MP Ali Sabri Raheem who was charged with smuggling gold said the consignment of gold did not belong to him. “ The consignment belongs to a friend of

The Attorney General yesterday informed the Supreme Court that the CID has already initiated an investigation against Pastor Jerome Fernando over his hate remarks against religious harmony in the country.

a small nuclear power station of 110 megawatts- two blocks each with 55 megawatts is proposed

The public sector employees who submitted nominations for the Local Government elections handed over a petition to the Ministry of Public Administration claiming that they have received transfers to

A half naked Chinese who behaved in unruly manner near the old light house in the Galle Fort was taken into custody to find that he had been over staying in Sri Lanka since December 2021 after the expiry of his tourist visa. Investigations revealed

The Japan-Lanka Friendship Association, with the generous support of Mr. Goto Hideaki and the crew, handed over two sky ladders and a fire engine, along with 13 scholarships for school children of SLAF serving personnel and a consignment of reading s

Refuting recently circulated claims, the State Minister of Finance said there is no way the government is going to reduce liquor prices in the near future. State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya speaking at Parliament said there were report

Just over a year since former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned from office following nationwide protests demanding him to step down, evidence has come to light that the former president’s staff who are mostly political appointees continue to b

The Department of Immigration and Emigration have commenced its own investigation on the Chinese national who was taken into custody trying to enter Sri Lanka with a forged passport last week, and stated there was no

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has directed the officials of the Department of Immigration and Emigration to deport the Chinese national who had arrived in the country with two forged passports. At the instructions of the Public Security Min

Third largest haul of gold in the last ten days at the BIA Arrival Terminal by Customs

Govt. MPs who are abroad have been asked to return immediately

The Grama Niladhari Division in Colombo which was previously known as Slave Island would be now called ‘Kompanna Veediya’ (as it is pronounced) in all three languages. Earlier the area was known as Slave Island while it was called ‘Kompanna

Wine stores in the country should be at least opened from 10 am to 10 pm so as to increase excise levy, Parliamentarian Diana Gamage said yesterday.

The Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake expressed confidence that he will not be removed, ahead of the parliamentary vote to remove him from the institution.

Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada has raised objections to the erection of a monument to commemorate what the Tamil community living there called’ genocide of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka during the war’, Daily Mirror learns. The groundbreak

MP Raheem was arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday morning

Points out memorial will symbolize the pain, sufferings, losses and despondency of all war victims

The judge held that the prosecution had established the charges against six accused beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced them to death and acquitted the other 15 accused

The import of luxury vehicles should be temporarily stopped for four to five years until the country’s economy returns to normalcy, former President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday. He told Parliament that import of luxury vehicles was a maj

MP Sararth Weerasekera yesterday questioned a cabinet decision to construct a monument to commemorate all who died in the civil war including LTTE combatants. “It is shameful to construct a monument to remember the LTTEers together with security

The investigations against Pastor Fernando are being conducted by the CID

A writ petition filed by several parties including the Ministers and government Parliamentarians against former Army Commander Genera

The Thera’s remarks highlight the movement’s firm stance against any attempts to tarnish Mr Premadasa’s reputation

In response to a tragic incident in Kandy, where a father and his son were fatally hit by a driver allegedly on a phone call, the police are ta

MP Wimal Weerawansa claimed this was a part of a US-backed conspiracy to influence governance in Sri Lanka

The two sides signed a MoU regarding political consultations between the two countries

The Chinese national had two passports, one from China and another from Guinea

The Suhurupaya building will be converted into a one-stop-shop to obtain passports, NICs and all other documents

50 new centres will be established at fifty District Secretariats