A large stock of counterfeit cigarettes worth over Rs.1.1 million, which is suspected to have been smuggled into the country through sea routes, was seized by the Police Special Task Force (STF) from Ampara bus stand yesterday. The STF on a tip off

Due to the affordability of sanitary napkins, half the number of girls and women in Sri Lanka do not include sanitary napkins in their household expenditures, the Advocata Institute said. They said the affordability of sanitary napkins and its sign

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is reported to have reiterated its concerns with President Ranil Wickremesinghe over his direct dealings with individuals of the party bypassing its hierarchy. It was communicated to the President when he met with

More than 300 people gathered in the suburban Ottawa neighbourhood of Barrhaven Saturday for a community vigil following what police have called one of the worst mass killings in the region’s recent history. Ottawa Police Service said Thursday th

Whilst thanking Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe for his recent message of felicitation, new Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif yesterday expressed his confidence on good having relations between the two nations. “Grateful to th

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will undertake an official tour of China later this month and hold talks with his counterpart Li Qiang, Daily Mirror learns. The visit is likely to start on March 25. During the visit, China and Sri Lanka are exp

Sri Lanka ranks second in a global mental well-being index, way ahead of even the developed western countries such as the United Kingdom, according to a news report published in the UK’s The Telegraph newspaper. Sri Lanka is second only to the D

Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa is ignoring those in his own party and listening to outsiders. This is why he decided to not to participate in the debt restructuring process, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday. President Wickremes

Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa in a letter addressed to President Ranil Wickremesinghe through his secretary said his party will not participate in the discussion on the debt restructuring programme which is scheduled to be held today. Mr.

More than 250 youths from Jaffna have applied to join the Sri Lanka Air Force during the ‘Air Tattoo 2024’ educational and technological exhibition, which was held in Jaffna in commemoration of the SLAF’s 73rd anniversary. The Sri Lanka Air

A group of young men and women including 17 students of a private university who attended a birthday party of a fellow student were arrested by Kahatuduwa Police for consuming drugs and for misbehaving. Police said three young women were suspected

Sri Lanka is navigating a delicate balance between its support for the two-state solution in Palestine and its efforts to strengthen ties with Israel, as evidenced by recent developments such as the opening of a Honourary Consulate in Haifa , partici

It was revealed in parliament that more than Rs. 2.5 billion is paid annually as rental for vehicles acquired by government agencies.

The first private elephant breeding ground and hospital for domesticated elephants was opened on Thursday in Habarana area. This project h

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has convened a pivotal meeting with leaders of accepted political parties to discuss the proposals put forth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with its high-level delegation, a statement from the President’s Me

UNP Chairman and Member of Parliament Vajira Abeywardene yesterday announced that he will launch another book shortly which relates how the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe became President of Sri Lanka after the ‘ Aragalaya’(

A 19-year-old student from Sri Lanka has been charged with stabbing six Sri Lankans living in Ottawa, Canada, killing five of them including a two-and-a-half-month old infant, in Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa

The “Air Tattoo - 2024’’ educational and technical exhibition, held in conjunction with the 73rd anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force, was inaugurated on Thursday at the Muttraweli Ground in Jaffna. Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa, Commander of t

SLPP MP Rohitha Abeygunawardane was elected chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises with majority votes at the inaugural meeting held at the parliament Complex yesterday. The name of MP Abeygunawardane was proposed by MP Mahindananda Aluthgam

Steps are being taken to introduce a mechanism to pay the connection charge for new electricity connections through an instalment payment scheme, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said yesterday. He told Parliament that the proposal to

Contradicting the Power and Energy Minister’s claim that the electricity re-connection fee was reduced to Rs. 800 this year, newly appointed Anuradhapura District MP M.C. Muthukumarana said he has paid Rs. 3,000 as reconnection fee two months ago.

Cultural event at the Mahotsav Sri Lanka concluded the fifth edition of the International Gita Mahotsav on March 4, 2024, marking the largest iteration of the event ever held outside of India. The four-day celebration, held in Colombo, aimed to pr

As part of its efforts to restore fairness and confidence in Sri Lanka’s tax administration, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) will intensify scrutiny of tax compliance among high-net-worth individuals in the country, IRD Commissioner General W.A

A Fundamental Rights petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an order preventing Deshabandu Tennakoon from functioning as the Inspector General of Police. The Anti Corruption Movement affiliated to the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) file

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has acknowledged his shortcomings in appointing key defence personnel, including General Shavendra Silva and General (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne in his tell-all memoir “The Conspiracy to Oust Me” launched yesterd

President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday announced that he will meet the opposition parties on Monday to discuss Sri Lanka’s engagement with the IMF and the creators on the debt restructuring process. “I have heeded the request made by Samagi

BBC News, Toronto - Canadian police are treating the deaths of four children and two adults at a house in Ottawa as homicides. Officers were responding to an emergency call placed at approximately 22:52 local time (03:52 GMT) on Wednesday when they f

The meeting among President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leaders Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa ended with no final decision on the formation of an alliance ahead of the pending national elections, Daily Mirror lear

Sri Lanka has experienced a significant surge in HIV/AIDS cases in 2023 recording close to 700 cases. According to the National STD/AIDS Control Programme, Sri Lanka has logged 694 cases reflecting a 13 per cent increase compared to the year 2022, wh

The Inter University Students Union yesterday held a protest marching from Borella where police fired water cannon at them. The students then got into the premises of National Hospital Colombo carrying out their picketing.