All medical faculties have agreed to increase the intake of students and two new medical faculties affiliated to the Moratuwa and Wayamba universities of Sri Lanka were to be established for this year University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Sampa

Sri Lanka has an important role to play in maintaining peace and stability in the region, visiting Pakistan Air Force Chief Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said and pledged to support intelligence sharing with Sri Lanka. “Pakistan and Sri Lanka sha

The 33 Sri Lankan students airlifted from Wuhan in China on February 1 and quarantined at the Diyatalawa army hospital will be discharged on February 16, Chief epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said yesterday. He told Daily Mirror

At the upcoming general elections, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa-led alliance will suffer a defeat larger than at the presidential election, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader, MP Udaya Gammanpila said yesterda

Former Chief Justice Mohan Pieris said yesterday it was imperative that a committee comprising high officials be appointed to decide on a strategy to ensure the closure of the co-sponsored Geneva Resolution 30/1. He said this when delivering the key

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has facilitated the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) to purchase over 3,268,600 kilos of paddy worth Rs. 163.4 million during the last two weeks, the Defence Ministry said yesterday. SLA, under the directives of President Gotabaya

Amidst the public outcry against politicians who spend an enormous amount of public money to purchase super luxury vehicles when in power, the leading elections monitoring NGO, PAFFREL in a letter to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested to set

Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air ForceAir Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday. He was accompanied by his wife Mrs. Tazeena Mujahid. The Air Chief Marshal and his wife along with their entourage were received at the

A large scale Kasippu brewing den, which had been carried out for 18 years, camouflaged in the dense wetlands of the Diyawanna Lake within a mile’s radius of the Sri Lanka Parliament was busted by the Excise Department officials yesterday.

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya The National Police Commission has approved to appoint DIG Lionel Gunathilake as the new Commandant of the Special Task Force of Police (STF). The Commission which met yesterday evening had approved the name of DIG

The programme to provide jobs for all unemployed graduates and diploma holders have commenced and the application should be submitted before February 14, the President’s Media Division said. It said the objective of this programme is to create a

Compensation is still to be paid to some whose houses were damaged by the Salawa Army camp armoury explosion in 2016, Parliament was informed yesterday. Minister of Agriculture, Mahaweli Irrigation, Rural Development, Internal Trade and State Mini

Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday he sought a report from the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to ascertain whether the recent unauthorised power cuts were acts of sabotage. The country expe

A large stock of whiskey suspected to have been smuggled into the country under the nose of the authorities was seized by the Excise officials from three suburban areas of Colombo on the Independence Day (04). This raid was carried out by the Exci

A detainee in the Angunakolapelessa Prison was found dead in the psychiatric patients’ ward in the Prison hospital. The prison officials who noticed the prisoner lying motionless had taken him to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The deceased

A total of 988kgs of Kerala cannabis has been seized during naval operations carried out in this year, the Navy said. They said out of the total stock seized, over 700kg of Cannabis has been from operations conducted in northern waters. The Navy r

Eelam People’s Democratic Party Leader Douglas Devananda and Ceylon Workers’ Congress Leader Arumugam Thondaman will accompany Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on an official visit to India later this week, government sources told Daily Mirror ye

A 19-year-old youth was arrested with 70,600 US dollars, which is equivalent to LKR 12,827,977, at an Army checkpoint at Tharapuram, in Mannar.

Saman Ratnapriya was sworn in as a Member of Parliament yesterday in the presence of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. He was named as an MP by the UNP General Secretary for the vacant position following the re

Senior economic advisor to Prime Minister, Ajith Nivard Cabraal said he would make a request to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to initiate an independent Police inquiry on the Central Bank bond scam in early 2015 and dealings in the bond market between

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday assured that daily wage of Rs.1,000 would be given to the estate workers from March 1 as proposed by the government. He told Parliament that plantation companies had agreed to implement the proposal of the g

A total of 512 prisoners who have been serving jail terms for minor offences were released after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa granted a general amnesty for them in view of the Independence Day which fell yesterday.The amnesty has been granted on the

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Colombo Mayoress Rosy Senanayake and several Parliamentarians attended a ceremony held at the Sri Dharmakeertyaramaya Temple in Polwatte, Kollupitiya to commemorate the 72nd Independence Da

The Nugegoda branch of the People’s Bank presented gifts for newborns at the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital yesterday, in line with the commemoration of the 72nd Independence day. The event was held u

Special Task Force Commandant, Senior DIG M.R. Latiff retired yesterday (February 4) after 41 years in service. He assumed duties as the STF Commandant on August 19, 2016, and was its 11th Commandant. Senior DIG Latiff, was scheduled t

A study which was conducted by the National Transport Commission (NTC) concerning the relevance of the semi-luxury class bus service, would be handed over to the Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera,by the end of this week, the ministry said. The

A week-long general amnesty period has been declared by the Ministry of Defence from February 5 to12, for tri-force absentees to receive a discharge or rejoin to their service. This general amnesty is offered only to Tri-Force absentees who remain Ab

A group of fifty-eight housemaids who had been stranded in Kuwait due to harassment by their employers, returned to the country via the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Last morning. The housem

A group of elders of the Gamini Matha Elder’s Home are seen at the Gangaramaya Mal Perahera parading the streets last evening on W A D Ramanayake Mawatha, in line with the Gangaramaya Navam Maha Perahera. Pic by Kithsiri De Mel