The Environment Ministry instructed the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) to provide their laboratory facilities to facilitate soil testing on farm land, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Legal action will be taken on the motorists who enter the Central Expressway (E-04) which is presently under construction, Police Spokesman SGIG Ajith Rohana said.

The wife of a popular businessman and an employee have been arrested over the death of the businessman in Negombo under mysterious circumstances, the police said.

The National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) announced that ten Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions in five districts were brought under isolation, while the isolation in two GN divisions in the Colombo district have been lif

The decision to increase fuel prices was a decision taken by the Cost of Living Committee, not a personal decision by the Minister, Udaya Gammanpila. Therefore, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided not to support the opposition’s no-confi

Prison officials have set up a scout troop within the Welikada prison. Yesterday, inmates from the troupe were seen erecting a poster mural in front of the Colombo Prison. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

Due to the travel restrictions imposed island-wide, people were seen engaging in religious observances at home on this Poson Poya Day. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Two youth aged 19 and 24 were killed when their motorcycle collided with a car near the 59th KM post of the Central Expressway which is under construction.

Presidential pardon of Duminda Silva, a former MP convicted of the murder of a fellow politician, is another example of selective, arbitrary granting of pardons that weakens rule of law and undermines accountability, the UN Human Rights Office said.

The inauguration of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise-2021 popularly known as CARAT got underway at Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee today with the participation by the Sri Lanka Navy, United States 7th Fleet and Japanese Maritime Self De

A total of 45 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (23) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 2,814.

With the decision of the Environment Ministry to ban polythene and plastic lunch sheets and shopping bags, local manufacturers are keen to introduce new products made out of eco friendly and easily perishable materials.

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B Teplitz today said that Presidential pardon of Duminda Silva was undermining Sri Lanka’s rule of law.

In the wake of the release of former MP Duminda Silva under a presidential pardon, several inmates of the Mahara and Welikada Prisons who have been sentenced to death have commenced a hunger strike from this afternoon.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will address the nation in a special statement tomorrow, the Presidential Secretariat said.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to make the public aware whether the due procedure was followed when granting pardon to Duminda Silva.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya urged the government to reverse the decision made to grant a presidential pardon to former MP Duminda Silva today.

Widow of former parliamentarian Bharatha Premchandra today vented her anger on social media after the release of Duminda Silva who received a presidential pardon.

Pictures going around on WhatsApp show former parliamentarian Duminda Silva leaving the Welikada Prison from the back entrance after he was set free on a presidential pardon today. He avoided the media who were waiting for his release in the front of

Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges.

A lioness at the Dehiwala Zoo was found to have tested positive for COVID-19, the State Veterinary Surgeons’ Association-Sri Lanka Secretary, Dr.Nuwan Hewagamage said.

Basil Rajapaksa, who left for the United States last month, has arrived in the country this morning.

Duminda Silva was set free from the Welikada Prison today after he received a presidential pardon from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Police bail will not be granted to any person who is arrested for any illegal act today, Police Spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana said.

A total of 93 prisoners including 16 convicted LTTE cadres have been pardoned by the President on the occasion of the Poson Poya which falls today (24).

The Examinations Department has announced the deadline for calling applications for re-scrutiny of the 2020 GCE Advanced Level (A/L) answer scripts, the Commissioner General of Examinations, Sanath B. Pujitha said.

An Attorney-at-Law has been arrested by the CID for having sold a 20-perch land worth Rs. 500 million that belonged to the Thailand embassy in Colombo 7 by stealthily using forged documents, Police said.

Devotees are seen taking part in religious observances at the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya in Colombo and Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya in light of the Poson Poya Day which falls today. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel

Kavishka Madushan Abeywickrama alias ’Wanathe Chathu’ who is an accomplice of Keselwatta Dhanuka, has been arrested with 4 kilograms of Kerala cannabis and over Rs. 5 million in cash in Kotikawatta.

The Delta variant is more virulent than others. with a few cases detected in Sri Lanka. Research work is in progress to ascertain the level of efficacy of each vaccine against different variants