The tally of Dengue cases reported for 2023 has surpassed the 60,000 mark with health authorities warning of 2023 would end as the highest number cases in recent time. According to the Epidemiology Unit, as of July 2

A young woman answering a call on her mobile phone while walking along the railway line had been run over by a train at the bridge between Hatton and Kotagala railway stations on Saturday evening (19)

Ready to have its own mechanism

A key figure from a political party aligned with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) disclosed that a group of SJB Members o

in accordance with the new amendments introduced to the Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, the High Court has the power to grant bail to a person, when the pure quantity of the dangerous drug is less than 10 grams

A group, including MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, had gone to perform a Pongal Pooja at the Kurundi temple. However, the temple’s donors opposed them, deeming it illegal

In a recently concluded case before Mount Lavinia Civil Appellate High Court between two parties who were brother and sister, the legality of a Notarial Execution was intensely contested as per the provisions of the Prevention of Fraud Ordinance.

The CEA advised residents in proximity to the factory to wear face masks due to potential atmospheric impacts resulting from the chemical factory fire

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has extended a financial grant and consultants to the Power Sector Reform Secretariat, which was recently established at the Ministry of Power and Energy. Minister of Power and Energy K

The United States and Sri Lanka called on Monday for cooperation on environmental security, saying that all countries, big

Factories that caught fire do not belong to CIC Holdings or any other company in the CIC Group

Government MP Nimal Lansa, who is now involved in the formation of a new political entity to back President Ranil Wickremesinghe, lashed out at Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) charging that the party was acting with double standards on the impl

He is to be reinstated tomorrow

Opposition MPs seem to be holding different ideas on the recent remarks made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe that Sri Lankan children will have to learn Hindi and Chinese in the future. An MP who represents one of the part

The shortage has led to an increase in the number of children being sent to LRH for further treatment

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) on Friday approved the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to add a generation capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) in the southern area on a short-term basis for six months, commencing from August 18, 2023.

Northern Province Governor, P. S. M. Charles, has instructed Provincial Education Authorities to swiftly launch an investigation into the tragic incid

Schoolchildren are normally used to studying another foreign language in addition to English in case the facilities are available for them to do so. Only a few selected schools in Sri Lanka have the resou

Two factories including a chemical storage plant at Katuwana Industrial Zone were destroyed by a fire last night.

Water supply is currently restricted in some areas including Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kurunegala, as a result of the prolonged dry spell, an official from National Water Supply and Drainage Board said yesterday. Its Deputy General Manager,

Media reports being circulated that two pillows and a mattress were found in a Parliamentary Committee room are completely false, Secretary General of Parliament Ms. Kushani Rohanadeera said.

Sri Lanka has made the biggest contribution to China in history by gifting Vinaya Pitaka to 400Ad Buddhist monk Faxian who travelled through the old Silk Route in search of Buddhist scripts, said a chief prelate announcing a serie

A set of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs together with MPs representing other parties have initiated a new move to bring members of Parliament of all parties in forming a joint group to ensure economic justice Daily Mirror reliably le

A Police sergeant and two others who had gone hunting at night in the Issennewa forest reserve were arrested, and the T56 duty weapon of the police officer seized by the Wahalkada police on Wednesday night

The selling prices of all vegetable items in the local market have steadily decreased compared to the previous days, the All Island Unified Economic Centres and Manning Market Traders Union (AIUECMMTU) said today.

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has instructed to set up a new CCTV camera control center at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). The minister said that this camera system will be able to analyze data using new technical sof

Amidst concerns about duopoly in wheat flour imports in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said the Finance Ministry is having discussions about issuing licenses for wheat flour imports soo

Ahead of the UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) session next month, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, in his briefing to the diplomatic community, reiterated that Sri Lanka would not agree to any external mechanism to de

We will have to teach genome technology, Artificial Intelligence and robotics in schools and universities

India officially handed over a substitute Dornier 228 maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka to be used by the Sri Lanka Air Force, at a ceremony held in Katunayake yesterday (16). It was officially received by Sagala Ratnayaka, President’s S