A 46-year old suspect was arrested with a haul of 323 kg of Kerala Ganja (cannabis) by the Sri Lanka Army while being transported in a lorry at Veravil in Jayapuram on Saturday. The Army said Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) troops, together with t

Two Sri Lankans, who arrived from Covid-19 hit Italy and admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), had been tested negative for Covid Virus, hospital sources said. They were admi

Shanthi Foundation has taken steps to establish the first Palliative Care Hospital in Asia at Ambatalava in Anuradhapura. Specialist Doctor Suharsha Kanathigoda said that foundation stone will be laid next week by Shanthi Foundation for the hospit

COPE Chairman and JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti yesterday requested Power and Energy Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage not to resort to any emergency power purchases claiming that it was a huge loss to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). He said emergenc

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s regime would be a time of religious and social awakening in the country, Maha Sangha predicted. At the National Conference of All Island ‘Sasanarakshaka Bala Mandalaya,’ which was held at the BMICH last Wednesd

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday lifted the overseas travel ban imposed on MP Namal Rajapaksa till July 23, 2020.

Irrespective of whether Basil Rajapaksa becomes a parliament member or not, he should be given a responsible and powerful position in the new Gotabaya Rajapaksa government to be formed after the gener

It was an honour to work as the Ambassador to Sri Lanka, said Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan when he came to the Presidential Secretariat yesterday to bid farewell to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Ambassador Cheng will be leaving to take up his new

Sports Minister Dullas Alahpperuma said yesterday he had directed the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the Secretary of the ministry to conduct an inquiry into the incident where cricket fans were assaulted at the cricket counter at the Sooriyawewa stadi

Information and Communication Technology State Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would get full financial powers after the dissolution of Parliament on March 2 and will have the authority to allocate funds to set

Steps have been taken to modernise Gampola town with a new plan as an administrative town which was not developed for several decades. This plan was discussed in the divisional secretariat auditorium at the request of Kandy district parliamentaria

The Transport Ministry had forewarned that there would be a possibility of more than 3, 000 individuals getting killed due to road accidents within this year, Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He said while strengthening the transport servi

Allaying fears of a possible COVID 19 spate in Sri Lanka, the Government Epidemiology Unit (GEU) yesterday said that in the current Sri Lankan context,, there was no scientific justification for people including children to wear face masks. The num

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is likely to contest the general elections from the Gampaha District, well informed UNP sources said yesterday. They said that Speaker Jayasuriya was not keen to be included in the national list. “Mr. Jayasuriya

Opportunity to visit Saudi Arabia has been temporarily suspended by the country’s authorities considering the spread of Coronavirus, foreign media reported yesterday. Accordingly visiting Islamic holy places such as Mecca will be temporarily suspen

Senior Deputy Solicitor General R.M. Sobhitha Rajakaruna was sworn in as a Judge of the Appeal Court before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

Several animal rights organisations gathered yesterday in front of the Nelum Pokuna theater to stage a silent protest urging the government to pass the Animal Welfare Bill. “We are a Buddhist country but we have done very little towards the well-be

While saying that it was natural to have issues regarding granting of nominations to crop up during the run up to elections, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila said the situatio

A large number of well planned development projects undertaken by the Urban Development Authority during the time when Mahinda Rajapaksa was the country’s President were halted on political reasons by the former government and these development pro

The Colombo High Court case filed against former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Director General of Divi Neguma Department Kithsiri Ranawaka for allegedly misappropriating Rs. 36.5 million of funds of the Divi Neguma Departm

The tourist police presence in the country is to be increased to strengthen the safety and security of tourists, The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority said. This was revealed during a meeting held

The last two LTTE suspects who were in custody in Malaysia have been acquitted, and discharged. Two more men accused of supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist group were ac

Pakistan High Commissioner Major General (Retired) Muhammad Saad Khattak has informed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa that they are fully prepared to cooperate Sri Lanka in counter-terrorism efforts. The High Commissioner ha

Six suspects including two Maldivians were arrested at Dehiwala on charges of being in possession of four kilos of heroin with a street value of more than Rs.40 million, Police said. They said the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) personnel who conducte

State Minister of Urban Development Gamini Lokuge said that the government headed by the United National Party had no interest in obtaining the service of local architects at all. He made this remark while on an inspection visit at the old Bogamba

The Lakvijaya Coal Power plant (LCPP) at Norochcholai resumed power generation from yesterday, a Power and Energy Ministry spokesman said. He said the LCPP which was renovated at a cost of Rs.690 million, had broken down again just ten days after

Following the governments’ recent tax concession for VAT (15%) and NBT (2%) for the import of wheat flour, the Bakery Owners’ Association had decided to reduce the price of a 450g loaf of bread by Rs.5.00 with effect from midnight today. Speaking

With the intense dry weather continuing, and in order to provide electricity continuously without any interruption the Ministry of Power and Energy has decided to purchase 128 Megawatts of power from private

Rear Admiral D. K. P. Dasanayake yesterday informed the Presidential Commission appointed to probe public sector political victimisation that the former ‘Yahapalana’ government had forcibly brought him back to the country when he was following po

The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) said yesterday its members would launch a countrywide work stoppage today as a protest over the absence of a favourable reply from the President and his failure to take action to pay an interim allowance until the s