The second reading vote of the budget 2023 will be taken up at 5pm today

President Wickremesinghe invited the Scout Movement to join the environment-related programmes

An altercation between two individuals during a drinking party at Nagawila in Pallama on Sunday evening (20) had resulted in one of them being stabbed to death with an iron spike. A group of four individuals had felled trees in a private land in N

The 113th Annual General Meeting of Government Officers Benefit Association (G.O.B.A) was held recently at the Auditorium of Royal College, Colombo. Mr. Nihal Francisco was elected as the President of G.O.B.A. for the next year. D.S.P. Dunusinghe and

Air tickets were symbolically handed over to young workers through the IRO College of Education technical intern recruitment of Sri Lankan workers in Japan. The IRO institute has made arrangements to bring 200 workers under the Industrial

A stock of 6.280kilos of Kerala Ganja smuggled from India by sea was seized by the Sri Lanka Navy during a search operation in Urumalai beach in Mannar.

The clash broke out at 2.45 am yesterday and the Police said some sharp weapons were used for the attack

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) said it is gravely concerned as to the manner in which the present economic crisis and the

Some political leaders have got disturbed and are asking for the premiership and the government as negotiations with do

Practical issues had arisen to convene even Parliament due to the fuel crisis, where MPs find it difficult to travel f

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Patali Champika Ranawaka who fell out with the party leadership and decided to sit independently in Parliament teamed up with a team of MPs from Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in meetin

A Nigerian national wanted for two Court cases in Colombo and who had tried to flee the country to Cambodia via Malaysia and Singapore with a forged Seychelles passport was nabbed by the immigration officials at the Banda

It is essential to go for any kind of election which will reflect the people’s mandate, so that Sri Lanka could get more internati

US President Joe Biden at the G7 Summit yesterday, announced $20 million in additional assistance to strengthen food security in Sri Lanka, US embassy in Colombo said. It als

Former MP M .M .Zuhair, who also served in ambassadorial posts in some countries in the Middle East, asked as to why Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had not directly broached Sri Lanka’s humanitarian crisis with the Saud

Education Ministry requested the PUCSL to avoid power cuts between 7 a.m. to noon to accommodate online education

A tense atmosphere prevailed near a filling station in Vishwamadu in Kilinochchi on Saturday night (18) due to a clash between the army and people waiting for fuel. It is alleged that the unruly situation had erupted when a group of

The Army said that Saturday’s incident at a fuel station in Vishwamadu was a deliberate attempt by some suspicious elements to sabotage the goodwill and the cooperation that prevails between members of the Security Forces a

A 13 year old child was injured when wildlife officers on duty at Katukeliyawa on Saturday night(18) opened fire at a tipper lorry t

Racketeers had published in various media that they had received foreign employment specially in countries such as Japan, Romania, South Korea and Israel

The Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) today said that all-Island private bus services will resume to normalcy after today following the decision of the Power and Energy Minister. LPBOA Chairman Gemunu Wijerat

H.E. Tan Yang Thai, High Commissioner of Malaysia, his spouse and Members of Alumni Malaysian Technical Cooperation

Long queues were seen at Kosgas Junction to purchase Kerosene due to the shortage of domestic gas in the country.

The Sri Lanka Navy apprehended a local multi day fishing trawler with 38 individuals, suspected to be on an illegal migration attempt to a foreign country via sea, during a patrol carried out in south-eastern seas of the island yesterday.

Army Commander Lt. Gen. Wikum Liyanage said the army had already launched a food production campaign to provide relief to the people in view of the imminent food scarcity facing the country. After

The Renewable Energy Association said some 7,000 people in the renewable energy sector are running a risk of losing their jobs due to non settlement of dues to renewable energy sector players for providing power to the national grid. Followi

Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris at the Ministry of Foreign Aff

Colombo bound Sagarika Express from Beliatta was held up last morning at Weherahena level crossing due to the absence of the gateman to close the gate for traffic. However, the gateman had informed Matara Railway Station over the phone that his mot

One died and two others were seriously injured in a shooting at Moraketiara in Tangalle on Sunday night (05). The injured were admitted to the hospital. The

Two men have been arrested by the STF with 349 kg of Kerala cannabis (ganja) which has a street value of more than Rs.50 million during raids in Jaffna and Kilinochchi on Friday. Th