All Island Ayurveda Health Services Association staged a protest outside the Health Ministry yesterday against the transfer of 650 doctors who received appointment letters on January 13, 2018.

The Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) examination for the year 2019 will be held from May 28 to October 8 covering 77 days except for weekends and holidays. Sri Lankan youths who are seeking jobs

Following a discussion held with the representatives of the Southern Province Tea Factory Owners Association, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said tax collection will be streamlined under their regime.

The Power, Energy and Business Development Ministry has saved Rs.1,000 million for the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) by purchasing 400 MWs of power from two barge mounted power plants from Turkish company, KarPower International DMCC for the cheapes

Inter-Provincial Private Bus Association (IPPBA) yesterday said they would refrain from private bus services from midnight June 5 if the Government did not take measures to reverse their finance or leasing facilities to at least three months. While s

More than 151,640 individuals belonging to 45,554 families in the North had been affected by the prevailing severe drought in the region, the Disaster Management Centre said. According to rep

The Education Ministry is to recruit 8,000 teacher trainees for the year 2018 batch, following a delay in recruitment for batches to the National Colleges of Education (NCE) in the years from 2012-2013 and 2016-17.

Deputy Minister Development Strategies and International Trade Nalin Bandara Jayamaha said his ministry will go ahead with an environment assessment study on the proposed steel factory in Trincomalee.

Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate the corruption of the current administration yesterday offered an opportunity to Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam to defend himself against th

The Cabinet has given the nod to increase loan facilities given to middle income families from Rs.5 million to Rs.10 million for the construction of a new house or improve infrastructure facilities of the house.

Mahasohon Balakaya leader Amith Weerasinghe was further remanded till June 4 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Shalani Perera yesterday. He was arrested on May 14 under emergency regulations on charges of breaching religious reconciliation and public

Two new varieties of rice with high yield had been experimented by the Bombuwala Rice Research Centre, Deputy Director Mrs Deepika Weeerasinghe said. She said excessive iron found in the low-country paddy had been removed in the new varieties. She sa

UNP MP Chaminda Wijesiri yesterday said he is undecided on how to use his vote in Parliament with regard to the no confidence motion (NCM) that have been brought against Minister of Industry and Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons,

Banners and posters had come up everywhere in the Vavuniya town yesterday demanding the removal of the Minister of Industries and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen from the Parliament. These posters and banners were in both Sinhala and Tamil. These poster

The CWC leader and former Minister Arumugam Thondaman and representatives of his party met the Malwathu and Asgiriya chapters Chief Prelates yesterday morning. Former Minister Thondaman and his group first visited the Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya

Leader of the House and Public Enterprise Minister Lakshman Kiriella yesterday questioned the rationale behind the protest by the joint opposition against the decision taken by the government to grant Samurdi benefits to poor U

SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara said yesterday his party would not participate in the deliberations of the Parliamentary Select Committees (PSCs) appointed to look into the Easter Sunday attacks and to discuss the no-confidence motion agai

Claiming that the police failed to implement the law against those responsible for the Easter Sunday terror attacks, MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe had requested President Maithripala Sirisena to hand over investigations into the incident to an independent

On the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena, a decision has been taken to strengthen the drug eradication programme and broaden related projects. Accordingly, a national drug eradication week has been announced from June 22 to July 1 an

A woman who defrauded money from several individuals on the promise of employment opportunities in Canada was arrested on a tip off last Friday by the Special Investigation Unit of Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). During the raid, th

Three foreign nationals in two separate incidents were arrested recently on the charges of illegal trading and overstaying thus violating immigration and emigration regulations. In one incident, two Pakistan nationals who had outstanding warrants is

The Health Ministry announced the names of the members of the committee set up to probe the allegations levelled against Dr. Siyabdeen Mohamed Safi. The committee members are: Consultant Dr Anil Samaranayake, Administrative Service Officer L. A. Bas

The journalist who was arrested on suspicion over the possession of 326 CDS alleged as having contained sermons and other publicity material of the National Thowheed Jamath organization was ordered to be released on two surety bails of Rs 200,000 eac

The special investigation unit of the Southern Province under the Senior DIG and all other special investigative units under his official name, had been dissolved with immediate effect, stated the new Senior DIG of Southern and Sa

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has submitted a right to information (RTI) application to the Presidential Secretariat asking whether the President or anyone on behalf of him sought legal advice from the new Attorney General Dappula de Livera

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) said yesterday President Maithripala Sirisena should not have exercised his executive powers arbitrarily when pardoning Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera, who was j

An Appeal Court Bench comprising Justices Kumudini Wickramasinghe and Priyantha Fernando yesterday acquitted a suspect setting aside the conviction and the sentence of life imprisonment imposed on him. Mr. Alaguthurai is a resident of Trincomalee and

Reiterating that all Muslim people are not terrorists or extremists, Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake yesterday requested Mowlavis to inform the law enforcement authorities if there is any sign of extremism or terrorism. Speaking at an event held at the

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday urged the Government to stop unnecessary expenses allocated for functions at this crucial juncture claiming that it was waste of public money to spend Rs. 180 million for the function to distribute Samurd

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said the government should compensate the women who were illegally sterilised. He said this in response to a question asked by journalists at his residence at Wijerama in Colombo. When asked whether the m