The Joint Postal Trade Union (JPTU) said it had launched a 48-hour token strike at the Central Mail Exchange (CME) from 4.00 pm yesterday based on three demands they had made. The union’s main demand is to convert the Postal Service into a ‘Clos

Strict security measures are to be implemented in Parliament on July 24 2019 when intelligence officers will arrive to testify before the Parliamentary select committee which is probing the Easter Sunday incidents.

Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday that UNP MP Minister Ranjan Ramanayake should apologize Mahasangha for his remarks that Bhikkhus were involved in homosexuality. Addre

Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake held talks with US Ambassador Alaina B.Teplitz regarding the possibility of further securing market opportunities for Sri Lankan tea in her country, a statement from the Ministry said. She called on th

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake and Dutch Ambassador Joanne Doornewaard were seen riding bicycles at the Independence Square Premises in Colombo where car free Colombo concept was introduced yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena has extended the term of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate corruption of the current administration by another three months, the sources said.

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha, conveyed Sri Lanka’s appreciation for the support and solidarity extended by the Commonwealth membership and the Secretary-General in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday tragedy, and called for greater focus i

A total of 1,642 people belonging to 419 families had been affected due to the prevailing drought at Kandawalai in Kilinochchi and drinking water was being distributed to them, Divisional Secretary – Kandawalai T. Pirunthakaran said.

The reports of all investigations carried out by the police regarding the Easter Sunday carnage should be sent to Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith so that he could make his observations, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterda

The prevailing row between the Government Medical Officers Association and the government has been delayed the recruitment of 350 doctors. It is the normal practice t

One year extension of service has been granted to the Navy Commander Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva by President Maithripala Sirisena. Appointed as the Navy Command

United National Party (UNP) will have nowhere to turn if it continues to work in the next one and half years as they worked during the last three and half years, UNP MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said.

The 28th commemoration of the death of Army Soldier Hasalaka Gamini Kularathne, who sacrificed his life in the attempt to halt the advancement of an LTTE bulldozer fully laden with explosives intruding the Elephant Pass Army Camp in 1991, was held ye

A demonstration organised by Ape Janabala Party to protest against Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, who is now under the remand custody over sterilization and several other issues, was held yesterday opposite the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital. Colombo District

Colombo City Excise Station (CCES) officials have earned a record sum of Rs.1.7 million as revenue to the government from fines imposed on raids and detection carried out during the first six months of the year.

Indika Bamunusinghe, a prison inmate on death row received his Master’s Degree at the Kelaniya University Convocation held at the BMICH yesterday. He is the first in Sri Lanka and fifth in the world to obtain a Master’s Degree during the period

National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) has not followed proper tender procedure in certain matters and it had allowed officials to exploit the situation, Counsel who led the evidence at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investig

TNA MP E. Saravanapavan yesterday said his party cannot trust the present government, but at the same time cannot allow the forming of another Rajapaksa government. Mr. Saravanapavan said this during the debate on the no-confidence motion brought

A total of 910 vehicles had been issued with prohibition or repair orders during an awareness programme which launched on Wednesday evening to identify unroadworthy vehicles by the police last evening, the Police said. The Department of Motor Traf

Under the arrangement of obtaining fuel on credit, Sri Lankan Airlines owes the Petroleum Corporation a sum amounting to Rs.35 billion, which, if not settled before September, would compel the corporation to stop supplying fuel. This scenario was int

The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday seized a fishing vessel which was carrying 60 kg of heroin in the seas off Galle and arrested nine suspects in it. Navy Spokesman Lt. Commander Isuru Suriyabandara said the fishing vessel was sailing without a flag sta

The wife of Pradeep Udaya Kumara (39) who was killed by a soldier on duty at the Akmeemana Upananda school grounds had been offered employment and his three children admitted to different schools as decided by the government.

UPFA MP Kumara Welgama is seen greeting former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a special commemorative event held yesterday at the BMICH to mark the 60th anniversary in politics of Sri Lanka Communist Party General-Secretary D.E.W. Gunasekara.

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) and the police jointly launched a special awareness programme to identify unroadworthy vehicles in the Western Province and to issue prohibition or repair orders, DMT Commissioner-General A.H.K. Jagath Chandrasi

The judiciary has confirmed there was no warning on impending attacks by IS prior to Easter Sunday, Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday. Speaking during the debate on the

US President Donald Trump has reiterated his commitment that the US would stand with Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday terror attacks and expand counter-terrorism, maritime, and border security cooperation with the

The opposition said yesterday it was mulling to submit a parliamentary proposal making it compulsory to present bilateral agreements such as Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in Parliament prior to them being inked. Addressing a news briefing h

After consulting the Attorney General (AG), Lands and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Gayantha Karunatilaka will include amendments proposed by President Maithripala Sirisena to State Lands Special Provisions Bill during the committee stage, a stateme

The administration of the University of Ruhuna had taken steps to close down the university indefinitely over a clash that broke out between the students and non-academic staff of the university.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is scheduled to inform the Kurunegala Magistrate’s Court today (11) of its stand on whether they would be pursuing its case against Dr. Shafi Sahabdeen, who had been arrested under Prevention of Terrorism