The Department of Wildlife Conservation has decided to use GPS technology to monitor movements of elephants and thereby managing the issue which has reached serious proportions.

The government announced its decision to set a guaranteed price for rice and it has been decided to reveal the new price next week.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will contest the upcoming elections, including the Local Government and Provincial Council elections, under the ‘Chair’ symbol, SLFP General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake said today.

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe met Prime Minister of Nepal K.P. Sharma Oli on Thursday at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar,

An individual who videoed the private parts of several women and attempted to extort money or demanded sex bribes by blackmailing them by way of threatening to share the video clippings on internet and another who aided and abetted it were arrested b

A Memorandum of Understanding for rehabilitation of the Karainagar Boatyard in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, with grant assistance from the Government of India to the tune of Rs. 290 million was signed and exchanged by High Commissioner of Indi

The annual concert and the Christmas carols of the CNC Nursery School in Pugoda,

Wildlife Conservation Department announced that no deaths of hill country leopards had not been reported from Hagala Wildlife Range for the last year.

Veteran politician J.R.P Suriyapperuma who represented Parliament from time to time for a few decades died yesterday at the age of 96. He last represented the House last from 2010 to 2015 as a national list MP of the UPFA.

The passenger ferry service between Kankesanthurai and Nagapattinam in India, which had been suspended due to inclement weather experienced in the North from October to December last year, resumed today.

A foreign tourist takes a selfie with Air Force personnel near the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, yesterday.

A group of 50 individuals with hearing impairments who underwent special training provided by the Department of Motor Traffic will receive driving licences.

Tens of thousands of devotees flocked to the places of religious worship at the dawn of New Year 2025 last morning.

The annual birth rate in the country, which previously stood at 350,000, has reportedly dropped significantly, Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Deepal Perera said.

The appointment of Dr. Jayanga Thilakarathna as Resident Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (RO) at the Castle Street Hospital for Women (CSHW) has sparked significant backlash, with both the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) and the Asso

Claiming that the government achieved some stability on the surface level of the economy, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday the government will implement an economic policy framework aimed at addressing the deeper structural problems

One inmate in Matara prison was reported dead and ten others were injured when a Bo tree within the prison premises fell on them.

The National People’s Power (NPP) government has not made a big difference where the development of the country is concerned, Former MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said yesterday.

The one-year ban on foreign research vessels for the conduct of surveys in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters ended yesterday, and the government has decided not to extend it because it is not in conformity with international laws, Daily Mirror lear

A massive protest was launched yesterday in Oyamaduwa against the Wildlife Department’s decision to release the wild elephants captured from other areas to the Wilpattu Forest Reserve.

Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong said that early this year, the Chinese government supported the northern and eastern regions by providing essential supplies for livelihoods with a total value of Rs. 1.5 billion rupees, including housing units, rice, a

The government should come up with a particular time frame within which the Executive Presidency would be abolished and a new constitution would be enacted, a well-known civil movement said yesterday.

The ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ programme focusing on areas such as social behaviour, environmental cleanliness and people’s ethical behaviour will be launched tomorrow with the participation of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secr

A Gazette notification has been issued by Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, prohibiting the featuring of children under the age of 12 years in advertising food items, effective January 1, 2025.

Former Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapaksha said yesterday an issue has arisen in releasing imported rice to the market due to higher taxes imposed on imported rice.

A former member of the Nuwaragam Palatha Pradeshiya Sabha (UNP), a farmer from Mahawilachchiya, staged a protest yesterday on the roof of a bus halt on the Mahawilachchiya–Pemaduwa Road, demanding an increased fertilizer subsidy.

The Insight College Panadura Annual Awards Ceremony was held at the S. De. S. Jayasinghe Hall in Dehiwala last week. Counsellor of the Malaysia High Commission Mohammad Bin Tuming was present as chief guest and distributed gold medals and certificate

An attempt to sell a stock of ambergris for Rs.15 million was foiled and two suspects taken into custody by wildlife officers with the help of the police.during a raid in Giriulla area yesterday.

The election of the Chairman and the Board of Directors of Mahara Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society in the Gampaha district was held yesterday (29) . The members had shown a particular interest in the election and a large percent of members voted whe

The death of another wild elephant that run over by the Batticaloa bound express at Habarana was reported on Saturday night (28).