The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Rome and the Consulate General Office in Milan have arranged facilities to cater to over 10,000 Sri Lankans who would seek consular assistance in the process of regularising their visa status under “Sanatoria 20

DIG Waruna Jayasundara assumed duties as 13th Commandant of the Special Task Force of Police (STF) yesterday.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator, is all set to fine-tune the externality cost – social and environmental cost, that Sri Lanka incurred due to power generation from thermal power plants w

The Police will refrain from arresting protesters at public venues unless there is an extreme situation that would lead to serious violation of law and order causing public unrest but all those involved would be referred to a spell of quarantine, Cab

A 57-year old man was hacked to death by his son-in-law at Oruwala in Athurugiriya on Wednesday night, police said.The

The Government Printer, Ganga Kalpani Liyanage said yesterday that all gazettes sent to her by the Elections Commission (EC) have been printed and sent back to the EC. The date of the general election 2020, serial numbers assign

A fire broke out at a multi-storey building at De Seram Road, Maradana last evening. The Fire Brigade said five fire trucks wer

Wildlife Conservators in the Polonnaruwa wildlife zone expressed concern about the human elephant conflict in the area that has been increasing in alarming proportions every year. Asst. Director of Wildlife Conservation W.G.Kirthi Chandraratne

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Archaeological Heritage Management in the Eastern Province has been tasked to conserve all archaeological heritage sites in the Eastern Province irrespective of religion, Defence Secretary K

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday said its Matara district candidate Mangala Samaraweera will continue to support the party though he had withdrawn his candidature. SJB Genera

The Foreign Ministry has dispatched 10,000 kg (2,000 packs) of essential items including dry rations, to be distributed th

The government has decided to change working hours for the public and private sector employees based on the convenience of employees, traffic congestion and productivity at offices, Power, Energy and Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraw

While extending appreciation for the steps taken to look after the health and safety of those Sri Lankans in Arab countries, Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that the government plans to bring the returnees from the region in a syst

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to find immediate solutions to issues faced by farmers relating to the supply, distribution and use of fertilizer, the President’s Media Division said. It said the issue of fertilizer is a c

People who found themselves helpless in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak have fallen from the frying pan into the fire after the government imposed the special commodity levy resulting in the price increase of essential commodities, t

Admiral Professor Jayanath Colombage, Additional Secretary to the President for Foreign Relations, told Daily Mirror that according to government policy, the priority in the repatriation procedure for Sri Lankans stranded abroad was no

A Police Constable attached to the Thalangama Police was arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting the main suspect w

The STF arrested an associate of the late Zahran Hashim and Abusali Abubakar, the main suspects in the Easter Sunday att

Expressing concern about the establishment of Task force on Building a Secured Country disciplined, Virtuous and Lawful Society, UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam yesterday said taking such policy decisions is not an accepted practice dur

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse who praised the efficiency of the country’s health services said Sri Lanka could outwit the develo

A huge branch of a jak tree which had fallen on to a live high-tension power line and then collapsed on a lorry had caused th

Members of the farming community were seen standing in long queues outside fertilizer shops in Dambulla over the last few days to purchase their requirements of fertilizer. However it was evident that most of them had been left in the lurch d

Former Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera yesterday called for the fast-tracking of signing Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agreement, establishment of robust fiscal rules, and structural reforms of state-owned enterprises

Sri Lanka’s first ever Faculty of Technology, built at a cost of Rs.3 billion for the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, will be

UNP Deputy General Secretary cum Kelaniya new UNP Organiser Ruwan Wijewardene paid a courtesy visit to Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya during the weekend, where he received blessings from the temple’s Chief Incumbent Kollupitiye M

A 26-year-old had been killed when his firearm accidentally discharged at the Wasgamuwa National Park on Saturday night, the Police said. ` They said the incident was reported when the victim and two other relatives of his had gone hunting at the W

A total of 98 Officers of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) have been promoted to their next ranks by Presid

A special three-day dengue prevention programme was launched within the municipality limits by the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and the Police Environmental Protection Division yesterday Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his Poson Poya Day Message said we all should determine to overcome the COVID-19 p

The Educational curriculum at Pirivena’s is to commence on the same day as all schools, the Education Minister Dullas Alaha