The Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. (WNL) family made a remarkable mark at the Presidential Environment Awards 2025, winning multiple honours across its publications for excellence in environmental journalism and communication.

The Attorney General yesterday informed the Court of Appeal that the stance of Sri Lanka Customs (SLC) regarding the release of detained BYD vehicles belonging to John Keells CG Auto (Pvt) Ltd - over a dispute relating to motor capacity, would be con

Sri Lanka is developing a national building code to address issues with structural safety and quality, following a proposal submitted by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Defence, with World Bank guidance, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa sa

Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara yesterday assured that no underworld figures who were arrested will die in police custody.

Issues pertaining to the election of the Diyawadana Nilame at the Sacred Sri Dalada Maligawa including the non-eligibility of women Divisional Secretaries to vote, is to be discussed in Parliament tomorrow.

A wild elephant which had fallen into a toilet pit in a home garden at Moragoda in Huruluwewa was rescued and released into the Huruluwewa forest reserve by a team of wildlife officers from Ritigala.

The government should enable the people to consume liquor in order to meet the desired tax revenue targets, opposition MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake told Parliament yesterday.

The prestigious “Presidential Environment Awards 2025” will be held today (23), at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Commissioner of Prisons and Media Spokesman Jagath Weerasinghe stressed that drug traffickers sentenced to death should be hanged.

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya has called for a report from the Department of Customs on confiscating a consignment of the Holy Quran written in Tamil for more than a year.

The practice of dispensing medicines to patients without a prescription or the supervision of a qualified pharmacist is putting lives at risk, the Government Pharmacists Association has warned.

As the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is yet to confirm that there has been a traditional monthly service at Pallakandal Church located within the Wilpattu National Park, the Attorney General will have to decide on the request made by the church author

A special gazette issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has redefined the functions and institutional responsibilities of several ministries following the recent Cabinet reshuffle.

The 75th Annual Convention of the All Ceylon Young Men’s Muslim Association (YMMA) was held at the Cinnamon Life City of Dreams in Colombo recently under the patronage of the YMMA National President Amhar Shariff.

The George Keyt Foundation’s ‘Young Contemporaries 2025’ exhibition culminated with tremendous success at the Barefoot Gallery, drawing over 300 attendees on the first evening and achieving extraordinary sales of artworks. The event, inaugurate

The Court of Appeal yesterday further extended its interim order preventing the arrest of a former member of the Army Intelligence Service without obtaining the advice of the Attorney General, in connection with a CID investigation.

An audit report has called for an urgent overhaul of Sri Lanka’s private healthcare system, recommending a fair and affordable charge structure and the grading of all private medical institutions across the country.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has instructed all magistrates to take immediate steps to remove drug samples weighing less than one kilogramme that have been stored at the Government Analyst’s Department since 1981.

The Department of National Museums has been criticized in a recent audit for printing tickets in bulk without considering actual demand, resulting in uneconomical spending. The audit revealed that ticket books were printed in batches ranging from 5

If all pending eviction orders were to be implemented, about a third of Colombo’s population would be left homeless, Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said. He made these remarks in response to controversy surrounding a recent statement made by

Authorities have yet to locate the parents of an infant girl found abandoned in a paddy field in Sinhapura, along the Mawathagama, Paragahadeniya, Jakaduwa road, about three months ago, officials from the Department of Probation and Child Care Servic

Refuting reports on a move to ban vehicle passes of doctors and lawyers, Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa yesterday assured that no decision has been taken to remove vehicle passes of doctors and lawyers as reported.

Deshabandu Tennakoon is yet again in the spotlight for aiding and abetting Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera to get the latter the parliamentary bonus seat by threatening the Secretary of the Ape Janabala Pakshaya (AJP) with death in 2020.

The carcass of a wild elephant, run over by a train was recovered yesterday afternoon from Ruwanpitiya in Welikanda. Wildlife officials said the jumbo was about 8ft tall and between 35 and 40 years of age. It had been run over by the Maho bound par

James Global Minerals, in collaboration with the Eye Donation Society, organised a free eye examination and glasses distribution programme at the Multi-Community Cultural Hall, Kuchchaveli Divisional Secretariat recently.

Several tanks and reservoirs have been rising due to the prevailing heavy rain experienced in several areas at present.

The Rajaputhra Foundation, in collaboration with Nawaloka Hospitals PLC, is organising a special Breast Cancer Awareness CSR Programme today in Kandy.

The audit of the Department of National Museums has highlighted delays in assessing the value of 271 gemstones held by the Geology Section. These gems have been deposited at the Metropolitan Branch of a state bank since 18 September 1964.

A Russian tourist who had cultivated Kush at Ihalagoda in Akmeemana was arrested yesterday by the Galle Crime Investigation Division.The suspect had rented out a house and carried out the cultivation of Kush in one of the rooms. Investigations reveal

Coming up with fresh criticism on the programme launched by the government to control the underworld and to eradicate drugs from Sri Lanka, the opposition said it has become a mere political exercise.