Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Livestock Development K. D. Lal Kantha said the import of rice for liquor manufacture would be allowed and facilities for it provided.

Sri Lankan authorities are raising concerns as most complaints are related to Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok with 90% of them involving Facebook and issues connected to AI.

One of Sri Lanka’s top banking personalities Delvin Pereira has been appointed as the Governor Rotary Sri Lanka and Maldives for the year 2025/26.

Dhammika Attygalle was appointed uncontested as the President of Automobile Association of Ceylon at its 120th Annual General Meeting.

The committee which probed the release of 323 containers which were red-labelled in January this year, had come out with an alarming disclosure and has called for a forensic audit to ascertain their contents.

A fisherman died in a freak accident off the eastern coast after being pierced in the abdomen by the fin of a large fish named Sappara in local jargon (Makaira Indica) he was attempting to haul onboard.

In a rare detection, the Department of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) officials at the airport yesterday arrested a Mullaitivu resident bound for Mumbai and uncovered a sophisticated scam of exchanging their boarding passes to go to the UK and a

The Mulleriyawa Police informed Colombo Additional Magistrate Kasun Kanchana Dissanayake yesterday that an investigation has been launched into individuals suspected of misusing the “Million for Ishaq” fundraising campaign initiated to support ai

Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Sunil Handunneththi yesterday said his speech at the World Economic Forum in China had been distorted by some persons with vested interests.

The Multisectoral Strategic Action Plan on Injury Prevention and Management, a mechanism introduced in 2021 to minimise accidents, is yet to see tangible progress despite scores of lives being lost, a specialist said.

Sri Lanka has categorically stated that Katchatheevu Island will not be ceded to any country under any circumstances, Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar said.

Container congestion in Colombo harbour was completely resolved by yesterday morning, Customs Spokesman, Additional Director General of Customs Seevali Arukgoda said yesterday.

Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Akio Isomata, has emphasized the importance of increased youth participation and the consolidation of expertise for sustainable social development.

The Front Line Socialist Party (FLSP) has announced plans to take legal action against the government’s decision to hand over a stake in Colombo Dockyard to a foreign entity.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Kalutara District MP Jagath Vithana and opposition members of the Mathugama Pradeshiya Sabha have alleged that they received death threats from ruling party politicians, in what they describe as part of a broader effort t

Memorial talks in remembrance of national leader Dr Badiuddin Mahmud, former Minister of Education and one-time leader of the Sri Lankan Muslim community, are scheduled to take place today Monday 30th June evening, at the Postal Auditorium, 19, D.R.

Despite paddy purchasing by the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) having miserably failed during the last harvesting season, the board has announced that it would commence purchasing paddy cultivated during the Yala Season from this week.

The Fisheries Ministry has failed to recover an advance payment of over Rs. 50 million that was paid nine years ago for a construction firm to construct an anchorage in the sea off Kaikawala in Galle, despite the firm having not even commenced work o

The People’s Struggle Movement staged a protest in front of the American Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 27, 2025, condemning the United States’ continued support for Israel amid ongoing atrocities against Palestinians.

A consignment of 317,000 capsules of an illegal intoxicant was seized during a raid on Mohottuwarama Island on Thursday night by Kalpitiya Police.

Votes to appoint chairpersons for the Bandaragama, Weligama and Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabhas have ended in dramatic deadlocks, following heated clashes between members of the National People’s Power (NPP) and opposition

A high-level business delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), comprising around 15 members and led by Mr. Sanjiv Puri, Chairman & Managing Director of ITC Ltd and Immediate Past President of CII, is visiting Sri

The Supreme Court yesterday issued an interim order suspending the operation of the Gazette notification issued in respect of 5,941 acres of land in the Northern Province.

Health authorities in the Anuradhapura District have expressed satisfaction about the sharp decline in positive cases of HIV and AIDS reported from the district.

Sri Lanka welcomes the defence cooperation with the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region and training and capacity-building opportunities offered to Sri Lankan military officials throughout the year, according to Justice Minister

Two NPP members of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha had been abducted last morning when they were on their way to attend the inaugural meeting of the Pradeshiya Sabha to elect a chairman.

“The U.S. bears full responsibility for this criminal act committed in collusion with the Zionist regime. But Iran is a peace-loving country. We have accepted the ceasefire because we understand that our neighbours also suffer from prolonged tensio

Despite green light, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) research vessel “Dr Fridtjof Nansen” is unlikely to visit Sri Lanka since approval came late, making timely scheduling for survey here impossible, Daily Mirror learns.

The Department of Community Based Probation of the Ministry of Justice and National Integration has implemented a plan under the concept of to the barest minimum, to save the expenditure of Rs.1544 per day which amounts to Rs. 555, 840 per annum on m

The lack of skilled workers is the most pressing concern for German businesses in Sri Lanka with 47 percent of them citing it as a concern, based on a survey by AHK Business Barometer.