Laws pertaining to archaeology are to be changed in order to save those who destroyed the assembly hall of King Buvanekabahu, UNP Deputy General Secretary Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday

Restrictions on movement to and from Rajangana in Anuradhapura imposed recently would be lifted with effect from today (31) Anuradhapura Government Agent R.M.Wanninayaka said. He said th

A woman who deserted her three-year-old daughter and five-month-old son at a temple in Koslanda was taken into custody by Koslanda Police. The police sai

An Archaeological Advisory Committee was appointed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Buddha Sasana and Cultural Affairs Minister yesterday to obtain assistance in protecting archaeological sites scattered across the country. According to th

The Asian Development Bank ( ADB) had claimed that Sri Lanka’s current GDP growth is -6.1 percent (minus 6.1). The Department of Census and Statistics should clarify this and reveal the real growth” Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB) yesterday urged

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa and seeveral SJB candidates visited the Manning Market yesterday. Mr. Premadasa and others inquiring into the prices of fruit and vegetables t

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) yesterday requested the people to consider the past and present track records of the politicians along with the election promises that they make aiming

Parliament approval is vital if the government is to go ahead with a Repo agreement with the Reserve Bank of America, UNP Deputy General Secretary Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said he had to make a difficult decision to expel 54 former MPs who are contesting the general election under Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and others from his party to safeguard the

Some 1.50 kilos of heroin were seized and six suspects including a woman arrested by the Nugegoda Division Anti Vice Unit during a raid at Bellanwila. The suspects are between ages of 26 and 45 year

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Kegalle District Leader Kanaka Herath contesting the upcoming general election said the SLPP would give priority to uplifting the national economy based on

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila yesterday pledged to plant one plant for each preferent

AFP - Rain kept Stuart Broad waiting for his 500th Test wicket as bad weather frustrated England’s bid for a series-clinching win

A welder in a motor vehicle workshop at Kendahenawatta in Ranala in Nawagamuwa had succumbed to his injuries when a ca

The Treasury has provided funds up to Rs.10,400 million to purchase paddy during Yala season at the price of Rs. 50 per kilo, the Finance Ministry said. In a stateme

A group of Buddhist monks including Ven. Athuraliye Rathana and Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera handed over a letter to the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulam

The United States is helping Sri Lankan apparel producers to export Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the United Sta

The report released by the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) yesterday estimated that a total of Rs. 514 million has been spent by political parties for their general election campaigning for two weeks starting from July 2.

Despite having a severe shortage of dental surgeons in the country, the Health Ministry has failed neither to give appointments to dental surgeons who have completed their internship nor to pay their intern allowance, a batch of nearly 100 den

Risk factors for oral cancer have an indirect impact on spreading COVID-19, a seminar was told yesterday. Touching t

A new one-day international Super League to determine qualification for the 50-over World Cup in 2023 will launch this week, the Inter

Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe together with Lions Chairman Binara Jayawardena ,Lions District Governor Lasantha Gu

Eight suspects had been arrested with a stock of 1,150 kilos of beedi leaves smuggled from India by Kalpitiya Police during a raid at the Kappaladiya Beach when it was being unloaded, the Police said. “Under interroga

A teacher of a private education institute and three of his female students, who pleaded guilty of bathing in a stream in the Horton Plains National Park had been fined Rs 20,000 each by Nuwara Eliya Magistrate Pamoda Jayasek

About 58,000 people belonging to 17,185 families in the Jaffna District had been affected by drought, a senior official in the District

Two soldiers and another person, who had been arrested by Aranagalwila Police when transporting a stock of Kerala ganja were produced before Polonnaruwa Magistrate Asela De Silva and remanded till July 31. The su

The first copy of the book tittle ‘Kalu Jeewithath Wati’ ( Black Lives Matter), written by Veteran Journalist Sarath Lal Kumara was handed over to the former UN Under Secretary General, Dr. Jayantha Dhanapa

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has told the final Cabinet meeting of the SLPP Government held on Wednesday that he would give priority in the new SLPP government to resolve burning issues of the most vulnerable sections of the country as he had been ab

The Government is considering the resumption of the Demerit Points System for driving licenses, Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. The demerit system was considered as a strategy t

Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK Sri Lanka) recently signed an agreement on certification according to German standards for Technipreneurs Lanka with German World