General Secretary of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Ranjith Madduma Bandara said applications galore from the party members seeking to contest the pending elections to the local authorities.

The local businesses urged the Central Bank this week to look at the possibility of further extending the moratorium, so that more breathing space is provided to settle the loans.

As Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, mainly the hotel sector, is likely to get electrocuted with the second hike in electricity tariff, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) said it is looking to bring in renewable energy options.

An advance cash payment of a maximum of Rs. 4,000 will be given to all State sector employees between January 1 and February 28, 2023, the Public Administration Ministry said.

A child was slammed on the ground for purchasing a bun from a trishaw selling bakery items in Dambulla yesterday, after an individual assumed that the child had stolen the money to make the purchase, the police said.

Sri Lanka should not go around the world with a begging bowl in 2023, but should establish a new structure to build up the nation, Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today.

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has decided to shrink the number of pages in the vevicle transfer form to half from January 1.

Claiming that Sri Lanka is not completely out of the woods with the Covid-19 threat, Deputy Director-General of Public Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said it was important for everyone to continue adhering to basic health practices.

The Consular fees for attestation of certificates and documents by the Consular Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry in Colombo, regional consular offices and Sri Lanka missions/posts abroad have been revised from January 01, 2023, the Ministry o

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Buddika Pathirana today said he will not be shaken by the leaked phone conversation with individuals such as Adarsha Karadana as it was not something new.

The Europe-style new demerit points system for the driving licence will be introduced before March next year, Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) Commissioner General Nishantha Anuruddha Weerasinghe said today.

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has decided not to print provincial indicators at the issuance of vehicle number plates from January 1, Commissioner-General Nishantha Anuruddha Weerasinghe said.

Prof. Ashu Marasinghe, former advisor to President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sent a letter of demand claiming Rs.500 million and one billion rupees as damages from former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra and Adarsha Karandana respectively for all

Controversial online influencer Andrew Tate has reportedly been detained in Romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five counts of corruption and jailed her for a combined seven years, a source familiar with her trial said, and wrapping up the last remaining cases against her.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed condolences to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi over the passing away of his mother.

The Meteorology Department today said that misty conditions could be expected at some places in Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva and Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning. Apart from that, fair and sunny weather could be ex

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, Heeraben, died in the early hours of Friday. She was 99.

Brazilian football legend Pele, arguably the greatest player ever, has died at the age of 82.

A Europe style new Demerit points system for vehicles that will create more law abiding disciplined drivers in Sri Lanka was the notion of the recently appointed Commissioner General for the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT).

Ilankai Tamil Arashu Katchchi (ITAK), the dominant party of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), declined a request to accommodate other Tamil parties except its traditional allies to form a broad political alliance, an official said.

Former president of the Peradeniya University Students’ Union Anuradha Widanage was arrested by the CID over the assault on Prof. Athula Senaratna.

The Health Ministry of Uzbekistan on Tuesday said 18 children, with acute respiratory disease, have died from taking excessive doses of a cough syrup, Doc-1 Max, manufactured by Marion Biotech, an Indian firm.

Dengue cases are at an all-time high after two years in Sri Lanka, Sri Jayawardenepura University Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Dengue Research Centre Director, and Medical Science Department Faculty Head Prof. Neelika Malavige said.

Over Rs. 3.5 billion have been paid as allowances and salaries for employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) during the past three months, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said today.

The Department of Immigration has introduced an online facility to foreign and local passengers to complete their arrival and departure cards beginning January 1, 2023.

The Rs. 8,000 million given by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will be credited to the farmers’ accounts within the next two weeks, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

The Chairman of the Beliatta Pradeshiya Sabha and his elder brother have been arrested by the police in connection with a fraud involving 11 GI pipes purchased for a project.

An American national who arrived at the Katunayake International Airport was arrested last night by the airport police with 10.9 mm live bullets in his suitcase.

Russia’s Red Wings airline has made its first direct flight from Moscow to Sri Lanka today.