The Anuradhapura Municipal Coroner and his assistant were remanded till April 21 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Mohamed Rishwan today over allegations of accepting a bribe of Rs. 2,000 for issuing a postmortem report

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Udaya Gammanpila said yesterday that former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan played a key role in smoking out LTTE terrorists from the eastern province.

All arrangements for the exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic tomorrow are nearing completion. Sri Dalada Maligawa, the Kandy Municipal Council, the police, security forces, and other government establishments have organized the grand ceremony, which

Not ruling out the connection between Pillayan, exiled Channel 4 whistleblower Hanzeer Azad Maulana and Saharan Hashim with the Easter bombers as a script of the same incident, the civil society activists yesterday urged the government to probe into

Health authorities have raised concerns over a noticeable increase in the spread of the Chikungunya virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes and poses a serious threat to public health, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

As the Sinhala and Tamil New Year approaches, medical specialists are warning the public about the dangers of low-quality firecrackers being sold in the market.

Police said yesterday that special security and traffic arrangements will be in place during the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year festive season.

Pearl Cluster, a company that manages a diverse portfolio in the energy, construction, software, digital marketing and healthcare sectors, celebrated 12 years in business on Wednesday at a function at the Waters’ Edge Hotel, Battaramulla.

A school cricket team from the UK visiting Sri Lanka was given a warm and heartfelt welcome upon their arrival at the Blue Sapphire Tourist Hotel in Kaluwamodara, Aluthgama.

The Jaffna-Palali main highway which had been closed during military conflicts was opened yesterday after 34 years for use by civilians.

An individual who had obtained the services of a Spa in Anuradhapura area video recorded the scenes of his sexual encounters with a young woman employed there, and earned money by hiring her for prostitution under threat of sharing the nude footag

A gang of five men including two police sergeants, a Civil Security Constable and two others who abducted a retired naval rating at gunpoint and robbed him of Rs. 4.5 million was arrested by Mihintale Police.

Against the backdrop of China’s foray into the Indian Ocean for research, India also remains ready to tie up with Sri Lanka to undertake hydrographic surveys, Daily Mirror learns.

A person named ‘Ranaweera’ who ran an unlawful detention centre in Welipanne during the late 1980s has been appointed as an advisor to the Ministry of Public Security today, opposition MP Mujibur Rahman told Parliament yesterday.

The Matara Magistrate’s Court yesterday granted bail to suspended Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon.

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that the provincial council funds were withdrawn from banks during Chamara Sampath’s tenure as Chief Minister in accordance with a circular issued by the then government.

While highlighting that signing of a defence pact with India will affect Sri Lanka’s non aligned foreign policy, Opposition MP Dayasiri Jayasekara yesterday called for a debate on the pacts which was signed with India recently.

The answer to the Sri Lankan debt crisis is a revolutionary solution and refusing to pay back any loans taken as they were not taken for the sake of the working class people or the farmer fraternity, is our solution, the Socialist Equality Party (SEP

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should directly negotiate with US President Donald Trump to ensure an amicable solution to the crisis brought on by the 44 percent reciprocal tariff, SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday.

Former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne claimed that if someone like President Ranil Wickremesinghe were currently in government, he would have directly engaged with Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the U.S. President, to negotiate a reduction of the 44

Claiming that no section of the public service has been allowed to collapse over the past six months of the present government, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said if officials continue to resist change, the government will proceed to remove and

The Chairman National Science Foundation, Professor Saman Seneweera at the launch of the Objective Science Reporting Programme mentioned that Sri Lanka lacks in adapting scientific research due to the communication gap in delivering scientific report

Former Police Constable of the Presidential Security Division (PSD) was remanded till April 22, by Colombo Additional Magistrate Bandara Ilangasinghe yesterday over allegations of defrauding over Rs. 1 billion by showing photos of luxury vehicles hel

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake sent an official letter to US President Donald Trump over the recently imposed reciprocal tariffs on Sri Lankan exports to the US, Minister of Labour Anil Jayantha Fernando said yesterday.

Colombo, April 8 (Daily Mirror) - The current government has decided to reverse the previous administration’s decision to privatize the airline, the President’s Media Division said. Instead, it plans to continue operating it as the national car

The Cabinet approval has given the green light to award the contract for the procurement of five shipments of 92 Octane Unleaded petrol to M/s Vitol Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore, marking a key step in ensuring the country’s uninterrupted fuel supply o

Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias ‘Pilleyan’, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago, police said. The reason for the arrest not revealed until this edition went to print.

In the wake of the government bracing for dealing with the fallout of the U.S. tariffs, it will have a tougher time ahead in securing the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), a trade facility to secure market access to the markets in the Eu

There are two ministers in the present government who have faced corruption charges, Opposition MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake told Parliament yesterday.

The government has not given up on bringing former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran back to the country at the first opportunity, Cabinet spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said.