Four suspects were arrested with 300kg of Kerala Ganja by the Navy during a patrol conducted in the seas off Punkudutivu in Jaffna today. The Navy said as a part of its regular patrols in the country’s territorial waters, the Navy had spotted a

UNP MP Mujibur Rahaman speaking at a press briefing queried as to why Ajith Nivard Cabral a person who has been accused of having brought losses to the government during his tenure as the head of the Central Bank, is not being removed from his curren

The acting Indian High Commissioner Vinod K. Jacob encouraged students of Sri Lanka to make use of the 25,000 plus seats earmarked in Indian educational institutions every year for foreign students. He said the Indian Government also offers 750 sc

Many teachers are facing difficulties due to amendments being made by the Ministry of Education to the recommendations of the Teacher Transfer Unit instead of implementing them. The Chairman of the All Island United Teacher’s Union The Ven. Yalw

By Dayaseeli Liyanage The Civil Security Department has decided to launch a programme to cultivate lime plants in the areas frequented by wild elephants along the electric elephant fence. The Director General of the Civil Security Department Rear

Eight people die per day due to road accidents and therefore with a view to minimizing road accidents and traffic congestion, a letter including a suggestion to discourage the import of motorbikes and three-wheelers and many other suggestions to be i

The government is taking all measures needed to end the drug menace in the country, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Speaking at an event held at the Buddhist Centre in

Veddah Chief Vishva Keerthi Vanaspathi Uruwarige Wannileththo requested Sri Lankans to act humanely in order to save the country from the Coronavirus outbreak, instead of considering it as an income or a business. He said he was informed that Gove

The Surveys Department published the eighth edition of the travellers map of Sri Lanka following a launching ceremony at the Department on Wednesday. Speaking to the Media the Department’s Surveyor-General P. Sangakkara said the new metric syste

The political parties in power should first consider and fulfil the basic changes that Sri Lankan judiciary system requires, in a context where some voice clips by MP Ranjan Ramanayake, stirred controversy and raised many questions about the independ

A total of 14,022 houses would be built under the national housing programme “Gamata Geyak- Ratata Hetak” within 60 days, State Minister of Housing Indika Anuruddha said yesterday. The state minister told a media br

The cabinet appointed committee on redress to government and semi-government employees who were subjected to political victimisation administratively during the ‘Yahapalana’ government, commenced its work yesterday. Addressing a media briefing,

While claiming that the screening process at the airport to detect coronavirus infected people was not sufficient, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday the Government should adopt a mechanism with high-technological equipment to detect

State Minister for International Cooperation Susil Premajayantha, who led the Sri Lanka delegation to the Twelfth Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) held in Quito, Ecuador recently, had discussions on improving trade between Ecuador and

Offshore Patrol Vessels, Inshore Patrol Vessels and Fast Attack Craft belong to the SL Navy and MI 17 helicopter of the Sri Lanka Air Force joined in the first day of Colombo Naval Exercise 2020 (CONEX 20).

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had met with Attorney General Dappula de Livera at the Speaker’s Residence on Tuesday afternoon following a decision taken at the Constitutional Council (CC) last Friday, Parliament sources said. The AG has enli

The Department of Educational Leadership and Management at the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) will be declared open today. The Department is established as the fourth department of The Faculty of Education which was established at OUSL in 2003

Chinese authorities have established an all-dimensional and multi-level epidemic containing network where CPC Central leads governments at all levels, and has been putting great efforts in Wuhan and other much infected Hubei cities. The Chinese Em

At a meeting between High Commissioner of India Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Vice Chancellor of University of Ruhuna, Prof Sujeewa Amarasena, it was decided that the High Commission of India in Colombo would institute annual Gold Medals for the best per

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said there were many instances where illegal goods were being imported to the country and said the Customs should thwart these attempts in order to increase state revenue.

Pakistan has pledged to support Sri Lanka in combating drug trafficking and human smuggling activities, the Defence Ministry said. Visiting Pakistani Navy Commander Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi expressed Pakistan’s assistance to government’s ef

India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Sarkaryavah General Secretary Suresh Bhaiyaji Joshi has said, the Hindus of Sri Lanka are not facing any persecution like those in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Times of India reported. Talking

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) yesterday defended the government’s decision to bring back Sri Lankan students from China due to the new coronavirus, and said that proper check-ups would be conducted before releasing these students. Speaking at

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday said that politicians shouldn’t meddle in the investigations into judges over the controversial phone recordings. SLPP Chairman Professor G.L.Peiris said the Chief Justice (CJ) and the Judicial Serv

Former President of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Sunil Handunnetti in a letter addressed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, had requested him to take legal action against those who were responsible for the bond scam b

While urging the Police to be committed to control the drug menace, Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne said the Police needed to be more active to control the drug menace through collective efforts and careful planning. He reque

Three suspects including a 16-year-old boy were arrested by the Police Narcotic Bureau officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with gold biscuits worth more than Rs.50 million last morning, airport senior official said. He said th

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake yesterday denied the allegations levelled by the traders at Colombo Manning Market that stalls at the new Manning Market, Peliyagoda would be given to members of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and to their friends.

The Inter-University Bhikku Federation (IUBF) yesterday staged a protest march from Galle Face Green to the President Secretariat demanding that the government abolish the MCC and SOFA agreements which they said, would surrender the country to the US

Twelve people including nine suspects were injured in an accident involving a Black Maria and a lorry at Kaluwilapathana, Ambanpola yesterday morning, the Police said. They said the prison bus was on its way to the Mahawa Prison from the Galgamuwa