The Government has no intention of dissolving the Department of Civil Security, Senior Adviser to the President on National Security and Chief of the Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake said.

High-end products selling in urban areas

Other major essential items that are being imported transacting with dollars, will also come down soon

To prevent under world kingpins, convicted criminals from seeking safe haven in foreign countries

Heads of diplomatic missions had informed leaders of the SJB and NPP that they were not willing to interfere in local politics

An employee of a massage clinic in a tourist hotel at Habaraduwa was arrested on suspicion of sexually harassing a German woman who called over at the hotel to have a massage. The 65 year old tourist complained to the Habaraduwa police that the susp

He has been produced in court on suspicion of jeering the minister, disturbing a religious ceremony, and violating the right of worship

Horana Police has initiated an investigation into an incident where a lawyer had given a contract to a Kapuwa to assassinate Horana Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya at least by black magic.

Sri Lanka could not be developed by selling state property or obtaining loans anymore as the country had practised the same strategy for the last three to four decades without any suc

Fishermen in Mannar yesterday staged a protest accusing the governments decision to lease the Sri Lankas northern sea belt for three days a week to Indian fishermen. The massive de

Senior Attorney Kaushalya Navaratne who assumed duties as the 27th President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), assured that BASL will continue to function independently .

Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda who met Indian Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi sought Indian investments in the development of Sri Lanka’s transport sector, particularly electric mo

US$50 will be charged per passenger for one way trip

A tour guide suspected of sexually harassing a Japanese tourist woman was taken into custody by the Anuradhapura Tourists Police yesterday.

The Treasury would have to bear a part of the debt burden of the SriLankan Airlines even after it was restructured, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Services Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said yesterday. He told Parliament that the total debt of

The Elections Commission will be summoned for a meeting to discuss the matters with regard to the uncertainty of the commission about holding the Local Government election, Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Governmen

The President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake said sustainable economic development goals cannot be accomplished without taking steps to mitigate climate change. He said

Three military officers including retired Air Vice-Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha had been blacklisted for engaging in poli

The only rescue plan for Sri Lanka to use the IMF bailout package to salvage the country from the current political and socio-economic unrest is to form an all-party government and discuss the burning national issues with an inclus

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was yesterday disqualified as a member of India’s Lok Sabha, a day after being convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment in a defamation case filed over his remarks about Prime Mini

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has extended its support to restore the economy of Sri Lanka and Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited (AASL) can resume the Terminal 02 project with the Bandaranaike International Airpor

State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said yesterday that 121 million US dollars out of 333 million US dollars, the first tranche that was extended to Sri Lanka by the IMF, was used to pay the instalment of the Indian cre

The company currently offers bunkering services at Hambantota port

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had deviated from its original stance where they claimed earlier that the Government should obtain the people’s mandate to implement the economic reforms of the IMF, Chief Opposition Whip Lak

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with the President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe yesterday in New Delhi to follow up on the earlier discussions the two have had on the ways a

Sri Lanka will establish a joint working group with South Africa to work out the modalities of the proposed truth and reconciliation mechanism in Sri Lanka to address the ethnic question, a Minister said. Foreig

The 44-year-old, who claims to be a prophet and heads a congregation — the Good News Church

Two children who, presumably, went in search of their mother who was late to be back after work had fallen into a canal at Bogoda in Haliela and drowned, the area police said. Their bodies were recovered yesterday afternoon by the Police a

According to a recent assessment conducted by Verité Research, 93% of policies introduced by Sri Lankan Government MPs in 2022 pertaining to health, agriculture and power have no record of implementation. The results reveal the “closed culture”