One of the plus factors that had emerged from the Covid 19 pandemic were the new inventions that expose the capabilities, skills and creative abilities of our youth, Skills Development, Vocational Edu

G.G. Chamila Dilhani Kumari of No. 98,Yabaraluwa,Malwana has been diagnosed with end stage renal disease (kidney failure). Doctors have recommended a kidney transplant to save her life.

In a bid to uplift the local industry, a Footwear and leather products Exhibition was launched yesterday at the Diyatha Uyana under the patronage of Minister of Industries Wimal Weerawansa. Pix Damith Wickramasinghe

Fifty-eight Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) ex-provincial council members contested the General Election and 28 were elected to Parliament, SLPP founder Basil Rajapaksa said. Mr Rajapaksa expressed these views while speaking at a ceremony he

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a compassionate move has instructed Prison Reforms and Prisoner Rehabilitation State Minister, Dr. Sudharhini Fernandopulle to explore the possibility of releasing about 46 children of wom

A group of unemployed graduates handed over a petition to the Presidential Secretariat underlining their grievances yesterday.

Leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance and Colombo District Parliamentarian Mano Ganesan said the Tamil Progressive Alliance was the fourth strongest political party in the ninth parliament. Addressing

Ambassador Manori Unambuwe presented her Credentials to the Federal President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Federal Republic of Germany on 20th August 2020

Graduates who qualified from various foreign universities under bilateral scholarship programmes are in for a rude shock over the exclusion of their names from the lists of those selected for employment in the state sector. Accordin

An accused who pleaded guilty of the rape of an underage girl was sentenced to 15 years rigorous imprisonment suspended

A woman who had in her possession 50kilos of Kerala Ganja was arrested by the Kilinochchi police during a raid on a house at Mu

Three people including two superintendents of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) were killed on the spot and three others were admitted to the hospital when a van plunged down a 150-feet precipice on Saturday (22) early morning n

Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya over the weekend requested the government not to repeal the 19th Amendment but to revie

The Colombo Crimes Division has arrested four gangsters including drug trafficker Saranga Pradeep alias “Welle Saranga

National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) is urging to amend its act under the blessings of the new government to minimize the hard liquor culture in Sri Lanka and for starters to prohibit the easily purchasable quart

120th Sri Dalada Maha Perahera Ceremony of the historical Kotte Rajamaha Viharaya began on August 17 with an all-night Pirith chanting ceremony and a “Sangagatha Dakshina” (offering alms to th

State Minister of Regional Co-operation Tharaka Balasuriya said Sri Lanka will maintain close ties with its neighbours, adding that regional co-operation is essential to attract investment to the country.

Customs officials seized 222 grams of ‘Kush’ cannabis which has a street value of over Rs.2.2 million yesterday. The na

The State Intelligence Service (SIS) informed former IGP Pujith Jayasundara on April 19,2019 about the Eastern Province Police not conducting effective investigation with regard to bicycle bomb explosion that took place in Kattankudy on April 16, 201

The 47-year-old Police Sergeant who was critically injured in the accident in which a tipper truck ran over a group of police officers last month on the Matara-Hakmana road, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in hospital yesterday.

Former SIS Director SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena yesterday informed the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks that he had never visited his seniors including the President or the Prime Minister of the country to wish them on New Year and other occasions.

Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara did not understand the gravity of the situation when former SIS Director Nilantha Jayawardena informed him about the reliable intelligence with regard to April 21, 20

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday made a stop to talk to the graduates who were protesting outside the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo and assured that they would be given jobs. The graduates launched a protest urging the government to award t

The first copy of the book titled, ‘Corona Period’ authored by senior journalist Sarath Lal Kumara was presented to Dr. Anil Jasinghe, former Director General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health.

Acting Regional Manager of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) in the Northern Province had been arrested by the Bribery Commission officials for accepting a bribe of Rs. 60,000. Director (I

The importation of fabric, garment and apparel will be stopped and the segments of textile, batik and hand loom will be made major industries in the country through value addition and introduction of modern technology, Batik, Handloom and Domestic Ap

Chairman of the CEB Engineer Mr. Vijith Hearth opened the new Ja-Ela Area Engineer’s office that had been refurbished and digitised at a cost of Rs. 48 million recently. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) in its objective has taken steps to

Police received intelligence report from State Intelligence Service (SIS) with regard to the incidents pertaining to coordinated terror attacks, only after the Easter Sunday bomb blasts on April 21, 201

The 61 people including 54 children who were killed in a bomb attack on an orphanage at Sencholai at Devipuram in Mullthivue during the military conflicts in 2006 were commemorated yesterday. However the commemoration was held in a low key on the ins

The commemoration of the 28th death anniversary of the late Lt.Gen. Denzil Kobbekaduwa was held on Saturday (08) at the Kudagonaduwa Uttala Chethiyarama temple in Panaduara with the di