The government has yet to firm up any plan for restructuring SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier, but remains open to possible partnerships with the private sector to increase profitability, an official said yesterday.

Sri Lankans seek outpatient treatment from government hospitals at a rate nearly six times the country’s total population each year, Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa revealed yesterday, citing official

Environment Ministry Secretary K.R. Uduwawala said that, in general, scientists are contributing to environmental damage through their new inventions.

Two police officers who had been assigned to provide security for Ven. Kobawaka Dhamminda Thera, the Chief Incumbent of the Kataragama Kirivehera Rajamaha Viharaya and Chief Prelate of the Ruhunu Magampattuwa, have been withdrawn from their duties an

Model Piumi Hansamali says she met underworld leader ‘Kehelbaddara Padme’ only once, during a Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebration held in Dubai in April 2022. In a facebook post she said that, Padme attended the event with his wife and childre

Dubai-based underworld leader Amila Sepala Ratnayake, alias “Rotumba Amila,” is suspected of orchestrating the assassination of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekara, a senior police officer said yesterday (22).

What has happened to the national security if the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman is shot at while conducting his public day in the council premises, questioned Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa in parliament yesterday.

The killing of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekera is an incident of gang warfare which is currently prevailing in the country, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament yesterday.

Health officials have raised the alarm over a dramatic rise in Influenza A and B infections sweeping through Sri Lanka with children among the worst affected.

The Meteorology Department has issued a warning as harsh weather conditions are expected to lash out across the island in the coming days, with a threat to damaging homes and affecting people’s livelihoods. With two deaths already reported, officia

Ishara Sewwandi, arrested for her role in the murder of underworld figure “Ganemulla Sanjeewa,” told investigators that she assisted in the killing in the hope of being sent to a European country, police sources said.

“As I sat here listening to these public questions, it occurred to me — are these questions being directed to President Sajith Premadasa?” Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa asked, highlighting what he described as the growing public frustratio

Health professionals have raised concerns over a rising number of panic attack cases reported among young women and schoolgirls across the country, Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Assistant Secretary Dr. Palitha Rajapaksha said.

Inclement weather conditions that are prevailing in Sri Lanka currently will increase vegetable prices, a trader in the Manning Market said yesterday.

Claiming that some major scams including Central Bank Bond scam are in the hands of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala said yesterday the newly esta

A consignment of more than 359,000 intoxicant tablets was seized in transit, and a suspect was arrested during a raid at Mandimuruppu yesterday.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake became the pallbearer at the funeral of Socialism in Sri Lanka. In the coffin lay the Communist Party, LSSP, NLSSP, MEP — and the JVP itself.

Additional reports by Prasad Rukmal and Ramesh Madushanka Rains coming down in torrents has destroyed vegetable cultivations in the Badulla District, it was reported yesterday.

Despite the offer of over US $ 62 million grant by India, the government has not yet firmed up its decision on the development of the Kankesanthurai Port, an official said yesterday.

The Sri Lanka Police are to set up a new unit, Proceeds of Crime Investigation Division (PCID), to investigate property acquired through criminal activities, today.

The adverse weather condition is expected to continue across most parts of the country until the end of the month, the Department of Meteorology said.

Twelve years after the theft of 221 valuable artefacts from the Colombo National Museum, the case remains unresolved, with the Attorney General’s Department yet to file charges against the accused, according to the latest

A stock of 22,950 metric tons of imported salt, valued at over Rs. 910 million, has been detained by Sri Lanka Customs after being found non-compliant with national standards and imported after the government’s permitted

The statement by government MP Lakmali Hemachandra, asking to prevent the implementation of an order given by the judiciary, is a serious matter and amounts to influencing the judiciary, Opposition MP Kavinda Jayawardena said

A special police investigation has been launched into an unusual incident where a flower garland was found placed around a photograph of Chief Woman Police Inspector Varuni Keshala Bogahawatta, the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of

Sri Lankan Health authorities have cautioned against sensational claims surrounding Russia’s so-called cancer vaccine ‘Enteromix’, saying it remains at a pre-clinical stage and has yet to prove its effectiveness through scientific

Ishara Sewwandi, the suspect accused of disguising herself as a lawyer and supplying the revolver used in the courtroom assassination of underworld figure “Ganemulla Sanjeewa”, had spent three months in hiding in Matugama and Middeniya under t

Much delayed Port Access Elevated Highway (PAEH) which was planned to ease Colombo’s major traffic is to delay for nearly two more years with the Engineer abandoning the site on October 1 without any notice.

Confusion reigned with regard to the weather, with Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) declaring an emergency disaster response period while the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and the Department of Meteorology stated that they had not issued any speci