The 12th installation ceremony ended under strict health guidelines on the 30th June evening with a positive note at the Professor Laksman R Watawala Auditorium of AAT Center, Narahenpita, Colombo 05 by installing club president and the executive com

UNP has decided not to go for a coalition but to form its own government after the general elections. This decision was made by the UNP working committee which met at party head quarters- Sirikotha yesterday. Meanwhile

The government’s measures to analyse the impacts of foreign agreements such as the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on national security, commenced soon after ending the country’s civil war, former Chief of National Intelligence (CNI) Kapil

Kalutara District UNP candidate Palitha Thewarapperuma, who threatened to withdraw his candidature, said yesterday he would resume his election campaign as the Election Commission Chairman informed him that he could not legally withdraw his candidatu

The National Elections Commission has received a total of 2,207 complaints as of Tuesday 4.00 pm regarding election law violations and violent activities, the Commission said. It said 604 violent ac

Forest Conservators Professional Organisation has requested the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa not to abolish the Ministry of Environment circular no. 5/2001 that provided protec

The 12 officers attached to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), who were arrested for alleged drug trafficking charges, were ordered to be remanded till July 21 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jaya

The assurances made by former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to revive the economy, if elected, are false, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader and SLPP Colombo District candidate Udaya Gammanpila said yesterday.

Several malpractices and erroneous COVID 19 test reports are being released by certain external PCR laboratories con

The election commission (EC) announced that it is prohibited to canvass or distribute hand bills or engage in any such activity related to the election in any public institution. The EC urg

State Intelligence Services (SIS) has the responsibility to inform about serious threats to the national security, to the President and to mention such threats in the Threat Assessment Report, retired DIG Mohammad Hafiz Marso yesterday i

The corruption case filed against former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and two others was postponed for October 6 by C

Yala National Park has opened an information centre on leopards found in Sri Lanka and the 108 leopards living in the national park at present. Park Warde

Residents of the area expressed concern about abandoning a large stock of wire, concrete posts and other material for the proposed 12-km- electric fence from Sorabora to Serana to the mercy of elements at the Dehigolla Sri Purwara

A 35-year-old man was admitted to the Kilinochchi Hospital with serious injuries following an explosion at his house i

The illegal felling of trees in the Bambaragala Forest Reserve which forms a part of the Knuckles range, a highly sensitive environmental zo

The Deputy General Secretary for the UNP Ruwan Wijewardene who engaged in religious observances at the Kelaniya R

By Hemalatha D. Hewage - Sandalankawa A 28 year old woman from Ihala Hundirapola in Pannala had been clubbed to death by her husband during an altercation on Thursday night, the police said. The victim Shehani Jayanthika Salmali was a mother o

Elections Commission (EC) Chairman Mahinda Deshapariya requested voters to bring a ballpoint pen along with them when they come to vote on August 5 for their own safety but added if a voter does not have a pen to mark the ballot paper, officials will

A two-thirds majority in Parliament is needed at the forthcoming the General Elections to amend the Constitution in order to sort out issues in the country, Prime Minister and SLPP Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Speaking at an SLPP represe

The International Rotary Club has donated a fully automated PCR machine to the Medical Research Institute (MRI) of Sri Lanka to expedite the diagnosis process of COVID-19, the President’

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said he placed special emphasis on strengthening relations with Africa during his presidency but unfortunately, work was dismantled by the previous administration. He added that

Former UNP Central Colombo Electoral Organisation (Bala Mandala) Vice President Uthpala Kadiragonna passed away following a brief illness at the age of 73 on Tuesday night. Ms. Kadiragonna who

Schools which closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic were re-opened today as the first phase. Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma visited the, Dharmapala Vidyalaya Boys School in Pannipitiya - Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda and t

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Northern Province Governor P.S.M. Charles discussed steps being taken to prevent unauthorized boats arriving in the peninsula from India, the Prime Minister’s Media Division said yesterday. The Governor

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would be joining Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLP

Director Health Services Dr.Anil Jasinghe said All Day-Care Centres which had been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, have been allowed to re-open from July 6th. The cent

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said they would establish a sensitive and a people-friendly government from the General Elections on August 5 in order to find immediate solutions to the people’s plight. Speaking

The strike action which was launched by postal workers at the Central Mail Exchange (CME) was decided to be called off ye

Government should decide on the fate of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement especially in the wake of negotiations on the agreement that had begun during the tenure of incumbent Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa wh