An organized robber gang that often travelled in buses and trains all over the country and collect funds by showing old medical reports of dead family members and under the pretext of providing treatment to sick children was taken into custody by

A mysterious blight that affected coconut cultivation in the south has worsened, and statistically, 225,273 coconut trees in the Matara District have been uprooted to prevent spreading of the blight.

More than 50 garment factory employees in the Katunayake Free Trade Zone (FTZ) took ill after having their dinner and were admitted to the Negombo Base Hospital.

The Yal Devi night mail service to Jaffna was inaugurated last evening, after a lapse of 24 years from the Colombo Fort Railway station.It was inaugurated by the Post and Telecommunications Minister Jeewan Kumaratunga.

 The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) chief, Ven. Kirama Wimalajothi Thera yesterday said that it was high time to select a well educated and disciplined youths to govern the country...

  The Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs Ministry yesterday said it would look into the reports of the dying and wilting condition of a Bodhi Tree supposedly planted near Sanchi in India by President Mahinda Rajapaksa a couple of years ago.

A future United National Party (UNP) government will set up a special institution similar to the University Grants Commission (UGC) to regulate the private universities....

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said yesterday it welcomed the resumption of train services to Jaffna, after a lapse of 24 years.

The Attanagalla Chief Magistrate M.Y.M. Irshadeen had revoked yesterday (14) the warrant issued to the suspects;...

Jean-Paul Monchau, Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka, said that his country held the view that Sri Lanka should abolish the death penalty and ratify all the relevant international treaties.

Navy Commander Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera said that at a time when the country was focusing on achieving sustainable development in many avenues...

A ruling party member of the Imbulpe Pradeshiya Sabha was behind the recent attack on the students of the Sabaragamuwa University,...

Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris held bilateral discussions with Mr. Yun Byung-se,...

A woman who lived alone was preparing lunch. The pot of rice was on the hearth. She had been cutting the dry fish after scraping coconut.

A sports stadium complex in Anuradhapura in the North Central Province, which had been modernised with all amenities,...

The collective effort of all trade unions was essential to safeguard the rights of workers, Leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP)...

Shan Rajamanikam, the ruling party Tamil politician who was to steer the party in the East,...

The Auditor General has qualified the audit queries raised regarding alleged irregular investments of savings of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF)...

The JVP affiliated Ethera Api organisation announced yesterday that it was planning to initiate discussions with the Elections Commissioner to implement...

Leader of the Opposition in the Uva Provincial Council, Harin Fernando,...

Appeal Court Judges A. W. A. Salaam (President) H.N. J. Perera and Sunil Rajapaksa regretted their failure to dispose the appeal earlier than they had,...

A decision could be reached in a week’s time over the trawler fishing of the 23 fishermen of Valvettithurai East, Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran told the protesting fishermen yesterday.

The government was colonising people from other regions in the Northern Province, Chief Minister of the Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran speaking at the NPC sittings at Kaithadi yesterday.

A Kanchuka Pooja and the blessing of regimental flags, the Buddhist flag and the National flag were held at Kirivehera on Monday...

Notwithstanding the major economic dividends since opening the economy such as the sharp increase of the GDP, rapid economic progress,...

Two Army personnel of the 57th brigade, division 574 in the Kilinochchi security forces headquarters who saved a one-and-half-year-old infant from drowning...

Government will continue to purchase potatoes and onions at a stable price and would also be expanding the programme further,...

A large number of Thriposha packets were issued to children and pregnant mothers by the Ranorawa Hospital clinic in Nochchiyagama were from a stock...

We are not judging Sri Lanka; our attempt is to evaluate the extent of Sri Lanka’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),....

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