CEB officials already in touch with Indian counterpart PGCIL

Journalist cum media activist Tharindu Uduwaragedara was beaten and arrested by the police and police riot squad units that dispersed a joint trade union protest held against the IMF deal yesterday in Borella, by firing tear gas and water cannons.

Five parties have already completed discussions with MP Nimal Lanza who is to form a new alliance, sources close to the M

A group of expatriate workers staying in Kuwait who had been deported for want of Visas arrived at the Katunayake International Airport in the early hours of yesterday on temporary passports issued by the Sri Lankan Embassy. It included 59 housema

This is the highest level visit from Japan after soured bilateral relations following the Light Rail Transit Project issue

The implementation status of 71 per cent of the highest value expenditure proposals in Interim Budget 2022 – with an allocation of LKR 46.8 billion – remains unknown, according to Verité Research.

She was arrested after court officials who were on duty in the archives notified the court registrar

An elderly man waiting in a queue at Ella Divisional Secretariat last morning to collect the letter of approval for the Aswesuma allowance had fallen dead. The deceased Amaswamy Kulandavelu (77) was a resident of Namunukula area.

Rs. 120 Million released to Colombo National Hospital

Majority of drugs from India

Illegal migrants who travel to Jordan on tourist visas attempting to cross the border seeking employment and those already working in Jordan searching for better prospects are among these

Children addicted to internet and new technological devices have little interaction with the rest of society

The Colombo Lotus Tower plans to launch the Bungee Jumping programme by December this year, its Head of Management Prasad Samarasinghe said.The Colombo Lotus Tower and Singapore Go Bungy Company earli

Several government hospitals including the Colombo National Hospital are on the brink of another crisis as the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has warned of possible power outages due to the failure to settle defaulted payments of electricity and main

Following a report which said the perks given to ex presidents have to be cut down as some of them are unauthorized, allegation that perks have been given to a number of ex Presidents have to be cut down, a senior official from

This is an exercise to rehearse for steps to be taken in the event of a nuclear attack. IFE25 will be the third such exercise conducted by the organization. The first was in Kazakhstan in 2008, and the second in Jordan in 2014

The National Police Commission has delegated some of its powers to the Inspector General of Police and to the Sri Lanka Police Department in respect of Chief Inspectors and lower ranks, with effect from July 24, 2023.

The former OIC was indicted in High Court for alleged forgery of documents

The number of individuals who damage the walls and iron fences of the Lotus Tower has increased, said Lotus Tower Head of Management Prasad Samarasinghe. He told the Daily Mirror that only 10 individuals who caused damages to the Tower were apprehe

The printing of driving licenses, which had been carried out by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) following a directive of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, will be taken over by the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) from September o

Deaths rise to 37, tally tops 55,000

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, at the All Party Conference, proposed a system in which parliamentarians can hold positions as members of the provincial councils simultaneously and vice versa. Hot on the heels of the conclusion of his tour of India,

There is an increase in the number of wild animals dying due to electrocution, including 36 elephants, by illegal power lines that have been constructed insecurely to protect farmland and property.

All party conference was called to discuss the government’s national reconciliation programme

An individual under the influence of liquor had hurled hot water on his three-year-old child, causing him burn injuries on his back. The injured was admitted to Lindula Divisional Hospital. Lindula Police have taken steps to arrest the suspect fa

Nowhere in the report does it say that the travel of celebrities or family members of those in the Ex-Co was funded by SLC

Sri Lanka has sought financial cooperation from four countries - India, China, Russia and Belarus - for electrification of the Kelani valley rail line from Colombo to Avissawella but no one has come up with any

The Indo Sri Lanka Land link will be economically beneficial to Sri Lanka to have cheaper and quicker access to the world’s fifth-largest economy, Leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) ally Tamil Progressive Alliance

The Sri Lankan government has unreservedly rejected the reference to a Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day in the statement issued on July 23, 2023 by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.“Canada’s continued reference to a false, distorted narrative

The Court of Appeal yesterday decided to hear the writ petition filed over Diana Gamage’s citizenship issue to be heard before a Court of Appeal three-judge-bench since the two-judge-bench was split on its verdict regarding the petition. In this