Local politicians expressed concern about dumping of garbage in the proposed Arawakkalu garbage recycling ground even before the completion of the project.

By Chaturanga Samarawickrama Two suspects were arrested with a large stock of expired cosmetic products from a house in Angurukaramulla area in Negombo last evening, the Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said. Speaking to the media during the da

One died and another was seriously injured in a head-on collision of a trishaw and a lorry at Nedunkarni on Puliyankulam – Mullativue highway on Sunday night (26)

Parliamentarian Ven. Aturaliye Ratana Thera said he would mobilize the masses against the government and the Western Province Governor Azath Salley in case of any attempt to safeguard Dr. Siyabdeen Mohamed Shafi and to brush under the carpet the alle

Four suspects including a Buddhist monks who stood charged with throwing petrol bombs at the two mosques in Panadura and Eluwila in Panadura and damaging a shop at Eluwila in 2017 were discharged by Panadura Chief Magistrate Amila Ariyasena on Attorn

The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) that had claimed many lives in certain regions in Sri Lanka had been caused by the pollution of chemicals in water resources of the central hills, Bio-Medical Scientist Dr Kamal Gammanpila said addressing a programme

The Bellanwila Esala Festival would be from August 04 to August 25, The Chief Incumbent of the Bellanwila Rajamaha Vihara and Chief Adhikarana Sanghanayake of Singapore, Ven. Dr Bellanwila Dhammarathana Thera said addressing a meeting to make arrange

A suspect taken into custody in connection with the cache of hand grenades recovered from Dickhena Junior School in Baduraliya was produced before the Matugama Magistrate and handed over to the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) for further questioning fo

An underground bunker in a house in Bondupitiya in the Welipenna area was detected during a search operation carried out by the Police and the Security forces. The Welipenna Police and the security forces held a search operation in the Welipenna tow

More than 65 houses damaged and many public utility services including electricity had been disrupted due to a gale force wind that ripped through several villages in the Mahaoya Division in Ampara on Saturday (25), Mahaoya Divisional Secretary Sudar

President Maithripala Sirisena had used ‘Presidential Pardon’ on no rational basis but political motives by releasing Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera, Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) alleged

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera, who was released from the Welikada Prison yesterday said, as he had mentioned during the last five years, Sri Lanka is still at risk and therefore, we are committed to work for

Ven. Galagodatte Gnanasara Thera paid a visit to Chief Prelate of Kotte Sri Kalayani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha of Siyam Maha Nikaya, Ven. Dr. Ittapana Dhammalankara Thera yesterday and thanked the Chief Prelate for measures taken to release hi

Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka will appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on June 7 to give evidence on the irregularities that have occurred at the Ceylon E

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society conducted a comprehensive assessment aftermath of the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks in all three affected districts. The Red Cross teams visited victims’ houses and gathered necessary information with the aim of suppo

Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested an organized criminal known as ‘Thakkali Chaminda’, an accomplice of underworld criminal ‘Angoda Lokka’, during a raid in Wellawatta on Wednesday.

A pandemonium prevailed in parliament yesterday (23) morning, following a serpent was found in a drawer under the table of the opposition MPs’ parlour. According to parliament sources, the serpent was found during a search by a team STF personne

The body of a 67-year-old retired doctor was found inside his residence at Bloemendhal Road in Kotahena yesterday morning.

A Police Constable (PC) was killed last night following a shooting incident that took place during a raid in Akuressa, police said. The raid was conducted based on information received by the Akuressa Police that an individual was in possession of a

An expelled police inspector and his driver were arrested last evening while they were transporting 132 kilos of Kerala ganja valued at Rs.40 million from Mannar to Anuradhapura, police said.

The National Sangha Council (NSC) staged a protest march yesterday from Independent Square to the Presidential Secretariat demanding the removal of Industries and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and

The National Sangha Council (NSC) staged a protest march yesterday from Independent Square to the Presidential Secretariat demanding the removal of Industries and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hizbullah and

JVP MP Vijitha Herath told Parliament yesterday that there was no Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed to probe allegations levelled against Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and requested the Speaker to allocate a date t

Cabinet approval has been granted to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for the purchase of 400 megawatts of power at Rs.24.80 per unit from two barge-mounted power plants anchored at Dikkowita and Galle.

While calling on the government to provide details of the planned status of forces agreement with the US, opposition parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa yesterday said that ‘immunity being provided to foreign servicemen on Sri Lankan soil is just one o

The opposition will boycott the meetings of the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) in the event a date was not allocated to debate the no-confidence motion (NCM) brought against Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday.

Thirty two suspects who were arrested over violent incidents reported in Minuwangoda were released on bail by the Minuwangoda Magistrate’s Court yesterday. They were released on a surety bail of Rs.100,000 each.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has closed it’s foreign missions in Sri Lanka, Czech and Serbia and downsized the mission in Ukraine due to insufficient funds, The Nation Nigeria reported on Tuesday.

The Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on National Security will meet once again on Friday (24) to discuss the set of proposals presented by the SLFP to ensure national security, eliminate new terrorism an

No feasibility study has been conducted before presenting the cabinet paper with regard to the Suraksha Insurance Scheme which was introduced with the aim of granting an insurance cover for students of the country, former Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Raja