Several business chambers, including the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, in a joint statement today expressed concerns about the move by some organizations to call for mass protests on 2nd November.

Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa, who officially announced that his party Samgi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will participate in tomorrow’s protest said it will join the protests even if Police or security forces tried to stop it.

Dhananjaya de Silva scored an unbeaten 66 as Sri Lanka kept their slim Twenty20 World Cup hopes alive with a six-wicket win over Afghanistan at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.

The Government has decided to impose restrictions on foreign travel for Ministers, State Ministers, and Government MPs on sitting days of Parliament and during the Budget debate.

The All Island Canteen Owners’ Association (AICOA) has decided to reduce the prices of short eats by Rs. 10 from tonight in line with the bread price reduction.

The irrigation department has issued a warning to the people who live along the downstream from the Kukuleganga reservoir to be on alert of sudden floods for about six hours.

The train plying from Kandy to Matara was derailed near the Maradana Railway Station this morning, the Railway Department said.

A man who was hospitalized after a vehicle belonging to State Minister Sanath Nishantha crashed into him, died while undergoing treatment at the hospital yesterday, hospital sources said.

Copreus Private Ltd, a company running its business operations at the East Tower of the World Trade Centre in Colombo has obtained an enjoining order preventing two YouTube channel operators from publishing any videos making inferences and implicatio

Due to a low-level atmospheric disturbance in the vicinity of the country, there could be heavy showers exceeding 150mm throughout the country today, the Metrology Department said.

The registration for increased fuel quota for three-wheelers that are only engaged in passenger transportation can be done from today, the Power and Energy State Ministry said.

The policeman who came under physical assault yesterday by a group of residents in Kebithigollewa in Anuradhapura, died at the hospital this morning, the police said.

The government has announced an across-the-board increase in company registration fees, including renewal fees, after six years, with effect from October 5 of this year.

Sri Lanka’s Presidential Envoy to Europe and Commonwealth Niranjan de Silva Deva Aditya (Nirj Deva) said this week in Brussels that he has started discussions for Sri Lanka to join the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).

Inflation in the Colombo district made an about turn in October, bringing an end to the current spell of runaway inflation, which set off more than a year ago when the global commodities prices started rising, caused by the surge in demand amid the s

The Department of Registration of Persons (DRP) has revised the charges for all services provided by the department, including issuing of National Identity Cards (NICs) from tomorrow.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena through his lawyers today informed court that if the cases filed against President Ranil Wickremesinghe are laid by, then Court should lay by the cases against all defendants in connection with the lawsuits filed

The Janatha Vikukthi Peramuna is still behaving like they did in the 88-89 era where they unleased violence on the people, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa said today.

A persistent vegetative state patient who met with an accident was airlifted from a Bell- 412 helicopter of Sri Lanka Air Force from Badulla General Hospital to Colombo National Hospital today to retrieve vital organs.

The All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) said that they have decided to reduce the prices of bakery items, including the price of a 450g loaf of bread, by Rs.10 from tonight.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today approved a 2-hour and 20 minute powercut until Friday (4).

India batter Virat Kohli on Monday shared a horrific experience that he had to endure while his stay in Perth, and he went on to label the experience as ’’appalling’’. He also said that it made him feel very ’’paranoid’’ about his pri

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today endorsed the certificate on the 21st Amendment to the Constitution Bill passed by a special majority in Parliament recently.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration is to finalise its investigations launched to identify members of parliament who have dual citizenship.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today ordered Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera to use loudspeakers without causing an annoyance and disturbance to the residents around Alan Mathiniyaramaya Temple in Polhengoda.

Two persons reportedly kileld during a shooting at Thiranagama Junction in Hikkaduwa short while ago, police said.

At least 132 people died when a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat.

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has directed the Foreign Employment Ministry and the Bureau of Foreign Employment (BOFE) to prepare an efficient programme within two weeks to send skilled and trained workers for overseas jobs in collaboration

The Rhaetian Railway, which travels through mountainous areas of eastern Switzerland, operated a train with 100 cars on Saturday to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the start of railroad operations in the country.

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.