At a time when the country has plunged into darkness owing to inclement weather, the Cabinet last week approved the construction of a floating solar power plant with a capacity of 100MWs using Canadian technology, it is learnt.

The Navy recovered a stock of 1,232 kg of beedi leaves, floating in the sea off the Udappuwa Coast in Chilaw, yesterday, the Navy said.

A heated argument erupted in Parliament yesterday between Hambantota District UPFA Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa and Deputy Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Nalin Bandara over the Hambantota-Oman Oil Refinery.

President Maithripala Sirisena said that the Government has decided to cancel the Garde 5 Scholarship exam according to one of his proposals.

The Sri Lanka Army - Indian Army Joint training exercise MITRASHAKTI - VI would be held at Diyatalawa from tomorrow till April 8, the Indian High Commission said in a press release today.

UPFA MP Kumara Welgama today proposed that normal passenger bus service should be started on the expressways to facilitate ordinary people. Currently, only the luxury bus service is in operation here.

SriLankan Airlines flight (UL504) which originated from London had made an emergency landing at the Henri Coanda International Airport in Romania today due to an urgent medical request of a passenger, SriLankan Airlines Media Spokesperson said.

UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra said today the Motor Traffic Department was the most corrupt institution in the country and requested for an immediate investigation into it.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet admitted there were mistakes in compiling the UNHRC report on Sri Lanka and thus advised the two officials who attended to the compilation to be more responsible and cautious hereafter, Northern

Two criminal gang members ‘Welipare Karun’ and ‘Lal Baba’ two accomplices of the prominent underworld figure Chaminda Jayanath alias Dematagoda Chaminda were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) officers this evening, police spokesman SP

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank P. Samarasiri, and Directors of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd Geoffrey Aloysius, Pushyamithra Gunawardena, R. Hulugalla, and M. Surendran were ordered to be remanded till April 5 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate L

Fines for seven traffic offences are to be increased to Rs. 25,000 with the aim of reducing the number of deaths caused by road accidents, State Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation Ashok Abesinghe said today.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) issued the schedule for daily power cuts which will be implemented as of today.

Chairman of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) Geoffrey Aloysius had been arrested by the CID in connection with the Central Bank Bond Scam.

A pro-military political party in Thailand has taken an unexpected lead in the country’s first election since the army took power five years ago.

The case against former United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Tissa Attanayake over alleged forged documents, has terminated after both parties came to a settlement.

Tourism Development Minister John Amaratunga said yesterday the government would grant on arrival visas for tourists from 36 countries free of charge from May 1 onwards for a trial period of six months.

The United National Party (UNP), as the dominant ally of the government, will send the names of some MPs representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to President Maithripala Sirisena to be appointed as ministers, Daily Mirror learns.

Two passengers, including a woman were killed and sixty others were injured when a bus skidded off the road and toppled into a precipice in Walapane on the Walapane - Ragala Road last evening.

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank P. Samarasiri and three directors of the Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) were arrested by the CID this morning in connection with the Central Band bond scam, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Wijith Wijeyamuni de Soysa who participated in the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new oil refinery in Hambantota said he would make a political decision after steps are taken to reform the party.

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport in Mattala would be turned into a joint venture between Sri Lankan Aviation Authority and Indian Aviation Authority within three months, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Oman’s oil minister said on Sunday he was excited to be part of a Sri Lanka oil refinery project, an indication plans for the sultanate’s involvement may be back on track.

The Constitutional Council has approved Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Yasantha Kodagoda’s name as the President of the Court Appeal.

A sex offender is back behind bars after subjecting two of his co-workers to his lewd acts.

Eleven Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while engaging in illegal fishing in the seas off the Analathivu Island.

Nine Iranian nationals had been arrested in a joint raid carried out by the Sri Lanka Navy, Police Special Task Force (STF) and the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) in the seas off Southern Coast yesterday early morning, STF Commandant Senior DIG M. R. L

Four Australian ships belong to the Royal Australian Navy HMAS “Canberra”, HMAS “Newcastle”, HMAS “Success” and HMAS “Parramatta” arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday to participate in the Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019.

A schedule for daily power cuts has been announced by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).

Oman’s oil minister arrived in Sri Lanka on Saturday to participate in the launching of a $3.85 billion oil refinery project, government officials in Colombo said, three days after Oman said it had not yet agreed to invest in the facility, Reuters