Opposition MP Sujith Sanjaya Perera yesterday proposed the government to offer at least Rs. 500 or Rs. 1,000 in cash to people who capture toque monkeys as a solution to the crop damage caused by animals. >>A2

Deputy Minister of Vocational Education Nalin Hewage has proposed relocating toque monkeys to an island and feeding them daily, similar to an alms-giving tradition, as a solution to the ongoing toque monkey menace that is causing significant crop dam

The Attorney General informed the Supreme Court yesterday that authorities have yet to trace the whereabouts of Jude Shamantha Jayamaha, who was sentenced to death in connection with the Royal Park murder case. Therefore, the CID has launched an inve

Startling revelations have now emerged how building materials for the renovation of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s official residence have been purchased from selected suppliers on the direction of the Project Engineer Lt. Com. Aravinda of the Sri Lanka Navy.

Sri Lanka is to get into a joint project with India to design and implement its own digital identity system to register and authenticate its citizens while there will be a second project to develop an electronic national identity card, it was reveale

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands, and Irrigation has revealed that Rs. 2.4 million has been spent on printing documents related to the upcoming census of wild animals that damage agricultural crops.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday instructed the Department of Excise to effectively regulate the alcohol industry in the country to increase state revenue generation, thus supporting economic growth and countering illicit liquor.

Visiting American singer and entrepreneur Aloe Blacc said it is very special to have the opportunity to work with Sri Lankan government and the National Initiative for Research and Development Commercialisation (NIRDC).

A two-month-old male infant who had been abandoned by the roadside at Devagoda in Madampe off Ambalangoda was recovered by Ambalangoda Police yesterday morning. The infant, wrapped in a piece of cloth and left near a garden wall, was crying when the

Four former presidents are at the state ceremony to confer the ‘Sannas Patra’ on the Supreme Mahanayake of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Maha Nikaya Venerable Karagoda Uyangoda Maithri Murthi Maha Thero which was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial Inter

A house built in Kataragama for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has prompted an investigation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Dishan Gunasekara, the Basnayake Nilame (chief lay custodian) of the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya, wa

In a bid to attract over 40% of the country’s illicit liquor drinkers into a much safer drinking culture the Department of Excise is mulling to introduce a new ‘quarter’ bottle with a lesser strength of arrack for an affordable price to match

American musician and entrepreneur Aloe Blacc is arriving in Sri Lanka today to seek investment opportunities in Sri Lanka, a spokesman for the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Four hill country leopards have been killed in various incidents in the Nuwara Eliya District alone within 68 days, officers of the Wildlife Conservation Department said.

Some 22,450 institutions have failed to pay EPF to its employees since 2015 to date, it was disclosed in Parliament.

In the wake of demand for investment in recreational aviation activities such as baloon rides and para gliding, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA )is planning for designation of areas so that fun flying does not pose obstruction to international and

The suspicious behaviour of two young men frequenting the entrance to Thalawila St. Anne’s Church in Kalpitiya during the vespers on Saturday evening (08) prior to the beginning of the Lent Season last morning led to their arrest.

Government would explore the possibility of recovering the loss by charging the actual prices from the recipients of these houses

A recent survey in 2025 conducted by Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) on the international women’s day reveals that 69 per cent of women face discomfort in public places due to the increase in consumption of alcohol by others.

Eight Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs), including the Director of the Ministerial Security Division (MSD), have been transferred with immediate effect.

Piyumi Hansamali yesterday filed a motion before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court regarding the ongoing money laundering investigation against her.

Since December 2024, the market prices of 92 Octane petrol and auto diesel have remained steady at LKR 309 and LKR 286 per litre respectively, despite fluctuations in the formula prices between January and March 2025. According to the Public Finance.

The Sri Lanka Police decided to increase the reward offered for information leading to the recovery of illegal firearms and hand grenades.

A female vendor was spotted at her flower shop in Colombo Sri Lanka on March 7, 2025. The International women’s day will be celebrated today. Pic by Pradeep Pathirana

A tusker, believed to be the one called ‘Sumedha’ had been hit be a moving lorry on the Habarana- Maradankadawala road yesterday morning , with one of its tusks broken off. The wildlife authorities have started operations to trace the injured ani

The Solar Industries Association (SIA) representing over 1,000 companies and 40,000 workers in Sri Lanka’s rooftop solar sector in a media release mentioned that they strongly condemns recent developments that threaten the industry’s future and t

The government has decided to provide state patronage to the Poson festival in Mihintale this year. A meeting to organize the Poson festival was held on Thurday(06) at Mihintale Rajamaha Vihara.

The police later claimed that the suspects were killed in self-defense during the operation

New Zealand’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka David Pine who made elaborate comments on his country decision to open a mission in Colombo said that New Zealand may be looking at Sri Lanka as the Brussels of South Asia. He said that New Zealand sees

Although Sri Lanka is capable of manufacturing over 15 varieties of essential molecules for significant diseases, it will continue to rely on importing some innovative brands from overseas merely to maintain certain diplomatic relationships, a pharma