Picture shows the gathering at the annual prize giving ceremony held recently at the Gothami Balika Vidyalaya, Maradana. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

Sri Lanka’s nine-month government revenue this year rose compared to last year’s levels, as the economy inflated amid the runaway prices and tax revenue started flowing, as a result of the hike in the indirect taxes such as the Value Added Tax (V

An independent judicial panel has ruled an earlier prosecutors’ decision not to indict officials at an immigration center in Nagoya over the 2021 death of a Sri Lankan detainee is unjust, paving the way for the case to be reconsidered, it said Mond

Some of the Sri Lankan envoys politically appointed to various capitals during the time of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be replaced once their terms end, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said.

From February 1, the remittances of all companies with more than 15 employees must pay their employees’ remittances to the Employers’ Trust Funds (ETF) through an online system, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

Prime Minister stresses to new SL envoys the importance of innovative diplomacy to promote exports, tourism and attract investments.

Sri Lanka has requested Indian air services to start flight operations to Mattala, according to a statement from the Port, Shipping and Aviation Ministry.

A group of 516 tourists from European countries arrived to Trincomalee yesterday by passenger ship MV Silver Spirit. The ship was berthed on Ashroff Jetty in Trincomalee harbour. (Amadoru Amarajeewa)

The Sri Lankan embassy in Moscow announced that “Red Wings”, the national carrier of Russia, will start charter flight operations to Sri Lanka, Mattala Airport, twice per week with effect from December 28, 2022, a statement from the mission said

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today approved a two hour and 20 minutes powercut until Friday (30).

Even though the price of an egg in the local market is sold over Rs.70, the poultry producers today agreed to supply an egg to consumers at a price of Rs. 55 from the end of this month, the agriculture minister said.

The National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol (NATA) Chairman Dr. Samadhi Rajapaksa today condemned the proposal to legalise cannabis for export purposes claiming that no country in the world has developed by exporting cannabis.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and four of his family members left for the United States this morning, airport sources said.

A two-minute silence was observed from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. today islandwide, as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in the tsunami disaster that hit the coastal belt of Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, the Disaster Management Centre (DM

We have no intention to accept any politician, alliance or political party who has helped Rajapaksas to destroy this country despite attempts made by them to join the SJB after realizing their fate at the upcoming LG polls.

The District Returning Officers (DROs) will issue the Gazette notification calling nominations for the Local Government (LG) polls on January 2nd’ 3rd or 4th, Elections Commission (EC) Chairman Nimal G Punchihewa said yesterday.

Catholic and Christian devotees visited St. Anthony’s Shrine in Kochchikade and St. Lucia’s Cathedral in Kotahena to take part in religious observance and blessings throughout the Christmas Day. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

Several sluice gates of the Polgolla Reservoir were opened due to the increase of the water capacity of Mahaveli River. Pix by Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama

A popular singer was pelted with stones during a Christmas concert last evening in Kottawa. The singer Indunil Andaramanna was later admitted to hospital for treatment.

An eighteen year old girl and a 16 year old boy were killed after a stone along with earth mound collapsed on a house due to bad weather and rain at Dunuwila in Alawathuguda this morning.

Statements from more than 75 persons including almost all the family members of murdered businessman Dinesh Schaffter have been recorded so far, police said yesterday.

The Kandy railway station was flooded due to heavy rains during last night.

A 44-year-old man who came to the Colombo Central Mail Exchange to collect a parcel containing more than 1 kg of ’Kush’, a banned drug scientifically known as Desmostachya bipinnata sent from the United States of America (USA) has been arrested y

An order by the Taliban banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has been condemned by the United Nations, which said the move violated fundamental rights.

Ashu Marasinghe, former advisor to President Ranil Wickremesinghe today lodged a complaint with the CID alleging that a doctored video regarding him had been released and was circulating on social media.

Due to a shortage of eggs in the local market, the price of a kilo of cake has been increased up to Rs. 1,500 during this Christmas season, All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) President N.K. Jayawardena said.

A total of 309 inmates serving sentences in prisons will be released tomorrow in view of Christmas, Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said.

Bill Gates, the founder of world renowned Microsoft Inc. is to be invited to Sri Lanka, a spokesman from the President’s office said today.

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.