Public Security Minister Tiran Alles challenged MP Harsha de Silva who has recommended the conduct of a forensic audit of the visa process outsourcing deal which the Sri Lankan government has signed with VFS Global.

Protesters have set fire to the headquarters of the state broadcaster in Bangladesh as violent clashes between students and police continue, the authorities say.

The order in respect of nine Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police was fixed for July 24 by the Supreme Court a short while ago.

Suryakumar Yadav has been named India’s T20 captain, the country’s cricket board announced Thursday, after Rohit Sharma quit the shortest format following last month’s World Cup triumph.

The hearing into nine Fundamental Rights petitions challenging the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police is still continuing before a Supreme Court three-judge bench.

Ahead of the Presidential election, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has directed Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms to withhold the publication of the Gazette notification concerning the 22nd Ame

With the aim of revitalizing micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs), a comprehensive package of financial facilities was introduced today (18) under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat.

Half centuries by Tim Seifert and Janith Liyanage helped Galle Marvels secure their place in the final with a comfortable seven-wicket win over Jaffna Kings in the Qualifier 1 of the fifth Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 Cricket Tournament played at t

Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been placed on immediate compulsory leave by the National Police Commission today, amidst ongoing investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks.

The Meteorology Department has issued a weather advisory indicating that the prevailing windy conditions over the island nation are set to continue owing to an active South-west Monsoonal condition.

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said that no punitive action will be taken against the senior police officers, including Western Province (South) Deputy Inspector General of Police Gayantha Marapana, for their interrogation of a tattoo studio ow

The party leaders representing parliament have decided to take up for debate the Economic Transformation Bill and the Public Financial Management (PFM) Bill on July 25, the Communications Department of Parliament said.

The government is planning to formally designate areas occupied by plantation workers on state-owned plantation lands managed by the State Plantation Corporation and regional plantation companies as new settlement villages, the President’s Media Di

A teacher of a leading government school in Anuradhapura has been interdicted with immediate effect for conducting private tuition classes during school hours.

The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday recovered a consignment of dried turmeric while attempting to be smuggled into the country via sea routes.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has raised concerns about a recent meeting between senior UNP members and Election Commission officials.

The Ola leaf manuscript of Mahawansa chronical, the main source of history of Sri Lanka in the Peradeniya University Library was yesterday declared a world heritage.

The Court of Appeal today ordered to release Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Galaboda Atte Gnanasara Thera on bail, in a bail pending appeal.

A significant number of CT scan machines in government hospitals has become completely dysfunctional again as it has been in the recent past leaving patients in dire straits, medical professionals pointed out.

Medical experts have issued a stern advisory urging parents to refrain from smoking in the presence of children, citing a notable increase in cases of wheezing among pediatric patients.

Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China on Wednesday, according to Chinese state media.

More than a day after the search began for the missing crew of a small oil tanker, the Prestige Falcon, that capsized off Oman, the Indian Navy is reporting that it has found nine of the 16 crew members alive.

Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering mild symptoms, the White House has said.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will field a common candidate for presidency as it had always done in the past, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

The vehicle in which Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Tissa Attanayake was travelling in met with an accident at Jawatte Road in Colombo last night.

The Wildlife Department announced today that illegal fishing activities like bottom trawling have caused the death of marine mammals such as turtles and dolphins around the sea areas of the country.

As Sri Lanka awaits the removal from ‘restrictive default’, a status discouraging the potential investors, experts are optimistic about the nation’s ability to move beyond this ranking.

Sri Lanka must urgently address the discriminatory maternity leave policies that distort the country’s labour market, a senior economist asserted.

The Law Enforcement Division of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), which was responsible for the detection of the infamous human immunoglobulin racket, hangs in the balance as the remaining competent official retired last June, the D

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest economic outlook said global growth is projected to be in line with the April 2024 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast, at 3.2 percent in 2024 and 3.3 percent in 2025.