Colombo Port City is set to become a federal state as per the legislation that has been designed to set up an authority to administer it, an SJB MP said yesterday. SJB MP Kabir Ha

Blacklist the companies which imported edible oil with substances which increases the risk of cancer, MP Venerable Attureliye Rathana Thera told Parliament yesterday. Venerable Thera said such an action is needed to ensure food sovereignty in Sri

Action should be taken under the Public Property Act against those who alienated the Government’s stake of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) in signing the agreement on 12 May, 2

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said yesterday they would file a motion in the Supreme Court challenging the order given by the Court of Appeal with regard to the writ application filed by the lawyers of convicted MP Ranjan Ramanayake. The Cour

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Manusha Nanayakkara yesterday charged that the government had given the go-ahead to import ‘Off Label’ vaccine Sinopharm from China.

Testing of imported coconut oil commenced only after the election of our government in 2020, State Minister of Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure Nimal Lanza said yesterday. “When the tests revealed that coconut oil imported by three companie

Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Dr. Palitha Kohona visited Jinan, Shandong Province, to accept the donation of 90 surgical mask- making machines worth Yuan 17.74 million, from the DMI Group, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said. Chairman of

The Court of Appeal has decided to hear a petition filed by 20 plantation companies seeking the issuance of a writ order nullifying the Government’s Gazette notification declaring the daily minimum

The Colombo Law Society (CLS) recently launched a mobile application that provides members with access to on-line legal resources and court calendars with the support from the United States, a statement from the U.S. Embassy said yesterday. The st

The UNICEF and partners issued a report, The Direct and Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Response in South Asia in the month of March. This analysis, commissioned by the UNICEF and conducted by the SickKids Centre for Global Child Healt

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Oman in collaboration with the Presidential Secretariat and the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka, made special arrangements for the repatriation of 248 stranded Sri Lankan migrant wor

A beautification programme in the Gothatuwa Town was organised by the Environment Protection Unit of the Gothatuwa Police Station yesterday under the patronage of SSP Nugegoda Division- Nuwan Asanka. OIC Gothatuwa Police Environment Unit SI- N Kodipp

Fifteen people disregarding health guidelines in the Kataragama Town were arrested by the Public Health Inspectors during a raid yesterday. Administ

Out of the ten Mahaweli Zones, Weli Oya area of the Mahaweli ‘L’ Zone has been prioritised to improve the living condition of its settlers, State Minister Siripala Gamlath said last week. Mahaweli Zone Canals and Common Settlement Infrastruc

The salaries of Prison Officers have not been increased for more than seven years and that steps are being taken to grant them a 40 per cent salary increase soon, State Minister of Prison Mana

Health authorities who carried out raids on food outlets and catering services in the Badulla Town instituted legal action against 15 traders for selling food unfit for human consumption. Badulla District Foo

Minister of Irrigation Chamal Rajapakse said that the reservoir projects had to be implemented amid protests on the allegation of causing environmental damage. He said the pro

A stock of more than 7,000 sea cucumbers was seized and 53 fishermen who harvested them were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy during raided carried out in the sea off Mannar last week. The Navy had seized eleven trawlers and fishing equipment. The susp

Water was released from the Parakrama Samudra Reservoir for the Yala cultivation yesterday. Polonnaruwa Zone Director of Irrigation S.K.Hewagama said the capacity of the reservoir had increased t

A stock of 1,000 kilos of Glyphosate was seized and two suspects arrested by the STF and the Mahaweli Authority officials during a raid carried out on the stores of a dealer in agro-chemicals in

Three women were killed and a man was injured when a lorry rammed a three wheeler at Haggala in Nuwara Eliya yesterday afternoon. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said the three- wheeler was proceeding towards Welimada and the lorry too was headi

One of the remaining two wild elephants in the Sinharaja forest had been roaming towards the 4th km post on the Rawana – Kalawana Road, the residents of the area had noticed. After the r

One kilo and 78grams of heroin had been found in a shanty complex which had been demolished on the Maradana Courts Road during a raid by the Colombo Central Divisional Crime Investigation Unit early yesterday morning. Police said the heroi

A man who attempted to sell an elephant tusk for Rs.4.5 million through an advertisement in the face book was arrested by the Flying Squad of the Forest Conservation Department and produced before Gampana Addl. Magistrate R.S.M.Mahendrarajah yesterd

Claiming that it is the responsibility of all stakeholders in the system to ensure road safety, the police said they are conducting special operations during the Sinhala and Hindu New Year festive season.

Residents of the area including the Mahasangha yesterday staged a protest in front of the Kotmale Pradeshiya Sabha office against the proposed private hydro-power project in the Pundaluoya river.

The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement opened a Covid-19 Knowledge Centre recently as part of its humanitarian services carried out to the public. The unit was opened on February 19th by the former Vice Chancellor of Ruhunu University and Chairman of Nati

Imprisoned parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has been allowed two visitors once a month in addition to a telephone conversation facility once a week, the Prisons Department said. Ramanayake was denied visitors and telephone call facility for two w

Canadian High Commissioner David Mackinnon yesterday met North Central Province Governor Maheepala Herath at the Governor’s Office. Their discussion was centred on the development of agriculture and on the potentials of tourism. Chief Sec

Mr. Chandra Nimal Wakishta is a distinguished retired government officer who joined the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC) over 40 years ago as a young leader, through the All Ceylon Buddhist Students