Mathanavasan Paramanantham, the Editor of Tamil Mirror and Ground Views Editor Raisa Wickrematunge were awarded the British Government’s Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship scheme-2019. They will be leaving for the UK in March to u

The Department of Examinations requested candidates who would be applying for the GCE A/L examinations for 2019 as private candidates, should give only the permanent address when filling the application. “Applicants are divided as

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has appointed three members from their camp to take part in the discussions being held to form a broader political alliance, MP Kanaka Herath said yesterday.

A 29-year-old constable attached to the Maharagama Police Traffic Unit had allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself yesterday morning the police said. They said the PC, a resident of Thalawa in Anuradhapura has shot himself with his service

Some 3,000 eye surgeries including cataract operations have been suspended at the Colombo Eye Hospital due to a decision taken by the administration to close down five operating theatres where rain water had seeped in and gone under water.

British Deputy High Commissioner, Laura Davies, on Wednesday (15) said that land issues in the Northern Province continued to prevent some communities from rebuilding their lives.

The ground water in the Jaffna Peninsula had been contaminated with bacteria and agro-chemicals, Provincial Minister of Environment

A Christian pastor, who had allegedly lured two under-aged girls into a church saying that they should offer their virginity to God, and had sexually abused them, had attempted to commit suicide when police officers went to arrest him on Wednesday

The Tamil men and women who had been held in prison over militancy should be released forthwith as the government had said that there was peace, member of the Northern Provincial Council Anandi Sasitharan said in a media release yesterday.  

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardene on Wednesday assured that a degree would be awarded by the College of Education following a years training at the National Education Institute instead of the present diploma in education which the students we

Two brothers accused of murdering their brother-in-law were found guilty and sentenced to death by Kegalle High Court Judge Gamini  Amarasekera.

A group of ten former militants held and rehabilitated at the Boossa Detention Centre had been given a one-month-training in operating earth moving vehicles, the Police said.  

President Mahinda Rajapaksa should be careful in his choice of words when addressing at public rallies, Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran said on Wednesday.

While the authorities were now maintaining a 24/7 special medical unit at the Bandaranaike International Airport to track Ebola patients, the Health Ministry said all hospitals in the country had been issued with detailed instructions on how to de

The constituent parties of the Tamil National Alliance, Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), Tamil Eelam liberation Organisation (TELO), Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF)....

Animal rights activists yesterday accused the Wildlife Ministry Secretary and Wildlife Conservation Department (WCD) Director General of being directly involved in providing a legal standing to the baby elephants that are smuggled out of national

Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar Judges Lalith Jayasuriya and Leon Seneviratne laid by the trial against former DIG Vaas Gunawardena,...

The Jathika Hela Urumaya(JHU), an ally of the government, is to present a set of proposals for the forward march of the country at its annual convention scheduled for Sunday (19), party sources said.

The main opposition UNP yesterday charged that the government had adopted a fraudulent approach of hiding the borrowings made by various state institutions from the 2015 budget.

The Supreme Court yesterday (15) issued an order to the IGP to interdict forthwith two officers attached to the Kottawa police station for humiliation caused to...

A Garuda Indonesian flight, carrying 375 passengers including Hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia, had made a forced landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Katunayake on Tuesday night due to a technical error, Airport off

The Provincial Council system, in the absence of a sustainable political settlement, was mere hollow structure devoid of authority, the Chief Minister of the Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran said in a letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tue

The Australian Federal Government has said it acted lawfully when detaining 157 asylum seekers on board a Customs boat for a month, telling the Canberra High Court that India was an ‘obvious place’ to send them back.

The vexed Sethusamudram project - which proposes to provide a navigable shipping channel across the Palk Straits between India and Sri Lanka -...

Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, was invited to be a panelist at the seventh Democracy Forum held in Bali, Indonesia where 52 countries participated. Prof.

The seven-storied building that houses the Negombo District Hospital was in a grave danger of collapsing, an Opposition “fact–finding mission” consisting of UNP Western Provincial Council members had said.

The protection of girl children was a great responsibility of a civilized society, Child Development and Women's Affairs Minister Tissa Karaliyadda said.

The Federation of Self Employed (FOSE) was collecting approximately Rs.1.8 million per month from the members of the federation without maintaining proper accounting records, the counsel for the plaintiffs informed Colombo District Court yesterday

Adverse weather conditions claimed the life of one persn in Yatiyantota last evening, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said yesterday.

Construction work on the Northern Expressway would start in November, Highways Project Minister, Nirmala Kotalawala said.