The pilot project- Priority lane, which functions dual lanes as priority lanes for passenger buses was initiated at Rajagiriya today with the participation of the Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, Patali Champika Ranawaka.

A fire has broken out at a food outlet in the Daham Mawatha in the Maharagama – Dehiwala Road short while ago, the Fire Brigade said.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) questions the Cabinet paper on restricting cigarette consumption within the country which is to be presented in parliament this week.  

Pakistan Naval Ships NASR and SAIF have left from PAkistan and scheduled to arrived at Colombo Port on a four-day visit to Sri Lanka on today.

A decorated float with seven Buddha statues was recovered in the deep sea off Thirukovil, Ampara by the Sri Lanka Navy, the Navy said.

Though more than 5,000 pilgrims from India had been scheduled to attend St. Anthony’s Feast of Kachchathivu islet this year, none attended it, the Navy said today.

At least 1,246 persons had been arrested by the Police during a five-hour special raid carried out across the country on Friday midnight, the Police said.

Alleged Islamic State (IS) recruiter from Kerala, Abdul Rashid Abdulla, accused of `instigating' 22 youths from Kerala to join the terror outfit, was sternly asked to leave a religious school in Sri Lanka on account of his radical views, accordin

President Maithripala Sirisena reiterated that the government is working with dedication to build a drug free youth in the country.

A survey carried out by the Transparency International (TI) in the Asia-Pacific region has revealed Sri Lankans pay more bribes to police.

Sri Lanka cricket team’s Rangana Herath became the most successful left-arm spinner in test cricket on Saturday, claiming six for 59 to bowl his team to an emphatic 259-run victory against Bangladesh national cricket team in the first Test at t

Sri Lanka is determined to work with the maritime powers of the region and beyond, to ensure that the Indian Ocean is conflict free, Sri Lankan Ambassador to US Prasad Kariyawasam said in Washington on Wednesday.

Four DIGs, three SSPs, three SPs and five ASPs had been transferred with immediate effect based on service requirements, the Police Headquarters announced today.

The Ceylon Motorcyclists’ Association (CMA) on Friday complained to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund’s (UNICEF) Sri Lanka office and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) citing that the recent gazette issued

Indian officers investigating the case of the gunning down of a Tamil Nadu fisherman allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy, have claimed that the incident could have been triggered by the Rameswaram fishermen allegedly ramming against the Island Nation Navy&r

Four Chinese workers attached to the runway renovation project at the Bandaranaike International Airport were nabbed by Customs while attempting to smuggle some Rs.6 million worth of foreign cigarettes into the country.

By holding a news conference in a vehicle park near the entrance to Parliament, the joint opposition is attempting to create a misconception that the government was depriving the JO of its political freedom, the United National Party (UNP) said yeste

Hydropower generation has dropped to less than 10 percent of the total energy requirement of the country because of the prevailing dry spell, Power and Energy Ministry Spokesman Sulakshana Jayawardane said.

In a goodwill gesture, Sri Lanka on Friday released 53 Indian fishermen lodged in Jaffna Prison, ANI reported yesterday.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the sale of bonds today recorded a five-hour long statement from former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran who was accompanied by his lawyers.

Our sister papers Daily Lankadeepa and the Sunday Lankadeepa won the most popular newspaper award for the eleventh consecutive year at ‘SLIM-Nielsen People’s Awards’ this evening at the Water's Edge, Battaramulla.

The joint opposition said today it would continue its struggle inside and outside Parliament to secure the status of the main opposition in Parliament.

Public Enterprises Minister Kabir Hashim told Parliament on Friday that he was not officially informed about the cancellation of the lease by SriLankan airlines.