With the celebration of one year after the opening of the Lotus Tower, a total of 1,172,936 locals and 28,568 foreigners have visited the tower during the past year, Lotus Tower Head of Management Prasad Samarasinghe said. He told the Daily Mirror t

The 117th birth anniversary of Late President J. R. Jayewardene was marked with a special ceremony at J. R. Jayewardene Centre Colombo yesterday . Here Late President’s grandson Pradeep Jayewardene g

Further excavtions in Kokkuthuduvai mass grave has been suspended untill further court order. Professor in Archrology Raj Somadewa in charge of the excavation team said step would be taken to submit to court a report on evidence and other material f

Wildlife Veterinary Surgeons said the injured wild elephant popularly known as Agbo in Thirappane now under treatment will take more than three months for complete recovery. The jumbo had received gunshot injuries in a fore limb when a trap gun lai

Based on the humanitarian efforts of Saudi Arabia to alleviate the suffering of low-income people and afflicted communities around the world, and under the generous directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Sau

Royal Thai Embassy organized a food festival and quiz for Sri Lankan school children at Siam Nivasa C. W. W. Kannangara Mawatha over the weekend. Thai Ambassador of Colombo Poj Harnpol was t

The third annual Commerce Day of the Maris Stella College - Thimbirigaskatuwa was held recently at the college auditorium with the participation of students from 21 leading schools in the Negombo Educational Zone. The Guest of Honour

Popular writer and journalist Sureka Nilmini Ilangakoon presented the first copy of her latest work ‘Diya Siththam’ to Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardane on Thursday. This is the 17th novel the author has written. It depicts

The Department of Forest Conservation has initiated to recover as many as 1,000 acres of land - 50 per cent of located in environmentally sensitive areas like mangroves - grabbed by various individuals in the Puttalam District, Daily Mirror learns.

A 97-year-old student from the Pali and Buddhist Studies Post Graduate Institute at the University of Kelaniya has achieved a significant milestone by earning her Master of Arts degree.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has called on private lenders and the super-rich to bear their fair share of the burden in Sri Lanka’s domestic debt optimization (DDO) process.

Against the backdrop of unlawful fisheries activities by Indian fishermen in Sri Lanka waters, the parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committee on Food Security and Agriculture has cleared the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Amendment) Bill submitted

The two leaders reaffirmed the robust bonds of friendship and dialogue between their respective nations

Investigation officers to record a statement of the suspect within the prison premises on September 19

He often visited the upcountry and captured birds from their nests. Wildlife conservators said it was illegal to change the environment and the living conditions of birds and animals, and that they should be allowed to live and breed freely in their

Investigations revealed that he had hired the motorcar from a taxi service and provided it to the gunmen

AASL has recorded a turnover of Rs 27,647Mn from international passenger and aircraft movements last year

The Court of Appeal yesterday issued an order preventing Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne alias ‘Harak Kata’ from being moved to another location from his current detention custody by CID, without informing the Court of Appeal, Colombo Fort Magistra

It was revealed in Court that the investigation conducted by the Organized Crimes Prevention Division against former Jaffna District Parliamentarian Vijayakala Maheswaran over a controversial statement she made in 2018, is still waiting for Attorney

President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed a committee, chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice S I Imam, with retired Air Force Commander ACM Jayalath Weerakkody & Harsha A.J. Soza PC as members, to investigate “Channel-4” allegations about the E

Indian Naval Ship ‘Nireekshak’, a highly advanced diving support ship of the Indian Navy, arrived at the port of Trincomalee on Septe

Proposes an international probe led by experts in dealing with terrorist organizations would be a more suitable course of action

At least nine complaints had been received against the couple

He had in 2015 assaulted to death his mother’s paramour during an altercation

Suspected pharmacists have sold antibiotic drugs without prescription

“This particular person had divulged information to Minister Harin Fernando as well”

The inaugural meeting to assess Sri Lanka’s progress regarding the implementation of the new economic reforms proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was held at the Presidential Se

With reference to the decision of the health Ministry to recall the retired medical specialists, medical specialists opined that it is neither a feasible nor a longstanding move to address shortage of specialists

Diana Gamage had given a statement to the CID citing she was a British Citizen and had renounced her British citizenship in 2014

A Cabinet note will be submitted to inform the Cabinet about this proposal