The Government has turned Sri Lanka into a battlefield of global superpowers through ineffective handling of its Foreign Policy, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) said yesterday. SJB MP and Chief

The Egyptian Government has extended its staunch and unconditional support to the dignity, i n d e p e n d e n c e , sovereignty and unity of the Sri Lankan nation in the face of mounting internal and

Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka who resigned from Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) recently, will obtain membership of Samagi Jana Balawegaya(SJB) at its convention scheduled for March 6, Daily Mirror learns. He contested the last general election

The Cabinet on Monday decided to convene an extraordinary Cabinet meeting before the routine weekly meeting held on Mondays, Cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambuk

Co- Cabinet Minister Ramesh Pathirana yesterday admitted that the various Gazette notifications issued by the government had failed to bring the desired results and as a result, the prices of a numbe

One person sustained injuries in the army firing when three gunmen attempted to attack the Musalkutti Army checkpoint in Chettikulam. The injured gunman was admitted to the Vavuniya Hospital. Police said the soldiers from Chettikulam Brigade 213 had

The father of suicide bomber Alaudeen Ahamed Muaad who blasted himself at St. Anthony’s church, Kochchikade on April 21, 2019 Easter Sunday was yesterday ordered to be further rema

A hawk which was being attacked by crows was saved at a village in Jambugas Mawatha in Badulla. Chandratilleka Jayawee

A stock of a contraband known as “ Hash Oil or Tettra Hydro Canabisole” was seized in transit and a suspect arreste

A Project Steering Committee [PSC] meeting, co-chaired by Deputy High Commissioner Vinod K. Jacob and Keerthi Ranjith Abeysiriwardana, Secretary, State Ministry of Rural Housing and Construction and Building Materials Indu

Two men who attempted to lay a live wire from a street lamp post to the nearby lagoon at Thirukedeeswaran in Jaffna –

The vaccination programme to inoculate police personnel who fight against COVID-19 virus commenced last morning at the Police Hospit

The main character of this story is a middle-aged carpenter from a town in the Western Province where they say a tree meets another tree.

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said the East Container Terminal of Colombo Port would have been fully developed

Three persons were killed when their vehicle (Wagon R) veered off the road and crashed into a concrete pillar near the

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in her congratulatory remarks on Sri Lanka in view of Independence said Sri Lanka and Russia maintain political contacts, including at the highest and high levels, and cooperate produ

A new monthly magazine, Lanka Courier, has been launched focusing on Sri Lanka’s foreign and domestic policies to protec

International Customs Day was celebrated at the Sri Lanka Customs Headquarters in Fort on Tuesday, January 26th where the chief guest of the event State Minister of Finance Ajith Nivard Cabraal (c) wa

Thousands of devotees yesterday attended religious observances at Buddhist Viharayas all over the country to mark Duruthu Full Moon Poya, strictly adhering to health guidelines. They observed Sil at the Kirivehera Cheithiya, attended religious activi

Minister of Agriculture, Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that measure would be taken to suspend the importation of seeds that can be produced locally. He said this at a meeting held in Nuwara eliya Agrarian Service Centre to discuss about issues faced

A rare Valampuri (conch shell) weighing 1.6kg was seized and two suspects who attempted to sell it have been arrested by the STF personnel in Mullaithivu during a raid near a hotel in Mullaithivu tow

Paddy harvesting in Maha season has begun in Jaffna district and offerings are made to deities prior to harvesting in Nallur Kandaswami Temple in Jaffna. Blessings of gods were invoked prior to paddy harvesting in Jaffna district and offering a bundl

A 49-year-old woman of Thambuttegama has died after being trampled by a wild elephant. The state ba

The Navy seized a stock of 1,340 kilogrammes of turmeric and 800 packets of glyphosate smuggled into the country by sea and arrested three suspects during a raid in the Daluwa beach in Kalpitiya

In order to reduce traffic congestion in major cities, traffic signal light systems will be installed at roundabouts within six months, while improving the existing ones, Highways Minister Johnston

The Army yesterday recovered a cache of unusable artillery shells during a search operation conducted in the Mulliyawalai area. Among the a

Indian High Commission yesterday commemorated India’s 72nd Republic Day at India House – residence of Indian High Commissioner in Colombo, yesterday.

The expertise of the University of Colombo will be of enormous assistance to the government in achievement of the goals it has set itself, which is significantly to address the mismatch between what is taught in universities and other educational ins

The Special Task Force of Police (STF) arrested a 38-year old man at Wanawasala in Kelaniya with a pistol, two magazi

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has saved USD 300 million in foreign exchange for the year 2020, CPC chairman Sumith Wijesinghe told the COPE recently. The Chairman of