UK Channel-4 News has announced that it will unveil shocking revelations about the 2019 Easter bombings in its latest programme titled “Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings – Dispatches” to be broadcast tomorrow (5), what it says, ‘allege complicity

Special Advisor on Climate Change to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Ruwan Wijewardene is in Kenya to attend the Africa Climate starting today. It will end on September 6 in Nairobi. He is re

Sri Lanka’s weather seemed to have taken a u turn with three districts in the South facing a flood threat with one person already

They cannot consider their ministries as their personal wealth

92,000 launched during 2015-2019, 6982 during 2020-2022

Sinopec Energy Lanka - the operating entity of Sinopec Group which has officially commenced business operations and started fuel supply in Sri Lanka last week assured that the will begin island wide operations by end of this month, Power and Energy M

Excise revenue to the government has drastically declined due to these fake security stickers being used by certain local licensed liquor manufacturers

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who represent a fourth generation of Sri Lanka Tamil ancestry and a former deputy prime minister, has been elected to the ceremonial post of president of Singapore , according to official results, in an election seen as a bar

The increase in Diesel prices by Rs.35 has directly affected the container shipping industry

A Samurdhi Development officer who reported for duty in officer and spent the day in a hotel in Anuradhapura in the company of a woman was found dead in the hotel room. The victim was an official attache

In July, Litro Gas earlier announced the reduction of the retail price of a 12.5kg domestic Litro gas cylinder to Rs. 2,982. The 5 kg gas cylinder was brought to Rs. 1,198, and the retail price of the 2.3 kg cylinder was brought to Rs.561

One of the world’s largest shipping companies “Far Shipping” has agreed to provide employment opportunities for Sri Lankan trained seafarers, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said. He said this on the morning of t

A former JVP member of the Central Provincial Council Michael Ecculas De Silva (66) had been electrocuted when he trampled on a live wire laid by him to protect a cultivated land. He was a resident of Shant

A project was launched to build a new 5-story building for the A/L science section at Isipathana College, Colombo, with easy acce

The Sri Lanka Police celebrated its 157th anniversary yesterday with a series of religious ceremonies and social activities to enhance public relations and coordination island-wide. The main Bud

The Colombo High Court yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of the first prosecution witness in the controversial white van press conference case filed against former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne, for his failure to appear before court to g

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka today and tomorrow to review bilateral defence ties, and he will travel to Trincomalee and Nuwara-Eliya, a statement from the Indian High Commission said.

On a previous occasion, the CID had arrested a Sub Inspector over the same incident

Some local politicians from Colombo, Puttalam and other districts expected to join

The Right to Information Commission has determined that the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) falls within the ambit of Right to Information Act (RTI), as a Public Authority in terms of the general definition of a non-governmental organiza

The minister emphasizes the need to increase the number of qualified registered suppliers for each drug

Rainy conditions to enhance further next week

Sapugaskanda refinery to close for one month from Sept. 18 for maintenance

The debate on the no-confidence motion on Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has been scheduled for September 6, 7 and 8, t

Sinopec Energy Lanka, which recently started its business operations in Sri Lanka, is offering a discount of Rs. 3 per litre for both petrol and diesel. On the other hand, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is making a profit of less than a ru

In what appeared to be a startling revelation, 78 MCM of water (million cubic metres) is leaked from Samanala Wewa annually, a reservoir meant for hydropower generation, causing a loss of Rs.2. 7 billion to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), a to

The Police STF Ranaviru Commemoration was held last morning for the 39th year, at the Ampara STF Camp with Senior DIG Ajith Rohana and Ampara District Secretary Chinthaka Abeywickrema as the Chief Guests. The chief guests and

There is growing speculation, fueled by social media reports, that NPP MP Harini Amarasuriya is eyeing presidential nomination

The government has continued to violate the Right to Information (RTI) Act by failing to disclose required information on infrastructure projects. In 2022 and 2023, only 18% and 25% of the necessary information was proactively disclosed online, respe