The selection of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the President of this country after the resignation of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the right choice, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) national organizer and former minister Basil Rajapaksa said.

The Minister of Wildlife has given an undertaking to the Court of Appeal that 2,000 firearms will not be issued to the personnel of the Civil Defence Force (CDF) living in areas rife with Human Elephant Conflicts.

The Railway Trade Union Alliance today staged a protest in front of the Railways Head Quarters in Colombo, demanding that the proposal to convert the Railways Department into an authority be withdrawn and to chase the Government for attempting to sel

The price of a 12 kg domestic gas cylinder would be increased to Rs. 4,610 from midnight today, Litro Chairman Muditha Pieris said.

Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Joint Trade Union Alliance has decided to hold a protest campaign in front of the CEB head Quarters tomorrow against selling the State assets. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

Highlighting that the government continues to suffer losses to the tune of Rs.16 billion annually, the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) today requested CID to expedite the investigation on the loss of Rs.16 billion as tax revenue as a result of su

The Attorney General today informed Court of Appeal that police protection will be provided to former CID Director Shani Abeysekara, taking into account the existing security threats.

A mechanism would be introduced to release prisoners with terminal illnesses, aging inmates and those with serious illnesses after obtaining the President’s approval, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said today.

Refuting claims that the CEB would be divided into eight seperate entities, Leader of the House Susil Premajayantha said no discussion has taken place on such a matter within the government.

According to the Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF), 5% to 10% of hospital minor staff employees are involved in drug businesses, and most of them are addicted to drugs.

The Keselwatta Police has launched an investigation after several pieces of gold weighing around 49 pounds worth Rs. 80 million was stolen from the case production room at the Hulftsdorp Magistrate’s Court.

The Minister of Sports through the Attorney General today informed Court of Appeal that an Independent Panel of Governance Experts will be appointed in order to draft a new Constitution for the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

Leader of the House Susil Premajayantha today assured that the report of the committee appointed to look into the riots that took place on May 9, 2022 will be presented to Parliament soon after speaking to President Ranil Wickremesinghe with regard t

A 42-year-old woman had been arrested with seven packets containing Ice and 38 pills of narcotic substance at a canteen at a school in Malwathuhiripitiya in Gampaha this morning, the Police said.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena today denied reports which said he had used 53 percent of the funds allocated for the President’s expenditure on his personal staff but he had instead spent it for large scale national level projects.

A major fire has broken out at a factory in Kelaniya this morning, the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Fire Service Department said.

The CEB had estimated that a single unit of electricity would cost Rs 56.90 if the country were to have an uninterrupted power supply in 2023, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said.

The Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) S.G.Punchihewa said yesterday that he has received the opinion of the Attorney General (AG) on conducting of the Local Government (LG) polls and as such he would issue the relevant gazette notification bef

The country’s construction sector has recommended to the government to issue them with treasury bills in lieu of their dues if no cash is available. The government....

’’We should call back Sri Lankan human resources, armed with knowledge and that are scattered around the world and build the country by bridging the vast gap by pursuing the fourth industrial revolution, which we are missing,’’ said Education

State revenues received a tailwind from the recently introduced tax hikes and inflation that climbed to 70 percent levels helping the government to control the unrestrained budget deficit, which has been....

Outstanding credit card balance has dipped by a little in October in a dual sign that banks may be tightening their credit card standards while consumers are also pulling back on their spending without....

98 Acres Resort & Spa, a subsidiary of U.H.E. Group, was recently awarded as the Number 1 Luxury Mountain Resort in Asia, at the recently held 16th World Luxury Hotel Awards (2022) in Antalya....

As Sri Lanka is currently witnessing a long awaited revival in its thrice-battered tourism industry, the country saw the earnings from the trade surpassing US$ 100 million in November after languishing for months since the economy collapsed early thi

An extraordinary gazette notification was issued considering the necessity of the services provided by any Public Corporation or Government as essential public services.

A Sri Lankan has been charged for stabbing his wife, a mother-of-three, to death in her home at Sandhurst in Melbourne’s south-east.

The annual Sri Pada Pilgrimage season 2022/23 will begin on the Unduwap full moon Poya day on Wednesday (7) and last till Wesak full moon Poya day in May 2023.

The body of a woman, a doctor attached to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital was found hanging at her house at Kadugannawa today.

Government Veterinary Surgeons Association warned that the price of eggs could increase above Rs.80 during the festive season.

AUSTIN, Texas — The family of an Austin, Texas, man is seeking answers after he was fatally shot by police last month on his front porch following a late-night emergency call by a neighbor.