Prasanna Ranaweera, the State Minister of Cane, Brass, Clay, furniture and Rural Industries who met rural industrialists recently pledged to have an in depth dialogue with the President and other relevant institutions on resolving s

An Alms Giving ceremony of the Maha Sangha will be held today (September 8) at the Molligoda Degambada Maha Viharaya, Wadduwa on the occasion of the 74th birth anniversary of the Chief Incumbent Ven. Bopitiye Dhammissara Thera.

There is more likelihood of minor earth tremors taking place in the buffer zones of the Mahaweli Reservoir in the near futur

Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) leader Mano Ganesan yesterday requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to nominate a

The All Ceylon Egg Producers’ Association has decided to reduce the price of an egg by Rs. 2 with effect from Monday.

Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardana has decided to set up trade centres throughout the country to enable the people

The Ministry of Youth Affairs will be shifted to the Sugathadasa Sports Complex in Colombo, following a decision taken by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Namal Rajapaksa. The Ministry

Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said it was a myth to say that the jettisoning of the 19th Amendment would be an affront to the rule or law, democracy and judicial independence. Addressing a sem

The Pugoda Excise Station officials seized a stock of counterfeit cigarettes worth Rs.650,000 smuggled in from China in Veyangoda yesterday along with two men who were in possession of the stock.

The present All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), National Shoora Council (NSC) and other leading Islamic extremist organizations bear extremist views and all the present members of these institu

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has assured that all roads in the country will be renovated within the next four years, the President’s Media Division said. The President sa

A conductor who is in the habit of feeling the back of women boarding the bus and sometimes giving them a gentle squeeze has been taught an unforgettable lesson by one of his own bosom pals.

Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane has proposed that ‘Kansa’ should be cultivated in the country to be used as an item for value addition in the export industry. He told Daily

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the Urban Development and Housing Ministry to draw a ‘Town Development Plan’ for each and every town in the country with focus on the protection of the environment, a comprehensive

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz opened the new Khoonethivu Navalar school in Sampur on August 26. The new facilitiy includes a two-story classroom building with eight classrooms, a rainwater harvesting system with a 30,000 litre s

Plantation Industries Minister Ramesh Pathirana said the development and the protection of the environment must go hand in hand and as such the progress of the two must not get hampered by each other’s work. Minister Pathi

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed officials to come up with a lasting solution to the human-elephant conflict within two years and whilst taking measures to safeguard both elephants and humans. Accordin

National Peoples’ Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday brought to the notice of the Speaker that the former Committee of Public Enterprises (COPE) Chairman Sunil Hadunnetti had been summoned before the Presiden

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) yesterday arrested an accomplice of underworld figure Angoda Lokka with 3 kilogrammes of heroin and a large amount of cash at Orugodawatte. Police said the 40-yar-old suspect Chathura Sanjeewa a

‘Better connectivity that results in better trade relations could mutually benefit Sri Lanka and Afghanistan,’ was the main focus of the discussion when the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka Ashraf Haidari called on Prime Minister Ma

Several hand-held Chemical Detection Devices supplied by Australia were handed over to the Acting IGP C. D. Wickram

Members of the Sri Lanka Press Association (SLPA) were recently invited over for a familiarisation visit to the Colombo Port City, where a super financial hub with plush residences are planned to be erected on 269 hectares of reclaimed land which onc

Two flyovers will be constructed near the Kompanna Veediya Railway station in Colombo 2 to ease the heavy traffic sn

There had been no Tamil settlements in the North prior to 12th century, SLPP MP Channa Jayasumana told Parliament yesterday.

The truth behind former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne’s acts relating to receiving several international awards for what he had done to the country from 2015 to 2020 has now been exposed, Government Medical Officers’ Association (

Dr. Nimal Sedera’s latest book, the biography of Ven. Baddegema Dhammawansa Thera will be ceremonially launch

A conman who had cheated an employee at a gold jewellery shop in Negombo by pretending to sell his pawned gold and l

The Education Ministry yesterday announced the extending of the validity period of school uniform vouchers for grade one stu

The Committee on Parliamentary Business consisting of 26 Members of Parliament was announced by the Speaker

SriLankan Airlines yesterday said the airline continues to fly to selected international destinations including Italy – Milan, United Kingdom – London, Japan – Tokyo, Maldives – Male, Germany – Frankfurt, France – Paris and Australia