Paddy cultivators in the Tissamaharama area who resorted to transplanting and cultivated green gram have reaped a bumper ha

New website of Samudradevi BMV was launched yesterday with MP Madura Withanage as the chief guest. School Principal Sureka Siriwardana and a large number of students participated at the launch. Pic by Pradeep Dilrukshana

Five individuals were seriously injured in a head-on collision of two lorries at Mangalaeliya in Puttalam on Sunday evening.(17)

The Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army General Manoj Mukund Naravane who is now in Sri Lanka called on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana on Saturday at the Air Force Headquarters, Colombo.

The government has saved the ‘Mahapola Scholarship Fund’, a brainchild of late UNP Minister Lalith Athulathmudali, which has ironically been destroyed during the so-called Yahapalana or UNP government, Trade Minister Bandula Gu

Two Indian fishing vessels with 23 Indian fishermen aboard were taken into custody by the Sri Lanka Navy on Tuesday while poaching in the Sri Lankan waters in the East of Point Pedro and Vettilaikerni. The Navy said fast attack craft of the 04th Fa

Demand quality fertilizer before Maha season

The appeal filed by former DIG Vaas Gunawardena, his son Ravindu Vaas Gunawardena and four police officers challenging Colombo High Court’s judgement convicting them for committing the murder of millionaire businessman Moha

A double- cab veered off the road and plunged into a precipice at Ambagasdowa in Uva Paranagama killing two passengers

The proposed project will be implemented with the help of the officials of several government institutions and the political authority in the Puttalam District

A group of private bus operators yesterday staged a protest in front of the Galle bus terminal compelling the government, to permit the operation of the inter- provincial bus services as usual. The protest was or

A stock of 9,000 metric tons of chemical fertiliser is available in the country at present and steps will be taken to import more ferti

Global Lifestyle Lanka handed over a stock of 100 oximeters to Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella following a request of the Director General of Health Services, Dr. Asela Gunawardena and the Chairperson of the Association of Family Med

Disclosure in the Pandora Papers is not relevant to the present government as the person who has been disclosed to have secret funds has been engaged in politics more than a decade ago and is no longer engaged in active politics, a State Minister sai

The Mass Media Ministry is in the process of establishing a Mass Media Higher Education, Research and Training Institute with the obje

Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission in Chennai in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Powerlooms Federation organised a trade and investment delegation at the Mission premises on October 06, 2021, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said.

Payment of compensation to farmers for the loss of income, if any, after using only organic fertiliser for their farming and cultivation w

Theatrics such as getting wet in the rain on paddy fields would not help washing away the sins of robbing the Central Bank committed by those now in the opposition, Chief Government Whip Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said.

Marine Environmental Protection Authority’s (MEPA) Academy and a volunteer coastal clean-up programme, “Sayura Rakina Rella,” were launched under the patronage of the subject minister / Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterd

Government spokesman, Mass Media Minister Dulles Alahapperuma admitted yesterday that the Government of Oman had demanded a prime land in Colombo from the Sri Lanka government to set up an energy development project, after pl

Sri Lanka is among the top 5 best 20 countries to visit in the world, the Tourism Ministry said. Accordingly, Sri Lanka has been ranked 5th in the Readers’ Choice 2021 rankings conducted by Conde Nast Traveler Magaz

Whilst highlighting that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mentioning that has limited expe0rience when it comes to governing was commendable, Former Prime Minister and UNP MP Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said steps taken to abolish t

Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said over the weekend that the main opposition SJB

Minister of Transport Pavithra Wanniarachchi has instructed relevant officials to further expand the one-day services at the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) such as vehicle registration, issuance of driving licenses and transfer of vehicles.

A state minister stressed on the need to introduce a national economic development policy to be implemented devoid of any po

A large stock of foreign cigarettes worth of Rs.780, 000 smuggled into the country under the nose of the authorities was seized by the Police Special Task Force officials (STF) from Hulftsdorp recently. STF personnel f

The Court of Appeal held that the Commissioner General of Excise Department had not violated any procedure in arriving at a decision to close that Foreign Liquor Shop

”Yuthukama” has handed over this proposal to the Select Committee which has been appointed to look into electoral system changes This change has been proposed taking into consideration the results of the Presidential elections in 2015

National Collective against Teachers - Principals Salary Anomalies convened an all party conference yesterday to make public aware about the issues in the education sector, which was attended by former President Maithripala Sirisena, Oppositon Leader

‘Lions Club of Colombo Royalty’ donated essential medicines to the children’s ward at Apeksha Hospital in Maharagam