Parents do not have to waste their time coming to the ministry for their student enrollments

Children who present flu symptoms should be kept home. If the illness persists, a medical professional should be consulted to rule out other infections

Sri Lankan singer, musician, music director, composer, and playback singer Sanath Nandasiri passed away last morning. He was 81. The President of the Sri Lanka Singers’ Association Janaka Wickramasinghe told the Daily Mirror that Nandasiri passed

57 bank accounts suspended

Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner landed for the first time at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday. The 787 entered service in October 2011 with the Japanese carrier All Nippon Airlines. “The aircraft is going to

Sinopec, Australia’s United Petroleum, RM Parks of United States will be awarded filling stations

Appeals to friends and well-wishers to give him whatever amount possible

A team of specialist surgeons from Sri Lanka and India who performed the surgery said it was the first in the medical history of Sri Lanka to have successfully transplanted three organs through one surgery

People will be able to enjoy some concessions by the end of the year

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said homosexuality is an offence under the Penal Code, and the government will most probably take action to repeal this provision. President Wickremesinghe said this in response to a question on queer rights during a

We expected to donate school requisites to a school in a remote area attended by children from low income families

With reference to our page 1 story headlined ‘Pastor Diplomat arrested for gold smuggling ‘ in last Saturday’s edition, it should read as ‘Pastor Diplomat involved in gold smuggling’. We regret the error.

Two employees from the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) had died after entering a man hole where they were connectinhg a newly constructed sewerage line at Kotahena yesterday. Police said two of the three persons who were repairing the pipeline met

The Urban Development Authority (UDA) is to conduct a feasibility study with a view of revisiting the project undertaken by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga to relocate the President’s House to Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, an offic

UNP Assistant Leader Akila Viraj Kariyawasam during the weekend hinted at an early Presidential election. Mr. Kariyawasam came out with the remark during a public meeting in Kurunegala. “Many are willin

A 30-year-old woman, an agricultural research officer in Tangalle had been hacked to death over a dispute related to her work last morning. Police said the victim

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that it is essential for Sri Lanka’s future to ensure that the issues of the Asia Pacific, especially that of Taiwan, does not spill over into the Indian Ocean.

Search and rescue efforts are continuing in Mississippi after a deadly tornado hit the US state. At least 25 people have died in the state, and one in Alabama, with dozens more left injured by Friday’s tornado.

The Government has no intention of dissolving the Department of Civil Security, Senior Adviser to the President on National Security and Chief of the Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake said.

High-end products selling in urban areas

Other major essential items that are being imported transacting with dollars, will also come down soon

To prevent under world kingpins, convicted criminals from seeking safe haven in foreign countries

Heads of diplomatic missions had informed leaders of the SJB and NPP that they were not willing to interfere in local politics

An employee of a massage clinic in a tourist hotel at Habaraduwa was arrested on suspicion of sexually harassing a German woman who called over at the hotel to have a massage. The 65 year old tourist complained to the Habaraduwa police that the susp

He has been produced in court on suspicion of jeering the minister, disturbing a religious ceremony, and violating the right of worship

Horana Police has initiated an investigation into an incident where a lawyer had given a contract to a Kapuwa to assassinate Horana Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya at least by black magic.

Sri Lanka could not be developed by selling state property or obtaining loans anymore as the country had practised the same strategy for the last three to four decades without any suc

Fishermen in Mannar yesterday staged a protest accusing the governments decision to lease the Sri Lankas northern sea belt for three days a week to Indian fishermen. The massive de

Senior Attorney Kaushalya Navaratne who assumed duties as the 27th President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), assured that BASL will continue to function independently .