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

The people living along the rivers and at downstream areas of Attanagalu Oya had been asked to be vigilant of rising water levels, the Irrigation Department said yesterday. It said water level of the Attanagalu Oya at Dunamale Gauging Station would r

Six gangsters including accomplices of underworld figurine Angoda Lokka and Uru Juwa had been arrested by the STF during special raids in the Nawagamuwa, Ranala and Hanwella areas, the STF said. They said the 26-year-ol

Galle District Secretary Somarathna Widanapathirana said that a decision taken by the Cabinet at the meeting that was held on November 11 to immediately stop the cultivation of oil palm in Sri Lanka, has been

Proficiency in at least two languages should be made mandatory and considered as a qualification when recruiting new state employees, Public Administration and Home Affairs State Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said yesterday. He expressed these vie

Distributing vouchers instead of providing school uniforms would be the most practical and efficient method, the Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said yesterday, addressing a ceremony at Dharmapala

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today said they would provide technological and other assistance needed to create a drug-free prison environment in Sri Lanka. They said this at a discussion held between Minister of Justice, Human R

Mitra Shakthi - VII, a joint military exercise between the Indian Army and the Sri Lanka Army will commence on December 1 at the Kumaon Regiment camp premises in Pune, India, the Army said. The exercise is an annual train

The Education Ministry yesterday instructed its officials to conduct a countrywide dengue prevention campaign in schools prior to the commencement of the O/L examination and again before the reopening of schoo

In a tweet, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said leader of the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) Ranil Wickremesinghe was recognised as the opposition leader upholding established parliamentary traditions. His tweet said, “Recognition of

UNP MP John Amaratunga had said he was ready to resign as the party organiser for Wattala and hand over the reins to a young party member. “I have been in Parliam

The train services on the Northern railway line was temporarily halted due to the derailment of the Colombo-bound Yal Devi express train from Kankesanthurai - Jaffna last afternoon, the Railways Department said. Speaking to the Daily Mirror

Mahaveerar Day was celebrated at Jaffna University despite a notice issued earlier by its Vice Chancellor Professor K. Kandasami that students should not mark the occasion on November 26 and 27 within the campus premises. It had warned legal action

The Examinations Department yesterday announced the date the GCE Ordinary Level Examination will commence in December for the year 2019. Commissioner General of Examinations B. Sanath Pujitha said the examination would be held from December 2 to 1

Former Lieutenant Commander, Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi alias ‘Navy Sampath’, who was arrested over the charges of abduction and disappearance of 11 youths from Colombo in 2008 and 2009, was further remanded till December 4th by the Colombo Fo

The government will develop the Mattala airport as a cargo hub and a training facility for aeronautical engineering in partnership with the private sector, a Minister said yesterday. Industrial Export, Investment Promotion and Civil Aviation Minis

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed secretaries to 20 ministries and handed over the letters of appointment yesterday at the Presidential Secretariat.

The Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya has requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to support in legislating guidelines for media in parliament so as to ensure free and fair elections.

Action is being taken to lift the ban on the farming of sea leeches in Kilinochchi and Iranathivu, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Douglas Devananda revealed. At a discussion held last Monday, he said the farming of sea leec

Sri Lanka has a not so appealing tag as the ‘Country with the Biggest Electricity Bill’ in the region and as such, the priority of the Power and Energy Ministry under the new government would be given, to bring down the power generation cost and

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday requested the people of the Tamil and Muslim communities to join the party at the upcoming parliamentary election. Addressing a news briefing held at the SLPP head office, MP Lakshman Yapa Abeywarden

The Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma yesterday assured that school uniforms will be provided instead of distributing vouchers, from the beginning of the first term, next year. The minister said it was regrettable that steps had not been taken

New Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa offered flowers in veneration and received the blessing of the Sacred Tooth Relic at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in keeping with the traditions of the ancient kings. He also pledged to lead the country towards prosper

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the Police on restructuring the activities related to the safety and the beautification of the environment, followed by a massive operation to protect the environment that is to be initiated soon.

An organised group of racketeers selling heroin and ganja to school children was arrested by Nuwara Eliya Excise. OIC Nuwara Eliya Excise station T.M.G.Tilakaratne said he carried out the raid on information on the ongoing racket in Hanguranketha,

A decision has been taken to file action against two officers of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation for the loss of Rs.358 million to the Corporation due to the sale of tar. According to Audit

A motorcar transporting a group of passengers on their way back from a wedding had veered off the road hit a parked motorcycle and auto rickshaw and turned turtle at Mihiripenna in Talpe on Galle- Matara highway on the 21st Thursday night. Three f