Deputy Minister Eranga Gunasekara has warned that Beira Lake has become severely polluted after years of rapid urban development, stressing that restoring the iconic water body will require both public support and government

While concluding that US $ 2.5 million loan repayment drama has been a fraud which is more or less a cybercrime, the report of the probe carried out by the parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has called for a further

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take immediate steps to fill the longstanding vacancies in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, warning that the continued delay could

Joint Opposition Convener Prof. G.L. Peiris said the government’s proposal to raise the retirement age of Supreme Court judges through a constitutional amendment would amount to a serious assault on the country’s cherished

The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and the Expert Committee on Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit Drugs have urged the government to introduce a “Tobacco-Free Generation” policy that would prohibit the sale of all tobacco

More than 5,000 patients are currently awaiting kidney stone removal surgeries in Sri Lanka due to the high demand for treatment and limitations in healthcare facilities, health authorities said.

The Government has officially re-designated the Old Bogambara prison premises as a prison under the Prisons Ordinance through a Gazette notification issued by Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by former Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, thereby upholding a High Court judgment awarding Rs. 1 million in statutory damages to Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva over a c

Making what he described as staggering disclosures on online gambling, MP Harsha de Silva told Parliament yesterday that Sri Lanka is becoming an international illegal gaming hub after Myanmar and Cambodia.

Amid a worsening dengue outbreak, frontline health workers engaged in dengue control efforts are facing increasing challenges as more Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) themselves contract the disease

The Government Ayurveda Medical Officers’ Association (GAMOA) has claimed that special Ayurvedic medicines have been developed to combat the dengue virus.

The prison authorities determined that the Negombo Prison premises, which were damaged during the recent prison unrest, was no longer suitable to house inmates.

A couple and five others were arrested after police raided a spa in Bandarawela that was secretly running a brothel — and found hidden cameras filming clients.

The Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, retired Senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, was on Thursday (9) fined Rs. 2,500 by Mount Lavinia Magistrate Kanchana Neranjala Silva after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to avoid a road accident in c

Sri Lanka is planning fresh engagements with the United States (U.S.) in a bid to avert new tariffs linked to child or forced labour, with the country’s export authorities seeking to demonstrate that it deals with the possible import of raw materia

Eight men convicted of murdering a woman by assaulting her with sharp weapons and clubs and causing grievous injuries to two others were today sentenced to death by Colombo High Court Judge Buddhika Sri Ragala.

A prison officer told Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara yesterday that the Negombo prison unrest which claimed the lives of several prison officers and inmates could have been prevented had timely orders been issued to contain the situation.

A locally made firearm turned out by a young man in the Wellawaya area to scare giant squirrels, monkeys and macaques causing crop devastation was sold in Badulla town to the public.

Special police protection is being provided to 454 persons, including former MPs, former IGPs, retired judges, chief incumbent monks of several temples, a Bishop and a former First Lady, Parliament was informed yesterday.

Consultant Paediatrician and Founder Clinical Head of the Centre for Clinical Management of Dengue & Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Negombo, Dr. Lakkumar Fernando, said an internationally approved dengue vaccine could

Prison authorities have confirmed that no foreign inmates sheltered at the Negombo Prison were injured or killed in the recent clashes. Officials said there were no casualties among foreign prisoners, including inmates from India and Australia, follo

Sri Lanka is once again approaching a consequential economic debate. As the present programme with the International Monetary Fund moves towards its concluding stages, the country will inevitably have to confront a difficult question:

Whilst highlighting that economic reforms made in 2023 had led Sri Lanka to a higher middle-income earning nation, opposition MP Dr Harsha de Silva said the task that lies ahead is to maintain that level.

A 17-year-old youth has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl whom he had made friends with through TikTok, the police said.

Two inmates were killed and 35 others injured after a violent clash allegedly triggered by a dispute over an illicit drug trafficking operation broke out between two groups of prisoners at the Negombo Prison yesterday (05). Hospital sources said t

A seven-member delegation of the Tamil National Forum, led by Jaffna District Parliamentarian Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, yesterday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay at the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s secretariat.

The Colombo Law Society (CLS), a premier professional association serving attorneys-at-law in Sri Lanka, has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to refrain from proceeding with any constitutional amendment seeking to

Joint Opposition Leaders led by Professor Peiris together with UNP Chairman Wajira Abeywardana, UNP National Organiser Sagala Ratnayake, SLFP Chairman Nimal Siripala de Silva and Lasantha Alagiyawanna at the discussion

Police said that legal action will be taken in the future against pedestrians who walk on roads while listening to music through headphones or earphones, citing the growing risk of road accidents.

Seventy percent of patients treated for accident-related injuries in hospital outpatient departments are people who have been bitten by animals, the Directorate of Non-Communicable Diseases of the Ministry of Health said.