Six police officers from the Gampaha Division Crimes Investigation Bureau were arrested and remanded following a complaint over an alleged assault on a Catholic priest.

Sri Lanka is set to introduce test-tube baby treatment, also known as In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), at the Castle Street Hospital for Women in Colombo marking the first time such advanced fertility services will be made available at a government hosp

More than 77,000 individuals have been arrested under the island-wide ‘Ratama Ekata’ national drug prevention programme since its launch last year, police said, as daily search operations continued across

The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) said that it will introduce a licensing system for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) pilots engaged in commercial and professional operations, marking a

Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said that there are as many as 11,000 complaints regarding missing persons, and investigations into them will be completed within two years.

Türkiye has offered to sell drones manufactured there as part of defence ties between the two countries, according to Ambassador Semih Lütfü Turgut.

The Chinese government has decided to donate 100 electric buses to Sri Lanka to reduce environmental pollution caused by carbon emissions from fossil fuels.

Members of the Frontline Socialist Party held a protest in Colombo on January 23, 2026, calling for a moratorium on loan repayments, the cancellation of preferential loans, and several other demands, citing

Patients across the country were left in a tight spot yesterday as long queues built up at outpatient departments, with many turning up at hospitals despite a 48-hour token strike launched by the Government

While many Sri Lankans struggle with rising prices and a weak economy, some of the country’s wealthy appear to be playing a game of “hide and seek” with tax authorities. The latest case involves business tycoon Dudley Sirisena and his purchase

Daily Mirror sweeps Journalism Awards for Excellence

Sri Lanka’s air quality has worsened in several parts of the country with experts advising vulnerable groups to stay cautious and limit strenuous outdoor activities.

Sri Lanka could be plunged into darkness if the government proceeds with its plan to dissolve the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) without meeting trade union demands, the country’s electricity engineers warned yesterday.

Cyclone Ditwah has brought about permanent displacements while a question remains as to whether some displaced families should be resettled in their original dwelling places or not.

The Constitutional Council (CC) has refused to disclose certain information sought under the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016, regarding its decision on the President’s nominee for the post of Auditor General.

The government is planning to organise a donor conference, Leader of the House Minister Bimal Ratnayake said yesterday no country in the world had been able to raise even 10 per cent of the cost of the damage caused due to a natural disaster, through

The Bandaragama Police commenced investigations to trace a 15-year-old girl reported missing from the Gangamuwa area in Bandaragama since December last year.

Daily Mirror bagged a number of awards at the Journalism Awards of Excellence 2024, which was organised by the Editors’ Guild and Sri Lanka Press Institute yesterday.

A foreign tourist has complained to the Galle police against a radiologist in a private hospital in Galle who is alleged to have sexually harassed her when she was referred to him for an ultrasound scan

Sri Lanka’s weather conditions are expected to fluctuate, with rainfall likely to increase toward the end of the month despite a recent decline, a senior official from the Department of Meteorology said yesterday.

A leading rubber businessman and two other suspects, who were arrested in connection with an incident involving the harassment of a woman through social media, were ordered to be remanded till February 02 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Oshadha Miga

The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has directed the Presidential Secretariat to release information relating to the vehicle registration numbers of vehicles handed over to the Secretariat following the conclusion of the tenure of former Presid

For many Sri Lankans, passport power is not something learned from an index or a website. It is learned in embassy waiting rooms. In rejected applications. In deadlines missed because approvals did not arrive on time.

The government is likely to come under enhanced pressure to seek an electricity price revision -even at a higher rate- in the next revision in terms of the IMF prescribed cost-reflective pricing formula if any price revision is withheld for the first

A woman in a police inspector’s sports uniform idling near a lodge in Pettah on Thursday evening (15) was questioned on suspicion by a team of police officers from the Colombo Central Division Crime Investigation Unit to find that she

Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekara warned that the continued absence of an Auditor General has become a serious issue, further complicating parliamentary oversight. He noted that with the expiry of the civil society members’ terms,

The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) held discussions with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) to establish a collaborative partnership to strengthen rainfall forecasting capabilities, specifically for Landslide

A woman wanted in connection with a fraud and two underworld gangsters arrested in Dubai by a team of Sri Lankan police officers were flown to the Bandaranaike International Airport in the early hours of last morning under tight

The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has questioned officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Colombo Port City Economic Commission over the high rate of income tax imposed on employees working in the Colombo Port

A group of students of the Veterinary Medical Faculty of Peradeniya University had been injured, one of them seriously, when they came under assault during an altercation with the residents of the area Police said the injured