Ruling party MP Gevindu Cumaratunga who also spearheads the “Yuthukama” Organisation said it would be against the two-third mandate of the government to conduct the Provincial Council polls before the evolution of a new constit

An efficient service could be provided to hospitals presently run by the Provincial Councils, by taking them under the wings of the C

UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel has been ordered by a secretive tribunal to review the ban on one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups. The Proscr

District Grant Project – Donation of computers and printer for the use of nearly 200 Sunday School children from low income fa

Marking the International Women’s Day as a day of mourning, women of the Northern and Eastern provinces organised a protest march in Mullaitivu calling for international intervention to find out what happened to those who disappe

The U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Martin Kelly visited a Mines Advisory Group (MAG) demining site to observe the painstaking measures undertaken to clear improvised explosive devices in the area and spoke with a team of female de

Items were international brands of whiskey, brandy, gin, rum and vodka

Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah was arrested by the CID on April 14, 2020. In a statement issued yesterday, Eight Human Rights Ambassadors of Europe including the United Kingdom, Germany

The report overlooks the dangerous reality that Western interests are in direct conflict with Sri Lanka’s interests of establishing unity, peace and harmony amongst its citizens. Former MP M.

Two persons including a woman were arrested with 68Kg of Heroin during a search operation conducted yesterday morning in Denagama in Deiyandara, Matara, the police said. Police Sp

The debate on the report of the Presidential Commission which probed the Easter Sunday attacks will take place in Parliament today. Leade

Education Minister Prof. G.L Peiris announced yesterday that with the recommendations from the Health Services Director General, all schools in the Western Province will open for Grade One to four, Grade Six to Ten and Grade 12 on April 19, while Gra

The Organisation for Free Women held a protest march from the Elphinstone roundabout to the Presidential Secretariat mar

The proposed project to effect repairs to the Mihindu Maha Seya in Mihintale was inaugurated yesterday by Defence Secre

A fresh move is on to invest the EPF in the Colombo Stock market putting the monies which belong to the working class people in jeopardy, an SJB MP said yesterday. SJB MP D

On 07-03-2021 Minister of Public Security retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara said that all investigations which required to be carried out by the Police regarding the Easter Sunday attacks have been completed and 32 persons will be p

Rice suppliers in Marandagahamula expressed concern about the controlled price on rice which they said was not practicable. They pointed out the price of Kiri Samba was 147.00 a kilo yesterday although the control price was Rs.102. They

Covid-19 vaccine will be given to all Sri Lankans within three months, a senior Minister said over the weekend. Minister of

A massive stock of counterfeit cigarettes worth over Rs.90 million that was smuggled into the country through a consignment of ir

The Education Ministry has requested permission from the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) on re-opening sch

Many things in life are limited in the current examination system and it should be understood that at times, the real talented or excellent candidates lose the opportunity in the written examination system, Minister of Justice PC Ali Sabry said

The marriage certificate of Jennifer Ingelton, the late beauty queen of 1962 whose death had occurred under suspicious circumstances according to her brother and relatives, was filed in Magistrate Court by her husband. At the outset

The Business Committee meeting of Parliament chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday decided to co

The Court of Appeal yesterday set up the Writ Application filed by former Navy Commander Admiral of the fleet Wasantha Karan

The Colombo High Court yesterday read out the indictments filed against former Megapolis Minister Patali Champik

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who was the chief guest of Sri Lanka Air Force 70th Anniversary Air Show held in Colombo yesterday is talking to Chief of Air Staff of Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Rakes

More than a kilo of Kerala Ganja was seized in transit and a suspect was arrested by the Mount Lavinia Police during a raid carried at Vidyala Road in Mount Lavinia. Police said tr

OIC Maradana Police Chief Inspector Nalin Jayasundara and the team are inspecting a stock of recovered building construction accessories worth over Rs.1.5 million, which had been stolen from shops

A woman in wheelchair waiting to get the COVID 19 vaccine in Colombo on March 3, 2021.after the government decided to give the vaccine to everyone over 30 years of age in the Western province for a start.

Health Authorities in the North Central Province are perturbed by the spread of a skin disease caused by fungus infection. Medical Offic