Bagawanthalawa Police arrested two individuals who assaulted the estate workers who resorted to trade union action yesterday on several demands, including a primary school for Campion area in Bagawantalawa. The strikers said their children had to

The two suspects 35 and 54 years of age were residents of Narammala area, were to be produced before the Mannar Magistrate

Several buildings including temples and Kovils in the old Maskeliya town that had gone under the reservoir have emerged

The shortage of medicines in Sri Lanka will end in two weeks, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella informed Parliament yesterday.

Government Printer agrees to print postal ballot papers within five days and other ballot papers within 20 to 25 days

Diana Gamage has not obtained dual citizenship or any other form of citizenship in Sri Lanka

A young man whose ear lobe was cut off by another individual accusing him of using the cellular phone while walking along the road, was admitted to Metigahathenna District hospital in Madolsima on Wednesday night (08).

The had an interview with Athula Senaratne, Senior Professor of the Geological Department, University of Peradeniya on the effects Sri Lanka could experience in the event the predicted earthquake-expected to read 8 magnitudes in the Richter Scale- i

Fifty-nine (59) percent of families of the total population in Sri Lanka have not been able to meet the required level of food due to the declining food production and inflation in 2022, it was revealed at an international seminar, held in Dubai rece

NASA has warned a city-destroying asteroid about the size of the Leaning Tower of Pisa could hit Earth on Valentine’s Day in 2046. 2023 DW, confirmed February 28, has a one in 560 chance of impact on February 14 at 4:44 pm ET - but where it will

Says there will be a ‘kurundu polu’ culture soon

The Narahenpita Police informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate yesterday that they had launched an investigation in connection with a fraudulent online transaction of nearly 400 US dollars from former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Rohit

While confirming that the Export-Import Bank of China, as the official bilateral creditor, provided a financing support document to Sri Lanka, China on Wednesday reiterated that it sees the ‘necessity of fair burden-sharing’ when it comes to Sri

Defence Ministry takes preventive action following prior intel

Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has commenced an inquiry over the nature of how police had acted in dispersing the recent protests outside the universities of Colombo and Kelaniya, thus the subject minister has been summoned to the commi

Convener of Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige was yesterday noted to appear before Colombo High Court on March 27 in connection with a revision application filed by the Attorney General.

The Court of Appeal yesterday further extended its interim order preventing Justice Ministry officials from deducting the Advance Personal Income Tax (APIT) from the monthly salaries of the High Court Judges and judges of Judicial Service Association

Ranil has ordered to fire tear gas at his own alma mater and faculty of law of the University of Colombo where he studied law and the next target would be Sri Lanka Law College, a Lawyers collective questioned yesterday.

Claiming that two individuals who were exposed to a recent tear-gas attack had died, the National People’s Power (NPP) said yesterday they have reasonable doubt that toxic gas was being used to suppress protests taking place in the country. NPP

Port employees, unlike other state employees, earn a monthly salary of over Rs. 171,000, three meals free of charge, a huge bonus and other benefits

Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman, the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The hearing and speech-impaired girl was the daughter of the female suspect

The interim order issued by the Supreme Court violates principles of natural justice

No price reduction for other bakery items

Decision was taken to reduce the cost of distribution

The elephant calf is suffering while being chained tightly to a tree and a video has recently surfaced of the hapless creature being beaten by the mahout in a cruel manner

The main reason for the CEB to suffer losses is the action of certain groups who are engaged in terror tactics

“I will not accept any post as a national list MP from any political party,” Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said. He told the Daily Mirror that the statement by the minist

Underlines the need for good governance, which together with sound economic policies, should better support the prosperity of all Sri Lankans

The Court of Appeal yesterday decided not to continue case proceedings against President Ranil Wickremesinghe in a writ petition filed by General Secretary Vinivida Foundation Nagananda Kodituwakku.