Farmers of Pamburana said that around 400 acres of paddy cultivation have been destroyed due to flooding. Most farmers have obtained bank loans to cultivate their paddy fields during ‘Maha’ season and currently they are unable to settle the loan

Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardane said the Asian Century of the World Economy has begun and the high economic growth rates of the future world are being generated from Asia. The minister expressed these views at the commemoration of 35

The Sri Lankan Cricket team’s visit to Pakistan and the first ever international test series being held in Pakistan since 2009 would revive international cricket in the country, Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi has said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited the Vidyalankara Pirivena on Saturday and paid homage to the relics enshrined at the premises. Later, the President called on Ven. Walamitiyawe Kusaladhamma Thero and the Chancellor of the Sabaragamuwa Univers

A resident of Udagama in Alawathugoda has given birth to quadruplets (males) at Peradeniya Teaching Hospital recently.

The torrential rains experienced in the upper reaches of the Badulu oya have once again given life to the pristine beauty of the Dunhinda falls with its ethereal white veil of mist enveloping the surrounding hills.

Sri Lanka’s authorities must end discrimination against LGBTI people, Amnesty International said on Saturday, as the human rights organization published a comic book recounting the struggles of LGBTI people in Sri Lanka. “Spectrum: Four Stories

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday had summoned Journalist Tissa Ravindra Perera last week to record a statement over his media reports published on the Easter Sunday Attack. He had

Individuals recruited recently on casual basis have been illegally deployed in the Confidential Branch of the Department of Examinations even though as a practice employees who were deployed at that branch had to be cleared based on police reports an

The Minister of Transportation Mahinda Amaraweera has instructed the railway authorities to refrain from taking over the newly constructed railway line extended from Matara to Beliatta without conducting an investigation to see if the construction wa

The ambassadors of the Middle Eastern countries called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday and pledged their assistance to the new government, Prime Minister’s Media Division said.It said the Ambassadors who belongs to the Middle Eastern

Environmentalists are of the opinion that the recent Cabinet decision to allow the transportation of sand, granite and soil without permits will have some negative impact on environment in the short and long term. Environment, Wildlife Resources, Lan

Anunayake of the Malwatte Chapter Ven Dr. Niyangoda Sri Vijithasiri Thera said yesterday proposing two states in Sri Lanka by the UK’s Conservative Party in their Election Manifesto was not at all suitable for that party. The Anunayake Thera sai

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who met with Canadian High Commissioner David McKinnon said, Sri Lanka would like to see more Sri Lankan-Canadians come back and invest in the country. The Prime Minister’s Media Division said Prime Minister Raj

New Zealand, which is ranked No. 1 in the “ease of doing business” index, has said it would be happy to provide assistance to Sri Lanka to get its rank improved in the index. New Zealand High Commissioner Joanna Kempkers expressed this upon ca

In another achievement in the healthcare sector, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Sri Lanka as a country which has eliminated mother to child transmission of HIV and Syphilis, Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said

An Advanced Level student of a leading school in Matara who had in his possession 120 foreign cigarettes smuggled to the country was arrested by the Matara Division Crime Investigations Unit oppos

The commissioner-general of educational publications yesterday instructed all heads of schools to arrange for the handing over of textbooks to students on the very first day of starting of the first term next year. The commissioner-general sai

The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Sri Lanka Ahmad Ali Al Mualla paid a courtesy call on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. Engaging in a cordial discussion with the President, the Ambassador assured

The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) yesterday insisted that Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardena should make an immediate response over the UK’s Conservative Party manifesto which had supported a two-state solution in Sri Lanka. In its manif

The US donated landslide monitoring instruments to Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organization (NBRO) to more effectively manage the risk of landslides in Nikgaha, Kalutara, the US Embassy said. As part of the initiative, engineers and g

Reaffirming the cordial relationship that has always existed between Egypt and Sri Lanka, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi has extended his heartfelt greetings to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on his winning the trust of the Sri Lankan people.

Initiatives have been taken to form a Sri Lanka – UAE Business Council to promote bilateral trade and economic ties as the United Arab Emirates, is one of the major partner of investment, trade and human resources supply of Sri Lanka, Health, Indig

The Committee on High Posts and all the Sectoral Oversight Committees in Parliament will continue to function despite the prorogation of Parliament while other committees such as Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Committee on Public Accounts (C

Twenty-one foreigners were arrested by the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Wellampitiya yesterday (03) for illegally staying in the country. Department of Immig

Minister of Power and Energy Mahinda Amaraweera said that he had received information that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had taken measures to purchase electricity from the private sector incapacitating the programme for producing electricity us

The heavy rains recently experienced had caused damages to the furniture, office equipment including computers worth over Rs.2.5 million and to important documents in the Zonal Education Director’s Offic

Policy Makers should be appointed to implement community based policies, former State Minister H.M.M Harees said speaking at the prize-giving event of Kalmunai Mahmud Ladies, College on Thursday (28).Ad

The Ministry of Finance said that the income of the people would rise and they would receive economic concessions as a result of the reduction of VAT on telecommunication and PAYE. Finance Ministry Director (Media) Mohamed Ali Hassan said that telep

The manager of a leading rice producing company in Sinhapura in Welikanda who was produced in court on behalf of t