A protest was held in front of the Kolonnawa oil installation against the suppression of trade union officers attached to the Kolonnawa refinery. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Two out of three Octane 92 fuel dispensers at a fuel filling station in Colombo were sealed today due to a short delivery of fuel, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said.

The government will ease the import ban on some goods that have been temporarily suspended due to the prevailing economic crisis, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

In a landmark verdict, the Colombo District Court today ordered the government to pay a compensation of 30 million rupees to a disabled child due to the negligence of a medical team.

Sri Lanka is to launch a national program to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, Presidential Advisor on Climate Change Ruwan Wijewardene said today.

A lawyer in a petition before Supreme Court today alleged that the bill titled ’Bureau of Rehabilitation’ has been brought with an ulterior motive of further harassing Aragalaya protestors as this Bureau is vested with powers to send persons to r

The Federal Court in Malaysia today dismissed a taxi driver’s application to obtain leave to proceed with his appeal in a bid to delist the Liberation of Tigers Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist group.

Senior BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy on Thursday met Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, becoming the first foreign visitor to call on the ousted Sri Lankan president, following his return to Colombo after fleeing the country amidst unprecedented protes

There is no short-term solution to the brain drain situation in the country, but we must stop it as soon as we can, Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabry said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the long-standing friendship between Sri Lanka and the Philippines would be promoted by developing Asian regional cooperation.

A person was seen protesting in front of the Iranian Embassy, Colombo over the death of a 22-year-old woman named Masha Amini in a hospital in Iran. She was arrested by the morality police due to the way she covered (Hijab). Since her death, people h

The Navarathri Pooja was held under the patronage of Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at his official residence on Wednesday night. Dr. Subramanian Swamy, former Indian Cabinet Minister & former Member of Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of India was

The Court of Appeal today ordered the Attorney General to draft contempt of court charges against State Minister Sanath Nishantha in connection with two contempt of court cases filed against him by two lawyers.

Party leaders have agreed to take up the debate on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution in Parliament on October 6 and 7, Communications Department of Parliament said.

The European Union (EU) has released €1.5 million in humanitarian aid to respond to the ongoing socio-economic crisis affecting millions of people in Sri Lanka.

The police have launched extensive investigations over the involvement of some politicians who had encouraged some ‘protester’ groups to overthrow the government by forcefully occupying Parliament and preventing a vote to elect a new President fo

A spot tender has been advertised by the Power and Energy Ministry to receive a quantity of 300,000 MT of coal from local or international coal suppliers to be supplied to the Lakwijaya power plant.

China has the honour of being Sri Lanka’s closest buddy in the past decades Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardana said yesterday while heaping his praise on the 73rd national day of the People’s Republic of China.

Alleging that there is a large scale scam involving the purchasing of oil, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday said it will file complaints with the Bribery Commission and with the CID.

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of six Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by the Indian Coast Guard on the charge of carrying narcotic drugs.

The United Kingdom is fully committed to supporting all countries including Sri Lanka to tackle the impacts of climate change, a senior UK government minister said.

The first consignment of popular weedicide glyphosate for tea and rubber crops is expected to arrive this December, Plantation Industries and Industries Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana told Mirror Business.

While the pandemic in the last two years created a segment of people identified as ‘new poor’, who were on the brink of poverty, the economic crisis, which soon followed, tipped them down below the poverty line, sending the country’s official p

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said he is hopeful that French investors would enter into new areas of investment such as fishery, agriculture, information technology (IT), renewable energy, electronics and tourism sectors.

In parallel with the International Day for Universal Access to Information which falls today, a new unit “Counter Disinformation Unit” was launched by the President Media division.

Navy Commander Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana and the SLCG Director General Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake paid courtesy calls on Acting Defence Minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at the State M

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today approved the two hour and 20 minutes power cut for tomorrow (29).

The All Ceylon Traditional Coconut Oil Manufacturers Association (ACTCOMA) staged a silent protest in the vicinity of the Public Library claiming that coconut oil which is unfit for human consumption had come into the local market and resulted in a c

Considering the ongoing economic crisis, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siambalapitiya requested the state bank heads to allow maximum concessionary period to the entrepreneurs who have taken loans.

Health Services Trade Union Collective staged a protest outside the National Hospital, Colombo demanding an allownace to meet the high cost of living. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana