Special transport arrangements have been made by the Railway Department and the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) to facilitate the commuters who will be traveling during the Christmas season conveniently from Colombo and suburbs to their distant hom

Showery and windy conditions are expected to worsen across most parts of the island following a depression in the Southwest Bay of Bengal, according to the Meteorology Department.

The Election Commission instructed the district election authorities yesterday to work out logistical needs to conduct the election to the local authorities, an official said.

While stressing the tax policies are not written in stone, the government said it is ready to be flexible to amend such policies, given that there are pragmatic alternative proposals to collect tax revenue foregone.

The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka for the first 20 days of December have crossed 50,000, indicating a significant improvement in tourism activities.

The government is in the midst of reviewing the Value Added Tax (VAT) exemptions granted to various products and services...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officially launched this week a five-year project in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to reduce environmental plastics.

The closing date for the submission of applications for the scholarship program, utilizing funds from the President’s Fund, for students who passed GCE (O/L) 2021/2022 and are sitting for the GCE (A/L) examination in 2024 has been extended to Decem

On the occasion of Christmas Day (December 25), a special state amnesty has been granted to prisoners under the powers assigned to the President in terms of Article 34 of the Constitution, Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said.

A video recording of Prof. Ashu Marasinghe, former advisor to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, allegedly showing him sexually abusing a dog has gone viral after it was released by SJB member Hirunika Premachandra to the media today.

England allrounder Sam Curran broke Chris Morris’ record (INR 16.25 crore) to become the most expensive buy at an IPL auction, when Punjab Kings outbid Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians to sign him for INR 18.25 crore (USD 2.25 million).

Officials from Sri Lanka Customs - Postal Valuation Division raided a stock of Kush cannabis and Methamphetamine pills worth more than Rs. 165 million packed inside toys and food cans today.

Social Empowerment State Minister Anupa Pasqual today denied media reports claiming that he had attended a meeting with a senior Korean official 30 minutes late and maintained that he had begun the meeting at the scheduled time.

Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella who is under fire over his current visit to India, yesterday confirmed his visit and said he was with the CEO of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) and claimed his trip to India was self funded whi

Social Empowerment State Minister Anupa Pasqual, who said yesterday that he was going to the CID against a video circulating on social media tarnishing his image following a Korean official slamming Sri Lankan ministers for being late for meetings, f

The Convenor of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige who is currently in remand custody has been hospitalised after he reportedly suffered from breathing difficulties.

Presidential Advisor on Parliamentary Affairs Prof. Ashu Marasinghe has resigned from his post with immediate effect citing personal reasons, Presidential Media Division (PMD) said.

Public service is not a tug of war, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said at the Nuwara Eliya District committee meeting where several government officials failed to reach an agreement on several key issues in the area.

Some 27 migrants from Bangladesh, Eritrea, Sri Lanka and Pakistan were apprehended by Arab border security officials when they attempted to cross the border illegally and sneak into Hungary, hiding inside two trucks loaded with textile fabrics and me

President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Gen. H.S.H. Kottegoda (Rtd) as the Chancellor of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University for a period of 05 years with immediate effect.

At least 12 people have been injured and admitted to hospital after a bus carrying pilgrims collided with a lorry on the Southern Expressway between Kurundugahahetekma and Baddegama.

The police said today that it was an executive officer of businessman Dinesh Schaffter and not his secretary, who had informed the police that Dinesh had scheduled a meeting with former cricket commentator Brian Thomas on the day Schaffter was killed

A 39-year-old man was shot dead when two unidentified men arrived on a motorcycle and carried out a shooting at Kotugoda in Seeduwa this morning.

The rainy and windy conditions in Sri Lanka are likely to increase over most parts of the island during December 24 and 25, the Metrology Department said.

Police have arrested 47 people including a 17-year-old schoolboy of a leading school in Mirihana during a drug raid carried out near schools in the Western Province yesterday.

Seven out of nine Sri Lankans arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from the special camp for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees at Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli over their alleged involvement in drugs and arms smuggling to revive the LTTE, wer

There is a massive shortage of emergency medicines, such as aspirin, which used to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, and every category of medicine items, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said.

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) signed an agreement with the Health Ministry to provide aircraft on a mobile Charter Basis for the purposes of airlifting remains of deceased personnel for organ retrieval at the request of the Ministry of Health.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has permitted the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to shut down one of the three power plants at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant (NCPP) yesterday.