The Maussakele and Castlereagh main hydropower reservoirs were reaching spill level by last morning due to the heavy rainfall experienced in the western slopes of the central hills forming the catchments of two reservoirs. Engine

The Badulla police arrested three suspects in connection with an alleged assault on a doctor of the Badulla general hospital. They were produced before Badulla Actg. Magistrate Heminda Dayawansa and remanded till June 08. Police

An accused who stood indicted with murder was found guilty and sentenced to death by Balapitiya High Court J

The government will take eight steps - bus lane priority, promotion of cycling, park and ride services, the increase of frequency of rail services - to be implemented from June 15 to redress the current passenger transport crisis, a statement from th

A senior party stalwart of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday expressed his utmost displeasure, disappointment and opposition to what he called the double standard of the party leadership applied to two groups of SLFP

The Mahanayake of the Malwatu Chapter Ven. Thibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera said a food production pro

A voluntary group of Professionals met former Minister Ruwan Wijewardene and former Minister Sagala Ratnayake at Prime Minister’s Office at Flower Road. The group had held this initial discussion on the basis of shared concerns on Sri La

A group of individuals posing as irrigation officials had felled and taken away several teak trees in the Kelani river rese

A 14-year-old girl and her mother died, and two others in the family were seriously injured when the trishaw transpo

Students to national schools will not be admitted as long as an audit inquiry is concluded on the issue as a slew of misdeeds and misappropriations have been reported on the student admission system to National Schools, Educati

The cold blooded massacre of 32 Buddhist monks at Aranthalawa by the LTTE terrorists on June 02, 1987 was comm

The Cabinet has given the green light to Prime Minister and Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to submit a Supplementary Estimates to Parliament for the rest of 2022 estimated at Rs. 695 billion. Cab

​The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) yesterday approved the scheduled power cuts from tomorrow. Accordingly, the

The Education Ministry is conducting a formal investigation into abusing of an ordinary level (O/L) female candidate by an examination invigilator on May 25. While issuing a media release, they said Minister Susil Premajayantha drew the attention

Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) yesterday unanimously approved a resolution to transfer the current Municipal Commissione

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed the officials to immediately launch a comprehensive public-private partnership programme on food security. Stating that negotiations with several c

Fordyce canal in Hatton that flows through Fordyce estate in Hatton and feeds the Castlereagh reservoir is to be widened under a project implemented by the Nuwara Eliya district Disaster Management Centre. Asst. Director of th

The recent survey has revealed that the constant derailments in the upcountry mainline between Badulla and Bandarawela is due to the flow of water into the railway line. A senior official of the Railway Department in Nanu-oya said a mechanism woul

She migrated to Australia with her family when she was 11, and she has called Melbourne’s South-East home ever since

An agricultural research officer on his way to obtain fuel in the early hours of Saturday morning has died after being attacked by a

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed a relief p

LITRO also requests consumers to check with the area agents regarding the date and the number of gas cylinders they will be supplied with before queuing up

All arrangements, including supply of fuel for public transport and examination staff, have been made for the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination which begins today (23), Examinations Department Commissioner General L.M.D.

General Secretary of the SLFP and former Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said yesterday that the 11 party alliance and the SLFP were still to see the contents of the No Confidence Motion (NCM) to be moved in Parliament by the SJB against

Castlereigh and Maussakele hydro power reservoirs have been rising fast due to the heavy rain experienced at present in

Even though the Lanka Indian Oil Corp (LIOC) increased their fuel prices, there has been no decision taken on increasin

The Colombo-bound Podi Menike Express train from Badulla last morning derailed near Badulla railway station c

Chief of Defence Staff and Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said yesterday that the Sri Lanka Army does not mean harm to people whom they have committed to protect and neither does it hatch secret agendas as alleged. He said the A

A stock of dry ration valued more than Rs. 52 million was distributed among the people yesterday by President of Kaluta

A woman of Udayapuram in Jaffna had been killed and the body and her motorcycle buried in a home garden. Police said the victim Pradeepam Jacintha (42) of Udaypuram was a money lender. During