In a bid for the commercialisation of the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm, Trinco Petroleum Terminal Ltd (TPTL) is planning to go for international bidding for the development of 29 tanks out of 61 tanks in its possession, an official said yesterday.

The newly established Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) is awaiting government policy guidelines before formulating regulations to govern gambling activities related to cricket, according to proceedings of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF).

The Court of Appeal has granted bail to a man who had remained in remand custody for nearly 15 years under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), ruling that such prolonged pre-trial detention amounted to an exceptional

Despite international media reports that Sri Lanka has become a hub for online scams, the Government is yet to operationalize the Gaming Regulatory Authority by introducing the necessary regulations.

A Court of Appeal judgment has exposed the extraordinary delays in Sri Lanka’s criminal justice system, revealing that a 11-year-old victim of grave sexual abuse in 2001 was only able to testify before the High Court in 2023, approximately 22 years

A recent study conducted in India has found that doctors in Asian countries such as Sri Lanka have a shorter life expectancy than other professionals, while people involved in mainstream politics in Sri Lanka often live well beyond

With pressure mounting on the Government from the country’s legal fraternity over the move for retirement age extension for Superior Court judges, the Judicial Service Association of Sri Lanka (JSASL), the sole organisation representing all Distric

The government will use its funds to repay US $ 2.5 million to Australia unless the monies lost in the cyber theft are recovered, an official said.

In response to prison riots in Negombo, UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said that the outbreak of deadly violence at the jail and the reports of reprisals against inmates by guards at other prisons are deeply

The rapid spread of dengue has disrupted higher education, forcing several university faculties to switch to online lectures after dengue clusters were detected, while the Education Ministry is also closely monitoring schools for signs of possible ou

A network of AI-generated female profiles on Facebook is being used to create fake identities, manipulate users through emotional and sexualised content, and redirect them to adult-chat services, gambling sites, cryptocurrency promotions and other su

The flooding of the domestic market with imported rice ahead of the harvesting season has triggered the current crisis in the paddy marketing sector, according to analysts.

In what appeared to be yet another deadly outbreak of rioting, 19 inmates and seven prison officers were killed, around 100 injured in the Negombo jail by yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s return to upper-middle-income status has revived memories of an earlier promotion that proved short-lived, with the World Bank cautioning that the latest achievement remains vulnerable unless the country sustains reforms, strengthens gr

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has told the Government that the draft Anti-Terrorism Bill retains and expands the shortcomings identified in the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), while

The government is yet to reach any final decision on the proposed investment of US$ 3.7 billion by Chinese state giant Sinopec mainly due to disagreements on terms and conditions of the project despite the lapse of more than one and half years after

Three years after facing what was the worst economic crisis which pushed Sri Lanka to the brink of collapse, the island nation has regained upper-middle-income status.

Sri Lanka’s inflation climbed further above the Central Bank’s 5 percent target in June, deepening concerns over the cost of living and raising fresh questions over whether borrowing costs will remain elevated for longer. Consumer

Sri Lanka has wooed U.S. investment in the development of the Colombo port and integrated infrastructure at a recent summit in Washington, a Deputy Minister said yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s dengue outbreak has reached epidemic levels, with cases crossing the 50,000 mark, health authorities confirmed to Daily Mirror.

In a shocking disclosure, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in Parliament yesterday that the country had lost as much as US $ 1 billion because of the transfer of a whopping Rs.300 billion ill-gotten cash in terms of Telegraphic Transfers and A

A total of 154 death row inmates who were recommended for release under a presidential pardon by several expert committees appointed by the Ministry of Justice in previous governments have remained behind bars for more than four years, according to p

The recent US $2.5 million cyber theft from the newly established Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) - where a sovereign debt repayment to Australia was intercepted via systemic digital breaches, had a direct bearing on Sri

Sri Lanka is experiencing an unprecedented surge in dengue infections, with more than 1,000 cases reported within a single day.

The International Cricket Council has put forward a request to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to hold the elections of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on or before July 31, and has emphasised that if local authorities fail to do so Sri Lanka once again r

The Government intends to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and introduce a new people-centric piece of legislation within the next two months, Minister of Justice and National Integration Harshana Nanayakkara said.

In the wake of the West Asian or Middle East crisis, Sri Lanka and India have recognized the need for the expeditious implementation of the Trincomalee petroleum hub project for energy security, but no specific timeline is carved out yet, Daily Mirro

Pharmaceutical prices are expected to rise after the government indicated its willingness to address concerns raised by Indian suppliers regarding the non-renewal of import licenses and the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA)’s insistenc

Health authorities have raised concerns that Sri Lanka’s healthcare system could come under severe pressure if the current rise in dengue admissions continues.

In the wake of tens of millions of US dollars being transferred out of the country through fraudulent transactions, the government is planning to strengthen laws governing money laundering by introducing fresh legal amendments, Public Security Minist