While urging Sri Lanka’s legal community to be a strong and steady force for the rule of law and justice for all, US Ambassador Julie Chung yesterday said that the Local Government elections are so ‘critical’ for Sri Lanka. ’’Giving citizen

The Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) has lodged a complaint with the CID on the reported attempt to sell a train ticket of the Mt. Lavinia - Badulla super luxury train ‘Ella Odyssey’ purchased online for Rs. 30,000 and an inquiry is in progress, Transpor

The bus fare may see revision by June if the Sri Lankan rupee continues to be stable against the dollar, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) Chairman Gemunu Wijerathne said.

The island-wide programme to clean up sensitive coastlines that are constantly being polluted was conducted by the Marine Environment Protection Authority, A rehearsal programme of this project, which is expected to be carried out using modern beach

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Chairman Janaka Ratnayake yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) application challenging the electricity tariff hike.

There is no doubt that the conduct of the respondent has brought the legal profession into disrepute

The Judiciary may take a drastic step if the legislature takes action against it with regard to the order issued by Supreme Courts to Finance Secretary and other officers to allocate funds for the local government election, Members of Opp

The letter sent by the Chairman of the Elections Commission to the Finance Ministry with regard to the Interim order has breached the privileges of MPs

An individual who used a friend’s driving licence to drive lorries all over the country for several years was arrested by Oyamaduwa Police.

The chairmanship was previously held by Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe

The suspect had stolen the commode used in a home for the aged in Rathgama

One died, and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a lorry and a trishaw at Nadugala in Matara last morning. The deceased and the injured were passengers of the trishaw and members of one family including husband wife and their son.

The military groups that came carrying weapons and sticks (Kurundu Polu) to control protesters could be para-military maintained by the Avant-Garde, National People’s Power (NPP) MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.

Bagawanthalawa Police arrested two individuals who assaulted the estate workers who resorted to trade union action yesterday on several demands, including a primary school for Campion area in Bagawantalawa. The strikers said their children had to

The two suspects 35 and 54 years of age were residents of Narammala area, were to be produced before the Mannar Magistrate

Several buildings including temples and Kovils in the old Maskeliya town that had gone under the reservoir have emerged

The shortage of medicines in Sri Lanka will end in two weeks, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella informed Parliament yesterday.

Government Printer agrees to print postal ballot papers within five days and other ballot papers within 20 to 25 days

Diana Gamage has not obtained dual citizenship or any other form of citizenship in Sri Lanka

A young man whose ear lobe was cut off by another individual accusing him of using the cellular phone while walking along the road, was admitted to Metigahathenna District hospital in Madolsima on Wednesday night (08).

The had an interview with Athula Senaratne, Senior Professor of the Geological Department, University of Peradeniya on the effects Sri Lanka could experience in the event the predicted earthquake-expected to read 8 magnitudes in the Richter Scale- i

Fifty-nine (59) percent of families of the total population in Sri Lanka have not been able to meet the required level of food due to the declining food production and inflation in 2022, it was revealed at an international seminar, held in Dubai rece

NASA has warned a city-destroying asteroid about the size of the Leaning Tower of Pisa could hit Earth on Valentine’s Day in 2046. 2023 DW, confirmed February 28, has a one in 560 chance of impact on February 14 at 4:44 pm ET - but where it will

Says there will be a ‘kurundu polu’ culture soon

The Narahenpita Police informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate yesterday that they had launched an investigation in connection with a fraudulent online transaction of nearly 400 US dollars from former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Rohit

While confirming that the Export-Import Bank of China, as the official bilateral creditor, provided a financing support document to Sri Lanka, China on Wednesday reiterated that it sees the ‘necessity of fair burden-sharing’ when it comes to Sri

Defence Ministry takes preventive action following prior intel

Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has commenced an inquiry over the nature of how police had acted in dispersing the recent protests outside the universities of Colombo and Kelaniya, thus the subject minister has been summoned to the commi

Convener of Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige was yesterday noted to appear before Colombo High Court on March 27 in connection with a revision application filed by the Attorney General.