Few opposition political parties yesterday urged the government to act diligently and manage the sliding of the rupee to save the economy.

The Meteorology Department says the South-West monsoon is gradually establishing itself over the island, bringing increased rainfall and strong winds to several parts of the island.

More than 92,000 applications have been received for the recruitment of 1,989 vacancies for the post of Health Assistant (Junior) Grade III in government hospitals and healthcare institutions, the Ministry of Health and Mass Media stated.

The elections to the Provincial Councils cannot be conducted this year because of current developments in the country, an official said.

As the nation grapples with a volatile cocktail of fiscal mismanagement, soaring inflation, an escalating energy crisis, high taxation, and the looming threat of El Nino, economic forecasters are revising their growth projections for 2026. In this we

An insect called ‘White Fly’ which was inside 16 containers of chrysanthemum flowers is destroying Sri Lankan food crops, Opposition MP D. V. Chanaka told Parliament yesterday.

While claiming that he is fed up with politicians, the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, said that “today, it seems that those who called others thieves have become thieves themselves.”

The concept of creating a ‘Tobacco-Free Generation’ (TFG) through legislation that bans tobacco sales to people born after a specified year is facing increasing scrutiny globally, with critics pointing to legal, economic and practical challenges

The Ministry of Health will implement measures consisting of five steps in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), following the WHO declaration of the Ebola virus epidemic situation as a Public Health Emergency of Inter

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday stressed the need to reduce import cost and fuel usage in a move to curtail the outflow of the Dollar reserves in the country adding that the Government has already submitted proposals to the International

Between 45 and 60 children are born annually with major thalassemia in Sri Lanka, while health authorities have warned of a growing risk of the hereditary blood disorder increasing steadily in the future despite the comparatively low number of patien

Children in schools in the Central Province which have been earmarked for relocation after the Ditwah cyclone faced double trouble when their education was disrupted once again as a result of the recent adverse weather conditions, Opposition MP Rauff

Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara declined to answer a question related to the delay in the appointment of eight judges to the country’s superior courts.

The daughter of a minister who is engaged in higher studies in the UK is currently lodging in a house belonging to a member of the Tamil diaspora, Opposition MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake alleged in Parliament yesterday.

An accused indicted with murder was found guilty and sentenced to death by Anuradhapura Predecessor High Court Judge Lakmali Hewawasam.

A consignment of 14.562 kilos of Kush was seized and two Sri Lankan passengers arrested in their attempt to smuggle it into the country through the Green Channel at the Bandaranaike International airport last morning.

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by Minister Sunil Handunnetti, during his tenure as an opposition Parliamentarian, seeking an Order to recover Rs. 15.9 billion from those responsible for the alleged sugar import fraud in 2020, was yesterday fix

Sri Lanka is about to experience the Southwest Monsoon while it is expected to get fully established during the next few days, the Department of Meteorology said yesterday.

The Sri Lanka Railway Department said it has suffered significant financial losses following the Wanawasala train derailment, which officials say was triggered by the deliberate removal of critical track and signalling components.

The current adverse whether conditions have further delayed resettlement of 1,337 people belonging to 465 families who were displaced by Cyclone Ditwah, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said yesterday.

The inclement weather that followed a months long spell of drought is affecting the lives of various groups of people in various ways. With the annual Vesak festival fast approaching, here a vendor is covering her handmade Vesak lanterns with plastic

Industry estimates suggest price increases across several categories as follows: Mini Cars / Kei CarsAlto/Carol – Rs. 421,750, Alto/Carol Hybrid – Rs. 542,250, WagonR/Flair – Rs. 482,000, WagonR/Flair Hybrid – Rs. 602,500, Dayz Highway Star

In a tragic turn of events increasing the death toll in the human- elephant conflict, a young woman and her father were trampled to death by a wild elephant at Moragahaulpotha in Wilgamuwa in the Matale district last morning,

Former President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (2013–2015), Upul Jayasuriya, PC, was conferred the distinguished Life Membership Honoris Causa at the Annual Convocation held to induct Rajeeve Amarasuriya,

The handing over of the Sannas Pathra (appointment letter) to Venerable Nikapotha Sri Chandrajothi Thera who is appointed as Mahanayake of the Uda Rata Amarapura Chapter is to be held at 2pm on 17 May at the Banadaranaike

There are some forces who are preventing the Government from carrying out probes and action on the killing of Sunday Leader Editor, Lasantha Wickramatunga, the slain journalist’s brother Lal Wickramatunga alleged yesterday.

Former SriLankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena’s suspicious death took place at the residence of Aravinda de Silva, where CCTV cameras were operational, but the CCTV system had not been recording footage for a long period of time, and no footage

The three-year term of the 7th National Police Commission (NPC) is set to expire today (May 15), bringing to an end the tenure of the independent oversight body appointed in 2023.

A father rides his school-going child home on a motorcycle amid heavy rains that lashed Colombo yesterday.