A group of children including the victim had been singing and dancing on desks and tables in their class room and the fan blade had struck the boy’s head

The Sri Lanka Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith hold the same view on the Easter Sunday attacks and call for a local probe on it with foreign observers. This was revealed by

Levy of fees from local and foreign tourists visiting Sri Padasthana off season was in pursuance of a gazette notification in 2022

Recurrent expenditure for some ministries will be slashed in 2024, the Appropriation Bill which was presented to Parliament revealed yesterday. Accordingly, recurrent expenditure allocated for the Transport and Highways, Power and Energy, Tourism a

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka who was acquitted of rape charges by an Australian Court last week, yesterday said he respected everyone’s freedom of expression, in relation to those who accused and passed judgement on him on social media

Daily Mirror’s Deputy Features Editor Kamanthi Wickramasinghe received the ‘Print Media Youth Journalist of the Year’ Award at the New Generation Awards 2023 held on October 3 at the Galle Face Hotel. New Generation Awards 2023 was organised by

Sri Lanka, a country that reveres elephants, is now thinking hard to combat the conflict humans have with these animals with the unprecedented number of shocking deaths of jumbos over the past few days raising eyebrows here and abroad. What’s al

Increasing trend of Hospital staff being addicted to pain relievers

Pellets had penetrated the body and their removal was yet to be decided

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed to strengthen the collaboration between the Sri Lanka Air Force and SriLankan Airlines, particularly in the fields of aviation training, education and other areas of mutual interest, the SLAF said.

A glowing tribute was paid to veteran journalist Edmund Ranasinghe at the launch of a special book “ Edmondge Pathra Viplawaya ( Edmond’s revolution with Newspapers ) at the Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday where he was identified as a catalys

Mandarina Colombo, a renowned hotel in Sri Lanka, celebrated World Tourism Day on September 27th with a series of events. One noteworthy event was a community care project focused on cleaning the historic Gangarama Temple in Hunupitiya. The dedicated

Three petitioners including Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara and Parliamentarian Prof. G.L. Peiris yesterday filed a Special Determination petition in the Sup

Social media regulation could be an obvious scenario as the countries in the globe envisage signing an international convention on the same, President Ranil Wickremeisnghe stressed yesterday. The remark from the President came hours after the Onlin

The government approved a proposal for the acquisition of about 219.72 hectares of land in the Siyambalanduwa Divisional Secretariat Division of the Moneragala District by the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority for a 100 MW solar energy project.

President, Ranil Wickremesinghe lashed out during an interview with Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW) news agency saying there is no necessity to have an international probe into the Easter Sunday’s attacks. “You are talkin

Journalism is one of the most powerful careers, with the pen holding more power than even the highest position in any country. The media works tirelessly every single day to feed the public with news, and that too in an accurate manner in order to

India, the United States and Japan remain inquisitive about the visit

Petitioner says unlike in the case of other independent Commissions, the Constitutional Council does not recommend the members of the Online Safety Commission

The man suffered fractures in his hand and leg

Jumbo shot in its head, most probably with a T56 rifle

453 houses were damaged partially, and two houses were damaged completely

The decision has been taken without consent of the council members

President of the Sri Lanka Janatha Workers’ Front, Chamira Perera said a secret ploy was being hatched by the government to exterminate the wild elephant population in the country as a short cut to resolve the human-elephant conflict.

Lawyers in the unofficial bar in courts in the North yesterday staged a walkout demanding a formal investigation of death threats on Mullaithivu Magistrate T. Saravanarajah and adequate protection for magistrates in the North.

A large stock of marijuana based drug hashish worth over Rs.42 million, that came through air cargo from Italy amidst consumer goods of imported biscuits, pampers and noodles were seized by the Customs and Police officials yesterday. Sri Lanka Cus

The Homagama High Court yesterday allowed a police officer, currently overseas, to give evidence remotely via video technology in connection with the arrest of a suspect with a weapon, while he was on duty in Sri Lanka.

While condemning the statement by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MP Bimal Ratnayake, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera said yesterday that the JVP is engaging in actions that are detrimental to the coun

The existence of capital punishment in statutory books, though not implemented, remains a hindrance when seeking the extradition of Sri Lankan organized criminals hiding in European countries, a top government source said. The sources said that bring

Contradicting recent claims that technical faults in the planes caused recent flight delays, Sri Lankan airlines yesterday revealed that recent delays in several Sri Lanka flights were due to a work-to-rule campaign by some trade unions of Sri Lankan