Sri Lanka’s illicit liquor industry has grown by 300 per cent in the recent times and not all these illegal spirits are brewed in the remote shrub jungles but inside licensed distilleries too, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

Twin car bomb explosions near a busy junction in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, killed at least 100 people, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says.

Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election.

While denying speculations on moves to privatise State-owned and loss-making Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Mass Media Minister Bandula Gunawardana said a proposal has been submitted....

The latest ‘Mood of the Nation’ poll by Colombo-based think-tank Verité Research reveals that government approval has moved up, yet still at an extremely low level of 10 percent.

A Police Constable has been arrested with illegally assembled jeep, by the Walana Anti-Corruption Squad, which suspected to be of former Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigama.

Wild life Minister Mahinda Amaraweera’s elder brother’s son has been arrested and released on bail in connection with entering the Yala National Park and driving vehicles in an unruly manner.

At least 32 people have died after a bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat, officials say.

While privatisation of SriLankan is high on the agenda of the new government in the island nation, the airline’s CEO says there is a strong future for the country’s national carrier supporting the growth of the Sri Lankan economy in general and t

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said the government will appoint a committee to seek how best to integrate the Tamils of Hill Country Origin further into Sri Lankan Society.

A showery condition over the island is expected to be enhanced over the next few days from today as a low-level atmospheric disturbance is developing in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, the Meteorology Department said.

The Foreign Ministry said it is monitoring the situation in central Seoul closely where over 150 people were killed Saturday and some 100 were injured in a stampede, when thousands crowded into narrow streets to celebrate Halloween.

While admitting that their fielding had been a deciding factor, Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka said he is optimistic that they can bounce back from this situation and get to the semis.

A 27-year-old Sri Lankan man was among those who died in a stampede at the packed Halloween festivities in the South Korean capital Seoul.

There is a new trend of increasing use of synthetic drugs known as ICE (methamphetamine crystals) among girls, National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) said.

South Korea’s first big Halloween celebration since the end of Covid restrictions turned to tragedy on Saturday night, when at least 149 people, mostly teenagers and young adults, died as partygoers surged through a narrow alley in a popular nightl

New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 65 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday to consolidate their top spot in Group 1 table of the Super-12 stage in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

Two other representative bodies of the private sector tourism stakeholders yesterday joined the bandwagon in urging those engaging in protests to reconsider their decision as such events will only worsen the challenges faced by the local tourism sect

Efforts are underway to bring in measures to firm up and consolidate the relationship between the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) and trade unions and apparel workers, the apex body of the industry said.

A 57-year-old Sub-Inspector (SI) attached to the Thihagoda Police has been arrested and interdicted following a tense situation reported in Thihagoda, Matara this evening.

The Court of Appeal today upheld the death sentence imposed against the accused who committed the murder of his fellow junior student Selvanayagam Varapragash who was an Engineering Faculty student at Peradeniya University in 1997.

Buddhashasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickremanayake said a new mechanism would be in place to have the Nayaka Theras informed regarding the monks involved in anti-religious activities and to implement the law against them as

Syria has started buying tea from India after a gap of 50 years, and because of US and European Union sanctions on the Western Asian country, the consignments are routed through Lebanon, traders said.

The Ministry of Defence declared general amnesty for the three Armed Forces personalities who were either absent or deserted, enabling them to receive a legal discharge from their respective services.

Sri Lankan Attorney-at-Law cum Solicitor Jana Dhanabalasingam has been ranked among top lawyers in Britain and among world’s top 4% of lawyers.

The Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) has a due payment of Rs. 30 million for their electricity bill, LRH Director Dr. G. Wijesuriya said today.

Sabaragamuwa University Teachers Association today filed a Special Determination petition in Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the proposed Inland Revenue Bill which is placed on the order Paper of Parliament on 21st of October.

Whilst highlighting that a system error in the computer network of the Emigration Department had led to his hold back at the Katunayake International Airport on Thursday night , Ranjan Ramanayake said he managed to get the clearance to travel to the

Sarwat Jahan has been appointed as the IMF Resident Representative for Sri Lanka after Tubagus Feridhanusetyawan.

The first shipment of 13,000 metric tons of urea fertilizer for paddy cultivation for the Maha season has reached the country.