The data collected in this year’s national animal census has been found to be only 50 percent accurate, Deputy Minister Namal Karunarathne informed Parliament yesterday.

A group of seven Buddhist monks died and at least six others were seriously injured when the electrically operated trolley on rails used by the Buddhist monks of Nauyana jungle monastery in Melsiripura in Kurunegala to reach their meditation cubicles

Three of Sri Lanka’s National Hospitals have been operating without permanent directors for more than eight months, health sector sources said.

The Judicial Service Commission has issued a directive to all Judges, District Judges, Magistrates, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and the Registrar of the Court of Appeal regarding the increasing number of unpaid leave applications from non-sch

A maize cultivator from Maha Oya was trampled to death by a wild elephant in the early hours of last morning.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama yesterday ordered the Colombo Fraud Investigation Bureau to forward certain documents, including examination papers and answer scripts to the Government Examiner of Questioned Documents in connection with

Counseling and psychology should be included in the school curriculum, and a plan should be developed to recruit teachers for this purpose, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said.

Raising a privilege issue in Parliament , opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekera yesterday called for a probe on Speaker Jagath Wickremaratne and Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe who have disclosed assets earned through certain financial instruments and to

Digital Economy Minister Eranga Weerarathne announced yesterday that the government is planning to issue the Electronic National Identity Card (e-NIC) by the middle of next year.

Opposition MP Chamara Sampath Dissanayake urged ruling party MPs in Parliament today to identify and close the loopholes that certain individuals exploit to create difficulties for the government, rather than shifting blame onto the

The government is taking steps through the Attorney General’s Department regarding the possible intervention on the Singapore-based shipping company X-Press Feeders’ refusal to comply with the Supreme Court order to pay US$1

For the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, Harsha Ilukpitiya, an officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, was yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by the Supreme Court for committing the offence of contempt of

A 17-year-old schoolgirl died yesterday (23) after sustaining serious injuries in a road accident near Mirigama National School on the Pasyala–Giriulla Road, Mirigama Police said.

Parliament is scheduled to debate the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill today, which seeks to ban both physical and non-physical punishment of children in schools and other institutions.

“Manige Theeruwa, not out 36,” a collection of weekly popular Sinhala language newspaper columns, will be launched at the International Book Fair, at BMICH, on September 29 at 3.30 pm.

Colombo is planning to transform itself from a transit stop into a vibrant destination where tourists are encouraged to stay for up to 72 hours, Colombo Mayor Vraie Cally Balthazaar announced at the Annual General Meeting of the

A four-year-old boy was killed and his mother seriously injured after they were struck by a tipper truck at a pdestrian crossing near the Ampara General Hospital last evening(22).

A wild elephant that had strayed into a home garden at Paluwaddana village in Hingurakgoda has been shot dead, and the carcass was recovered last morning by a team of wildlife officers from Kaudulla National Park who visited the scene after receiv

Vegetable farmers in the Mahawilachchiya area of Anuradhapura who cultivated sweet pumpkin in the Yala season this year have been in a predicament for want of a remunerative market for their produce.

Basnayaka Nilame of Devinuwara Sri Vishnu Devala Arachchige Thilina Madusanka Abeyratne was appointed as Actg. Basnayake Nilame of Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya yesterday.

A massive haul of narcotics weighing over 600 kilograms, along with six firearms including a T-56 assault rifle, were discovered in the Seenimodara area of Tangalle during a special police operation launched following the mysterious deaths of three m

In reference to the enactment of the new Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulations Act No 16 of 2025, the Maldivian High Commission in Sri Lanka yesterday said that the new legislation is consistent with democratic systems worldwide and does not se

An individual wanted in connection with the theft of property from several houses and business establishments in Avissawella, Puwakpitiya, Madola, Dehiovita and Kosgama, areas was arrested, and a part of the stolen property was recovered by Avissa

“Ambassador’s Cup 2025”, a six-a-side cricket tournament organised by the Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing, is scheduled to be held at the Olympic Stadium in Beijing on 13th September 2025, with the participation of 6 teams, comprising Sri Lanka, B

Speaker Jagath Wickremaratne in a startling revelation said that the squalidness of the kitchen in the Parliament had not drawn the attention of the relevant officials or had not been inspected by the health authorities, at least by a PHIs for the la

A 62 year old man who happened to be the treasurer of the administration committee of a school in Anuradhapura has been arrested for sexually abusing three boys.

For the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, a Triathlon will be held not for athletes or medals, but for mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, and friends whose lives are cut short every day by breast cancer.

Wildlife officials said two hill country leopards met with accidents had been found yesterday from estates in Agarapathana area. They said one had died and the other received serious injuries.

A Hotel belonging to the former Governor of the North Central Province Maheepala Herath’s wife Ajantha Rupasiri Herath built on the Perimiyankulama tank reservation, is currently under a demolition order.

A resident of Udugama Colony in the Kekirawa Division has been in a predicament due to the lack of income to maintain his family, which includes twin children.