a teenage couple committing suicide at a hotel in Tangalle which had gone viral on social media, has revealed that the couple had committed suicide as they did not get a chance to marry over a birth certificate issue.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today issued summons on Western Province Senior DIG Deshbandu Tennakoon to appear before Court on February 16 over a criminal accusation that he had allegedly aided and abetted to commit criminal breach of trust

From the day where the imports of certain goods into the country were restricted, we have been able to save US$ 2,500 million, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siambalapitiya said.

The home coming of a couple in Galatha in Gampola ended up in a dispute yesterday when the bride assaulted the groom for enjoying a beer with one of his friends.

A suspect wanted in connection with the murder of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Councillor Ranjan de Silva, the father of cricketer Dhananjaya de Silva, has been arrested by the Mt. Lavinia Police Division’s Crimes Investigation Unit.

The Chinese government today said they are ready to start a task plan to export Sri Lankan fruits including varieties of banana to the Chinese market.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani who has his businesses in several countries including investments in Sri Lanka’s wind and renewable energy sector, has been accused of pulling off the ’largest con in corporate history’ through the Indian-based A

Thirty-eight illegal Sri Lankan migrants who were arrested in Réunion Island of France have been repatriated to Sri Lanka last night.

The Court of Appeal today issued a writs of Certiorari quashing former Health Minister Pavithra Wanniaarachi’s decision.

Japan says it is treating Sri Lanka as one of its priorities when it comes to helping countries in debt but Japan was not sure when creditors aiming to extend its loans would meet.

China’s Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM) has provided Sri Lanka with a debt extension, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, confirming a Reuters report earlier this week.

The resignation of a member of the Elections Commission (EC) would not disrupt the activities of the Commission, former Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said.

Former State Minister Nalaka Godahewa and two others were today acquitted and released from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case by the Colombo High Court.

The Court of Appeal has issued an interim order preventing the Inland Revenue Department from collecting Advance Personal Income Tax (APIT) from judges.

The U.K has reiterated that as a member of the Paris Club, it stands ready to consider the necessary Financing Assurances to secure an Extended Financing Facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a timely manner to Sri Lanka.

While stressing the need for fresh elections to elect a new government to come out of the on-going economic crisis, National People Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka vowed to build a resilient social market economy by transforming the count

In the backdrop of the financial crisis in Sri Lanka, the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) offered to have an international conference here to explore alternate ways to address liquidity issues, a Minister said.

Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal yesterday said his successor Nandalal Weerasinghe has printed more money than he did.