A large stock of pharmaceutical drugs that are commonly being abused by addicts as an intoxicant was seized by Excise and National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) officials in a joint raid carried out in Colombo on Monday.

JVP MP Bimal Ratnayake said yesterday not only the Muslim Ministers but also the entire government including the President and the Prime Minister should resign over the Easter Sunday attack. He told parliament that Muslim ministers should not resig

Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) held a protest march yesterday from Technical junction to Fort Railway Station urging the authorities to provide solutions to several demands including the government to take action to abolish the ‘Battic

House Leader Lakshman Kiriella yesterday invited the UPFA to participate in the proceedings of the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Easter Sunday attacks. “Please attend the proceedings as the main obstacle which made y

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s affidavit will be filed to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka next Friday, the Commission said.

Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka has urged the President and the Prime Minister on the need for the removal of Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, Western Province Governor Azath Salley and Eastern Province Governo

Chairman of the Elections Commission Mahinda Deshapriya said the Elections Commission was ready to hold any election first, be it Presidential or Provincial Council. Commenting on the Preside

A woman and her accomplice had been arrested in connection with housebreaking and robbing mobile phones, electronic items from a house in the Mahawewa area, the Thanamalwila Police said.

A 38-year-old Japanese man was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for attempting to leave the country with foreign currency amounting to over Rs.8 million.

Samurdi certificates were distributed to recipients in Jaffna by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday. Ministers Rajitha Senaratne, Mangala Samaraweera and Daya Gamage and state Minister Vijayakala Maheswaran, TNA MPs Mavai Senathirajah and

TNA MP Mavai Senathirajah yesterday called for a political solution to the national issue based on Federalism. Mr. Senathirajah made this statement at a ceremony held in Jaffna to distribute Samurdhi to new recipients.

The government has decided to appoint senior and experienced advisers to the leading tourist hotels in the country in charge of its security management. State Minister for Tourism Development Ranjith Aluvi

New land laws will be introduced soon replacing the traditional laws, Minister of Lands Gayantha Karunatilleke said over the weekend. The Mi

A suspect who had been impersonating a major of the Sri Lankan Army Intelligence, has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) at Soysapura in Moratuwa on Saturday. The suspect identified as Moha

One of the top priorities before the government was to enact legislations immediately to wipe out religious fundamentalism from the soil of Sri Lanka, which is proliferating like a cancer, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ra

President Maithripala Sirisena instructed officials to cancel the licences of timber mill owners who keep illegal timber in their possession. He issued these instructions to respective officials at a progress review meeting held at the Forest Cons

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) yesterday urged President Maithripala Sirisena in writing to remove Rajitha Senaratne from his office as the Health Minister and arrest him with immediate effect.

A large volume of illicit liquor worth over Rs.500,000 was seized by Excise Department officials after raiding a major scale moonshine distilling plant in Kandana on Wednesday. The department’s flying squad Excise Bureau of Special Operations (B

The newly-appointed State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake assumed duties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. He was sworn in as the State Minister before President Maithripala Sirisena. The State Minister was receiv

Social Empowerment and Primary Industries Minister Daya Gamage yesterday said he was yet to get any redress for the harassment he underwent during the last regime as a result of Enterprises of Underutilized Assets Act No.43 of 2011. Minister Gamag

State Minister of Media and Defence, Ruwan Wijewardene handed over a cash donation to veteran journalist and former deputy editor of the Sunday Lankadeepa, A.L.K. Perera on a concept of the Press Council that veteran journalists must be felicitated.

Sri Lanka Army’s Air Mobile Brigade of the 53rd Division with a history of 25 years of excellence undertook its milestone anniversary spectacle -- the 310 kilometre-long ‘Walk of Warriors’ (Ranakaminge Pagamana) after a brief inaugural ceremony

Sri Lanka Navy and Walana Anti-Corruption Unit are assisting operation carried out by the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) to raid the illegal sand mining spots in the Trincomalee District, the Navy said.

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya Two sisters aged 19 and 20 were arrested with counterfeit currency notes valued Rs. 20,500 at a supermarket at Saranankara Road in Dehiwala yesterday. They were arrested on a tip off received by the Kohuwala Poli

Twenty Sri Lankan illegal immigrants who were on their way to Australia by a people smuggling vessel, were intercepted by the Australian authorities and sent back to Sri Lanka yesterday. Australian media reported that

The Kelaniya University was temporarily closed except for the Medical faculty with immediate effect following a protest staged by a group of students last morning, University’s Media unit said.

Two brothers who were consuming liquor while squatting on the rail track in Ambepussa area were hit by the Badulla-bound express train from Colombo on Wednesday night killing one of them instantaneously and injuring the other.

The Finance Ministry yesterday said a circular had been issued to leasing and finance companies to grant two months installments relief for private bus owners. The decision was taken by the Ministry after several requests made by the private bus oper

The No-Confidence Motion (NCM) submitted against Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen is a baseless document, the All-Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) yesterday said.

A herd of wild elephants had roamed into Sandanamkulama in the Maradankadawala area and caused damage to houses and crops, residents said. A woman living all alone in the house had a narrow escape when one of the jumbos pulled down a wall of the hous