Electricity connection to a cluster of villages in Thantirimale, Anuradhapura has been disconnected leaving consumers in the lurch.

A potential delay in securing an agreement-in-principle (AIP) with Sri Lanka’s private bondholders is unlikely to impact the second review of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, former Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy sa

Tourism in Sri Lanka is on a high growth trajectory following a boost in the country’s potential as a must-visit destination.

Dr. Benjami Reyes, the Secretary General of Colombo Plan (CP) met with the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Khalid Hamoud Alkahtani recently to discuss further cooperation in the maritime sector as a member country of the Colombo Plan.

Dasun Shanaka held his nerve under pressure to take two wickets in the final over, snatching a dramatic three-run win for Sri Lanka in the opening Twenty20 international of a three-match series against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Monday.

The Fort Magistrate granted bail to two individuals who mistakenly trespassed into the grounds of Temple Trees in Colombo after following directions on Google maps.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has decided to revise its fuel prices with effect from tonight.

Applications for admission of students for intermediate classes in 2024 should be forwarded to the schools, the Education Ministry announced.

Children should not be sent to schools to make them merely pass exams by creating a competitive environment as the target of education is to equip children with knowledge and attitudes as well as skills, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that Parliament has passed 42 new laws during the past 14 months, aimed at facilitating the economic transformation of the country, the Presidential Media Division (PMD) said.

The Public Utilities Commission said that the electricity tariff will be reduced by 21.9 percent.

The no-faith motion on Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is to be handed over tomorrow, SJB MP Tissa Attanayake said today.

The drivers of a train that missed a signal and ploughed into another train, killing 14 people, were distracted because they were watching cricket on a phone, India’s railways minister said Monday.

Anuradhapura district Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Uddika Premaratne, who resigned from his Parliamentary seat recently, said he was expecting a work visa in Canada.

The Irrigation Department has advised the public to exercise caution and use water sparingly.

Eight Sri Lankan nationals who were forcibly detained at an illegal cyber center camp in Myanmar have been rescued, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Myanmar, Janak Bandara confirmed.

Three top-order batters from India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have made the shortlist for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month Award for February 2024.

An Israeli woman leaving after a visit to Sri Lanka was arrested during the early hours of last morning at Katunayake International Airport for having in her possession a 5.56 mm live ammunition.

Governor of the Uva Province A.J.M. Muzammil today said his son Mohammad Isham Jamaldeen will not evade arrest but will present himself before police tomorrow.

A 31-year-old man was killed and another injured following a shooting at Niripola in Hanwella this morning.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa and its office bearers are expecting to raise objections against the plaint filed by Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka

Additional Secretary of Health Saman Ratnayake, who was arrested over the import of substandard human Immunoglobulin injections, is provding a confidential in-camera statement before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court.

Claiming that they have plans to raise state revenue, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today they had discussions with the Inland Revenue Department on ways to increase state reveue.

The skyrocketing prices of coconuts will have a serious effect on the packed rice and curry meals in the future, as most of the curries are prepared with the coconut cream, food industry trade unions said.

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said yesterday that Russians and Ukrainians who have been in Sri Lanka since February 2022 will need to apply for a visa or leave the country.

Indicating the problem faced by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in facing the forthcoming Presidential election, Minister Prasanna Ranatunga told yesterday that his party, the SLPP would have to find a better candidate than President Ranil Wic

Sri Lanka’s construction sector for the first time saw its activity exceed the neutral threshold since January 2022.

IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon said hiring of experienced police and security force personnel of marksmanship by underworld gangs has been going on unchecked since long and that and effective mechanism would be worked out to prevent such malpractices.

All activities related to the supply of electricity and petroleum products have been declared as essential services through a Gazette Extraordinary.

The financial performance of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is largely positive as it ended the financial year 2023 with a massive profit.