The funeral rites of the Mahanayake of the Sri Lanka Amarapura Nikaya, Most Ven. Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thera were held at the Dharmapalaramaya temple in Mount Lavinia yesterday. The Thera had p

Cosmetic products to the value of Rs. 17.2 billion has been imported within five years from 2015 to 2019, it was revealed in Parliament.It was also revealed that the amount of perfumes and cosmetic pro

There will be a relaxation of new procedure banning vehicles running with worn-out tyres, a Government Minister assured in Parliament yesterday. Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage assured that he would hold a discussion with the IGP a

Three people including two Police Officers attached to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) were named as suspects in a case field against several PNB officers in 2020 on connection with drug

The prices of all bakery products might be increased during the upcoming Sinhala/Tamil New Year season due to the current taxes and price revisions, All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association (ACBOA) Pre

Estate Workers’ Centre demonstrates in Colombo against moves to avoid the payment of increased daily wage of Rs.1000 to workers .

A stock of 239 kilos of Kerala ganja smuggled from India was seized in transit and two suspects arrested by the Palai police during a raid in the Uduthurai area of Jaffna in the early hours of last morning. Police said they ca

Sri Lanka was lending money to the UK during the era of former Prime Minister the late D.S. Senanayake though it has become indebted to almost all powerful nations at the moment , UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterda

A woman died and two children were seriously injured in a head on collision of a trishaw and a lorry at Tholabowat

The Court of Appeal has yesterday directed that the writ petition seeking the issuance of a writ order nullifying the gazette notification declaring the minimum daily wage of tea and rubber plantation workers to be Rs.1,000 is to be called on

Matale district SLPP MP Rohana Dissanayake has informed the Inspector General Police (IGP) to hold formal investigations of the ongoing Walla Patta cultivation in Puwakpitiya in the Knuckles range. The Parlia

Minister of Land and Land Development S.M.Chandrasena said the Land Development Ordinance passed in 1931 would be amended to meet today’s requirements . He said the proposed amendments had already been referred for further

SJB MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha yesterday said he is willing to reveal what he knows about State Intelligence chief Sur

While claiming that the government camp had created the fake Facebook page called “JVP Parisarawediyo” which was cited

The judicial system in Sri Lanka was one of the most backward sectors that had failed to acclimatise with the modern technology and as a result a backlog of hundreds of thousand court cases remained stacked in courts, Justice Minist

Sri Lanka has been included among countries listed in ‘Category A’ from where people can travel to Pakistan without a COVID-19 PCR test.

The United National Party ( UNP) condemned the forced removal of a mural on display at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo which depicted environmental issues in Sri Lanka.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will make a state visit to Bangladesh on March 19 and 20 on an invitation extended by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister’s Media Unit said.

Dr. Nimal Sedera’s new book tittled ‘Americanuwan Sithgath Dhammawansa Hamuduruwo’ was recently launched in Brisbane.

In comparison to 200 Judges, in developed countries

The Attorney General has filed indictments before the Trial-at Bars hearing the cases pertaining to the Central Bank Bond Auctions which had taken place between 29 and 31 March, 2016, Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer, State Counsel Nishara J

The ‘Suvaseriya1990’ pre-hospital risk management and ambulance service’ has filled a gap in the free healthcare system in the country since its inception, Epidemic and Covid Disease Control State Mini

COVID-19 is not communicable through blood and that the blood donated by the people will not create any health hazard, Director General of the National Blood Bank Dr. Laxman Edirisinghe said.

The leaders of political parties aligned with the government decided to create the necessary legal infrastructure for the immediate conduct of the elections to the provincial councils, a Minister said yesterday. Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Alu

Parliament will continue the debate on the Presidential Commission Report which probed Easter Sunday attacks, on 25 and 26 March, a statement from Parliament media unit yesterday said quoting Hous

The CID has informed the court that it has not yet received the Attorney General’s (AG) instructions regarding the investigations into former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former IGP Pujith

An man posing as a Sub Inspector of Police who had been responsible for a series of frauds was arrested by the Western Province (South) Crime Investigation Division during a raid in Pannipitiya.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala ordered CID to show cause as to why a suspect who allegedly shared a video in the Face-book was not charged under cyber crimes but under Prevention of Terrorism Act. The Magistrate made this observatio

Despite the wide spread notion that the Adanis Group of India and a Japanese company that are expected to join with the SLPA to develop the West Container Terminal (WCT) in a joint venture, woul

CMC passes resolution with UNP, SLPP voting in favour