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

The Colombo High Court today served indictments on civil activist, Shehan Malaka Gamage in respect of a statement he had made on the Easter Sunday bomb attacks.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring when the two held informal discussions in Tokyo last evening, on the sidelines of the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo A

Pictured here is the Kajeemawatta Flats in Thotalanga, Grandpass which caught fire yesterday. Pix by Nisal Baduge

An Amendment has been proposed by a commitee in Parliament to the Children and Young Persons Ordinance to consider the age of a person who shall be a child will be raised from 16 to 18 years,Communications Department of Parliament said.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been named the kingdom’s prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle ordered by King Salman, according to a royal decree published by the official Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court seeking an order suspending the operation of the gazette notification issued by President declaring High Security Zones in Colombo city.

Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today issued a warrant for the arrest of Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka thera of Alan Mathiniyaramaya Temple in Polhengoda for not appearing in Court over a private plaint filed against him for allegedly using loudspeakers i

The Wildlife Department has to spend Rs. 2,800 million annually to provide free repellents (crackers) to repel wild elephants to safeguard the villages in the vulnerable areas when Tue beasts invade the farmlands and villages.

The party membership of SLPP Rajangana Pradeshiya Sabha member who was arrested over attempted bank robbery in Thambuththegama, has been suspended, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said.

The Sri Lankan government should reverse a new regulation that unlawfully restricts protests in large areas of the capital, Colombo, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara informed Japanese officials today about what Sri Lanka can offer when it comes to hiring workers for jobs in Japan.

The two underworld gangsters Buddhika Prasad alias ’Army Suranga’ and Chamara Chaturanga, were arrested last night in Walpola in the Mulleriyawa police area, the police said.

The hurricane was pictured from the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday as the storm was just south of Cuba gaining strength and heading towards Florida.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday announced plans to provide at least US$ 14 billion over 2022–2025 in a comprehensive....

US Envoy to Sri Lanka Julie Chung yesterday visited the Temple of the Tooth and the old Kandyan Kings’ Palace in view of World Tourism Day. Through the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, the US Embassy in Colombo is helping to restore s

More than 200 people belonging to 80 families have been affected due to the major fire that broke out at Kajeemawatta Flats in Thotalanga, Grandpass last evening, police said.