A ceremony to commemorate leading labour leader A. E. Gunasinha on May Day was stopped by police owing to Covid-1

The programme to administer the second dose of the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccination was given to the Health Workers of the Municipal Council yesterday at the Campbell Park Ground.

A leading businessman in Weligama who had in his possession four Valampuri conch shells and an illegal weapon was arreste

The number of CORONA positive detainees identified from the Angunakolapelessa Prisons had increased to 57 with 37 new patients

No one should make ayurvedic medicines created for combating COVID-19 a business, MP Athureliya Rathana Thera told Parliament yesterday.

The Mount Lavinia Magistrate observed that the Breathalyser test conducted by the Mount Lavinia Traffic Police was faulty and not in line conforming to the Motor Traffic Act. Hence the six

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara yesterday requested the Speaker not to allow MP Rishad Bathiud

Seventy-five people have been taken into custody by the police during raids conducted on Tuesday at night clubs, gaming centres and spa centres in the Western Province for violating quarantine regulations issued by the Director-General o

The students who obtained the first and second places and the island ranks during the recently announced 2020 GCE Advanc

Progress on the construction work on the Central expressway had been delayed by the lethargic work of a company owned by a former Cabinet Minister of the Yahapalana Government who had undertaken the contract on the Pothuhera-Meerigama Str

UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene called on the Chief Sanghanayake for Japan and South East Asia Ven. Pelpola Vipas

A ceremony which was to be held over the weekend to commemorate Sri Lanka’s leading labour rights activist and political leader late A. E. Gunasinha was stopped by the police just minutes before its commencement. Chief organise

Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday said that the Opposition Leader and SJB should learn from the examples of their counterparts in other democracies and give priority to national interests.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is not a party of the rich and the upper class people but a party of the oppressed segment of the society, its Leader Sajith Premadasa said during the weekend. Speaking during

Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage informed farmers and traders to take their stocks of vegetable to several other economic centres until the Dambulla Economic Centre reopened. He pointe

The divisional hospitals in Maskeliya, Ginigathhena and Ambana are to be developed as COVID-19 treatment centres.Ce

A programme to mark the 130th birth anniversary of prominent Sri Lankan labour rights activist A. E. Gunasinghe will be held tomorrow (May 1), near his statue at Gunasinghepura in Colombo 12 at 11.30am. Samagi

Former Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya passed away yesterday at the age of 68 at a private hospital in Colombo, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. He was the

Police Special Task Force personnel from the Gonahena STF Camp raided an illegal toddy bottling plant in Kochchikad

The Japanese government made public the recipients of “The Order of the Rising Sun”, conferred by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan on foreign nationals who have made distinguished contributions to enhancing friendly relations with

Veteran journalist Sudewa Hettiarachchi was appointed as the Director-General of the President’s Media Division yesterday.

The Russian House in Colombo celebrated Earth Day 2021 by symbolically planting 35 trees and bushes at the Russian House premises located at No. 10, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7, marking the 35th anniversary of the Russian Hou

The Government has decided to close all schools, pre-schools and Pirivens in the country until Friday (30), considering the prevailing COVID pandemic in the country, Education Minister Professor G.L Peiris said. He said a discussi

A large stock of iron plates, suspected to be stolen from Ganegoda Worksite of the Central Express Way Project was seized in tr

At least 14 individuals, including 13 soldiers had been injured in a head-on collision of an Army truck and a tipper lorry at the Urumpirai Ju

Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday said that the opposition’s hypocrisy is amply displayed by the fact that they are crying about the rights and plight of the suspects of Easter Sunday terror attac

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited the Welanwita Village at Haldummulla in the Badulla District this morning (26) to inspect the progress of the first Gama Samaga Pilisandara (Discussion with the Village) programme, a statement from the President

At least one person was killed and five seriously injured following a clash between two groups in Point- Pedro, Jaffna yesterday. The injur

The Colombo High Court yesterday postponed for June 16, the hearing of the case against former Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne and two others over the leasing of the Modera Fisheries Harbour to a pri

The Public Security Ministry has decided to purchase modern types of equipment that are being used globally to spot drivers who drive vehicles after consuming or puffing drugs, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. He told this at a spe