IGP Pujith Jayasundara had instructed the North Central Province Senior DIG to take disciplinary action against the police officers who reported to have assaulted villagers including several women at a temple in Eppawala.

President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to conduct the funeral of late Dr. Lester James Peries with full state patronage, Presidential Media Unit said.

A former member of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Indunil Santha Gunasekara had a cash dansala on the occasion of Vesak yesterday in front of his home in Lollegoda, Mawanella.

Internationally acclaimed film producer and director Dr. Lester James Peries passed away a short while ago.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo extended greetings for Buddhist all over the world in view of Vesak.

Investors had expressed interest to start the second canned fish factory in Hambantota, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Mahinda Amaraweera said.

A library in Melbourne was evacuated after a rotting piece of fruit sparked fears of a gas leak.

A special traffic plan is in effect within the Colombo City limits from today until May 02, to ease the traffic congestion due to the Vesak Zones, Police Media Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Four hundred and thirty two inmates, convicted for minor offences were released yesterday in view of the Vesak Poya Day, Prisons Commissioner Nishan Dhanasinghe said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today assured further reforms to the United National Party (UNP) as recommended by the Ruwan Wijewardene Committee.

The price of a lunch packet and a hopper will be increased by Rs. 10 and by Rs.2 respectively with effect from tomorrow, Canteen Owners’ Association (COA) said today.

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) headed by Yasmin Sooka has prepared a list of names of 56 Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) personnel whom it said should be barred from serving in UN peacekeeping missions.

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) today issued a warning of possible landslides in the Ratnapura and surrounding areas due to heavy rainfall that exceeded 75 mm in the Ratnapura District.

President Maithripala Sirisena said a new cabinet would likely be appointed before May 01.

The wife of underworld figure Osman Gunasekara was arrested with live 9 mm ammunitions at her residence in Gampaha yesterday.

Four suspects including two former soldiers were arrested by the Mirihana Special Crimes Operation Unit yesterday night in connection with several recent shooting incidents in Athurugiriya and Talangama areas.

A court in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu on Saturday sentenced four supporters of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to varied jail terms for procuring weapons and trying to smuggle them to Sri Lanka.

The tuition teacher, who surrendered to the police over the incident where a vehicle was found floating in the Viyana Canal at Mahiyanganaya, was arrested today. The SUV vehicle was found floating in the Viyana Canal on Thursday.

Five spill gates of the Udawalawa Reservoir were opened today because of the heavy showers experienced in catchment areas, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.It requested the people living in the downstream to be vigilant of rising water level

Sacred artifacts from Nepal and Bhutan are to be exhibited at the Buddha Rashmi Vesak Zone, which has been organized by the Gangaramaya Vihara in Hunupitiya and the Prime Minister’s office.

Senior State Counsel Thusith Mudalige yesterday objected to the State releasing jewellery of sentimental value to notorious drug dealer Wele Suda’s wife, who the Attorney General had indicted on 57 charges for laundering money to the tune of Rs

In the wake of the controversy surrounding the British doctor who was performing heart surgeries at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) yesterday decided to allow him a three-month grace period to obtain the practis

Beginning from May 12, 2018, the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) will meet the public including family members of the disappeared in Mannar, Chairman Saliya Peiris PC said yesterday.

A stock of 200, 000 Tramadol tablets that had restrictions placed on its import by the government and 12, 500 pairs of footwear worth Rs. 12.8 million were seized by the Customs Preventive Gate Office, Customs Media Spokesman and Deputy Director Suni

A large stock of chemicals was seized, while being taken to be mixed with tea at a secret location near a tea factory at Rangala, and a suspect arrested by STF personnel from the Ambakotte Camp in Digana.

While claiming that the joint opposition had secured the majority in Parliament, joint opposition parliament group leader and MP, Dinesh Gunawardena said he was ready to be the official Opposition Leader in Parliament.

Former chairman of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC), former chairman Jayampathi Bandara Heenkenda and former minister Keheliya Rambukwella were indicted on charges of illegally paying Mr. Rambukwella's mobile phone bill while he was th

The SLFP will hold the biggest-ever May Day rally at Chenkalady in Batticaloa on May 7 with the participation of the members of the joint opposition and the 16 SLFPers who quit the government recently, Senior Vice President and Minister, Nimal Siripa

Acting Sports Minister Faizer Mustapha today said he has decided to name the current Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Executive Committee as the interim committee of the SLC to continue the administrative activities of the board.

Laugfs Gas PLC also announced a short while ago that they have received approval from the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) to increase the price of a 12.5 kg LP gas cylinder by Rs. 245 with effect from midnight today.