The government plans to offer local investors the opportunity to participate in the country’s cannabis cultivation project, which has so far been limited to foreign companies, Deputy Minister of Health Hansaka Wijemuni said.

Billions of rupees of taxpayers’ money have gone down the drain as hundreds of government doctors have deserted their posts and forfeited their foreign training opportunities.

Over 100,000 houses in Sri Lanka currently have been built using mud and rocks for walls and roofed with Palmyra leaves, cadjan or straws, highlighting the lack of weather–prone housing conditions, according to the Department of Census and Statisti

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama yesterday imposed a three-month suspended prison sentence for five years and a fine of Rs.10,000 on a Saudi Arabian national who pleaded guilty to assaulting a Sri Lankan Airlines flight attendant on boa

Sri Lanka Customs revealed that the highest revenue had been generated through vehicle imports by October 14, 2025, which had earned Rs. 587.11 billion, constituting 37% of the total revenue by that date.

A number of former top government officials are now under the radar of the Bribery Commission over alleged corruption, as the Commission intensifies its probe into the misuse of public resources.

The SLIIT Alumni Association officially launched tickets for its highly anticipated annual Dinner Dance 2025 on October 27, 2025, at the SLIIT Malabe Campus. The event marked the beginning of celebrations for one of the most awaited gatherings in the

The Galaha police have initiated a formal investigation of the death of a female student of Bellwood Aesthetic Studies Institute in Gampola whose body was found hanging from roof of a hostel on Saturday evening(01)

A trader who had sold a bottle of drinking water for more than the maximum retail price was found guilty and fined Rs.500,000 by Nuwara Eliya magistrate.

Some parties or MPs who are currently supporting the Samagai Jana Balawegaya (SJB) have come up with favorable ideas on the joint opposition rally which is to be held in Nugegoda on November 21 2025 and seemed to be on the fence when it comes to part

The book comprising of research articles published by the Social Science and Humanities Faculty of Aquinas College of Higher Education was launched on Saturday the 25th October, at the Cardinal Cooray Auditorium.

Six companies have been given the green light to cultivate cannabis and had been given 66 acres for the project, a prominent monk said over the week end.

An accused who stood indicted with possessing heroin was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday by Galle High Court Judge Purnima Paranagama

Young Sri Lankans embark on a journey of learning and cultural exchange as the Yoshioka Japanese Language Scholarship Programme, organised by the Yoshioka Cultural Education Association of Japan, was inaugurated

The Sri Lanka Association of Printers (SLAP), in collaboration with FESPA, successfully organised another insightful seminar and business forum on the future of the printing industry. The full-day workshop was held at the Hotel Grand

Professor Athula Sumathipala, Director of the Institute for Research and Development in Health and Social Care in Sri Lanka, and the current Secretary General and President-elect (2026–2027), has been invited to attend the Global

Over the past year, Sri Lanka and Türkiye have taken meaningful strides to deepen bilateral engagement, Turkish Ambassador Semih Lutfu Turgut said. Delivering his remarks at the national day reception of his country in Colombo

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by Minister Sunil Handunnetti, while he was in the opposition, seeking an order to recover Rs. 15.9 billion from those responsible for the alleged sugar fraud that occurred during sugar imports in 2020, was yeste

The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) announced that it will act as a facilitator for foreign tourists seeking permission to operate drone cameras in the country for tourism promotion purposes.

The drug menace has developed into a situation where some drug dealers attempt to enter the political mechanism by becoming Members of Parliament and Chairpersons of local bodies, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama yesterday ordered the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to provide the Criminal Investigation Department with the remaining account records relevant to the ongoing investigation

In the rural and estate sectors, the percentages of females are 51.7 per cent and 51.4 per cent, and the percentages of males are 48.3 percent and 48.6 per cent, respectively.

The latest audit report has revealed that the Army is using 73 vehicles owned by various government institutions, including ministries and departments, without formally taking them over. The vehicles include tractors, trailers, ambulances, cabs, jee

A tense situation unfolded at the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court yesterday (29) when an inmate was discovered with a 9mm firearm while being transported back to prison.

A female lawyer residing in Kadawatha was arrested yesterday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly aiding and abetting those involved in the murder of Ganemulla Sanjeewa, who was shot dead in February 2025 at the Colombo Magist

A new building comprising an early childhood development centre, a new playground and new classrooms will be constructed to mark the occasion.

In the wake of controversy surrounding the government’s move to purchase big onions under several criteria, Agriculture Minister Lal Kantha said yesterday the government has to maintain certain standards when purchasing produces like big onions.

Opposition MP Jagath Withana yesterday said he intends to file a defamation case against IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya for making a false allegation against him.

Two fishermen from Narakkuliya in Noraicholai died and two others were taken seriously ill after drinking the contents of a bottle that had floated ashore.

Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja, Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI Global and a leading Sri Lankan economist, will deliver a public lecture titled Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis and Recovery at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, on 30 Oc