sale of liquor at all hotels, restaurants, bars, taverns and wine stores within the Kataragama Divisional Secretariat area will be prohibited during the mentioned period

Air pollution has increased the risk of heart diseases in Sri Lanka like elsewhere in the world, a top cardiologist said

A charge sheet was issued against him under 12 charges of disciplinary violations

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that concerns about issuing broadcasting licences have been puzzling, especially as t

An exhibitionist driver of a Ministry vehicle, who shared nude pictures and exposed his person on video calls with a retired Administrative

In a devastating incident that occurred yesterday morning, a woman and her six-year-old daughter were fatally struck by a lorry near Kannat

The driver of the private bus racing against the SLTB bus had obstructed the way of the latter, endangering the passengers

The Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with the Mahanayake Theras of three Chapters, has sought to introduce an age limit for ordaining young children as monks. Minister Vidura Wick

The government is yet to confirm whether it will forge ahead with the proposal by Russia to invest in a nuclear power plant, an official said. Russian nuclear giant Rosatom has offered to build a nuclear power plant that may run two reactors and g

Canada’s Foreign Ministry informs SL that no finding on genocide in Sri Lanka

The youth, aged between 20 and 25, said they had filled empty foreign liquor bottles with tea

Jerome left the country on May 15 and his family has returned while he remains overseas

Use of mosquito repellents proposed as an effective measure

Two Fundamental Rights petitions filed seeking an order restraining the Treasury Secretary from taking any steps to divest the shares held by him in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC was yesterday dismissed by Supreme

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to appoint a committee to determine whether Kurundi Viharaya of Mullaitivu and Thiriyaya Viharaya of Trincomalee historically owned 2,000 and 3,000 acres respectively, sources cl

Four police officers of the Police Sports Division who went to the UK to participate in an international conference and did not report back to work have been considered as having abandoned their service, Police Spokesman

Cases close to 45,000

Emphasizes the importance of retaining children in school education for thirteen years

MP Premnath C. Dolawatte, highlighted that the Panel Code Amendment Act is under discussion in the p’ment after the SC’s green light on the matter

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) informed President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday that it would agree with him only in areas without policy contrasts, a party official said. SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam who attended the meeting alon

Threat is due to malaria vector Anopheles stephensi mosquito

Shortcomings in the Inland Revenue Act have hampered the collection of a whopping over Rs.900 billion in tax revenue to the state coffers, an MP said. Kandy district MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who chairs the Parliamentary Sectorial Oversight Com

24 year old Sri Lankan woman owned three luxury motor vehicles, a property valued at over Rs.100 million and another three storied house under construction

Says UNP leader had to accept the premiership and brought some kind of stability to the nation

Fifty-one divisional secretariats across the island will start issuing passports via online from today (15), Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said. The online system to apply for passports will be launched today at the Homaga

Today, the rulers of the country as well as many people have forgotten the war heroes

Former MP and present SJB organiser for Horana, P.D. Abeyratne was arrested for shooting into the air with his firearm to scare a group of people at Boralugoda in Horana yesterday. Police said a couple w

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has raised concerns with President Ranil Wickremesinghe over a meeting convened with SLPP district leaders on Monday saying that the party leaders were not informed of such a move and if the President intends to

Dr. Kahawita warned the public to inquire about the product by asking questions such as the active ingredients used in them