Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said steps will be taken to get around 130 types of medicines that are currently in short supply.

Three persons including a female beautician have been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division for threatening an auditor of the Motor Traffic Department following a complaint by the Auditor General.

A person who sent women to work in Dubai and illegally took them to Oman was arrested at the BIA this morning (19), Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry said.

Two young men who were engaged in racing on their motorcycles in the Moronthuduwa area on the Bandaragama-Kalutara Main Road last night have been killed after the two motorcycles crashed head-on.

It has been reported that a low-pressure area in the southeast Bay of Bengal, naval and fishing communities are advised not to venture into the deep and shallow sea areas until November 21, the Metrology Department said.

In an effort to prevent the children of the estate sector from falling deeper into the socio-economic crisis faced, the relevant authorities must look at introducing new programmes that expand the earning capacity of adults, so that the school-going

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing, consistent with its efforts to continuously promote Sri Lankan tourism in the Chinese market, is targeting one million Chinese tourists to visit Sri Lanka after the China travel restrictions are relaxed, a

The Mount Lavinia Civil Appellate High Court has ordered Chairman of the National Sports Council and former Sri Lanka Test Cricket Captain Arjuna Ranatunga to pay a compensation of Rs. 25 million to former Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathi

As football fans across the world are heading towards Doha, Qatar, for 2022 FIFA World Cup this weekend, they will be paying the highest price ever for the tickets, a study reveals.

The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that had occurred in the Indian Ocean has no threat to Sri Lanka, the National Tsunami Early Warning Centre (NTEWC) said.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today approved the power cut schedule during the weekend.

The Norwegian pasenger liner ’Vikingmas’ carrying 700 tourists and 450 crew members berthed at Colombo port this afternoon, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.

The practical use of English language for first year students is scheduled to start from March 2023, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

An Attorney-at-law pleads court to postpone the trial of former Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Sashi Weerawansa’s case for tendering a forged birth certificate to Immigration Department to obtain a diplomatic passport.

Police have fired tear gas and water cannons on IUSF protestors at Bauddhaloka Mawatha, close to the UN Headquaters, police said.

There is a question whether Sri Lanka’s economy is run by the government or by an international force, the solitary UNP MP Vajira Abeywardene told Parliament today.

Several roads leading to Colombo have been blocked as IUSF and civil activists have launched a protest demanding the release of IUSF leaders Wasantha Mudalige and Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thera from remand custody.

The Thalangama Police has initiated an investigation into a brawl involving several reality TV stars including artist Lawan Abhishek’s brother Shanaka Udeesha who is featuring in a weekday leading television drama ’Sangeethe’.

The road leading to Borella from the United Nations Head quarters in Thummulla was closed due to protest organised by the members of the civil activits and the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF), police said.

An express train arriving from Batticoloa collided with a cab this morning between Eravur and Valaichchenai train stations, the railways department said.

A writ petition filed seeking an order declaring State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage is disqualified to be a Member of Parliament since she is a British citizen was today fixed for support by Court of Appeal.

A cabinet paper is to be presented to appoint more officials to Sri Lankan missions abroad in view to arrest the manpower shortages prevail in these missions, Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Labour Manusha Nanayakkara told Parliament tod

Three persons including a Major of Sri Lanka Army Gajaba Regiment in Saliyapura have died and two others injured after the vehicle which they were travelling in crashed into a wall and then onto a tree at Ihalagama in Galgamuwa last night, police sai

A ship carrying 41,876 metric tonnes of Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertilizer is scheduled to sail into the port of Colombo on December 2 from Canada, the Agriculture Ministry said.

Twitter has told employees that all of the company’s office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately.

Two accomplices of organized criminal Uragaha Indika who is operating from abroad, have been killed in a shootout with Police Special Task Force (STF) officers at Polwatta in ​Minuwangoda.

While the opposition claimed that the price of school stationery has skyrocketed as a result of CESS, the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said CESS has been imposed only on imported stationery.

Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa who resigned from his parliamentary seat during the recent political crisis will return to Sri Lanka on Saturday after leaving for the United States in September and will now initiate discussions to gain a 2/3r

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka who was granted bail under strict conditions by a Magistrate Court in Sydney yesterday will reside in a wealthy Sri Lankan citizen’s house as he will have to provide an immediate local address to the Austra

At least 90 Sri Lankan female domestic workers who had come to Oman under visit or tourist visas are stranded in there seeking repatriation assistance, the Sri Lankan Embassy in Muscat said.