The Catholic Church yesterday disputed the recent appointment of Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardene as the Administrative Head of Police Headquarters and queried whether he is to be appointed the Inspector General of Police (IGP). Fr. Cyril Gamini Fern

MV Leo I will deliver 49,500 tonnes of wheat to Sri Lanka

Says children living today are not aware of the individuals who destroyed the country

States India has executed projects of over USD 1 billion in the Railways sector under 5 Indian LOCs

The election monitoring NGOs in Sri Lanka expressed their concern and disagreement on the summoning of the Elections Commissi

Sri Lanka not so long ago also experienced similar attempts by groups to overthrow democratic structures through unconstitutional means

The owner of a house pointed out the CCTV recording of how a leopard attempted to open the rear door of his house

The 13th Amendment was incorporated consequent to the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord. India has persistently asked for the full implementation of it

Says President has proved to be a failure

In a damning statement issued yesterday, a group of 182 economists and development experts accused private lenders for the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. Debt Justice said that private creditors own almost 40% of Sri Lanka’s extern

Lasantha was one of Sri Lanka’s leading journalists and an outspoken critic of the then Rajapaksa Government

Commissioner General of Elections Saman Ratnayaka said postponement of the election was not the task of the elections commission and that its duty was to implement the legal requirements as stipulated by the Elections Ordinance.

The President had instructed the IGP to look into the complaint made by the Mahanayaka Theras of the Malwatta and Asgiriya Chapters regarding the matter

The third round of negotiations between Sri Lanka and Thailand on the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will be held today and tomorrow in Colombo, with the participation of 26 official delegates from Thailand headed by Ms. Auramo

CEB assures no changes in the daily two hour and 20 minute long power cuts

No doubts whatsoever that the EC would receive its money on time

Paintings were handed over to Milinda Moragoda, Founder of MMBL-Pathfinder

The contribution will be delivered through the UN and the IFRC

The work on modernization of the Maho-Omanthai stretch of the northern railway line commenced yesterday, a statement

State Minister of Justice and Prisons Anuradha Jayaratne said drug addicts would be placed under house arrest and rehabilitated by probation officers.

The cop had been questioned by the seargent for sleeping while on duty

The Sri Lanka Navy has urged the public to avoid being caught in human trafficking, trying to migrate illegally, and becoming guilty before the law. This request has been made after a coordinated search operation carried out by the Navy and Police i

Sri Lanka’s health authorities are on alert for the new XBB.1.5 variant which has emerged in the USA and now seems to be rapidly spreading in the countries it has been detected in, senior health officials told Daily Mirror yesterday.

A heavy influx of pilgrims to Sri Padasthana was experienced on the Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day yesterday. This had created a huge rush at the Hatton Railway Station with thousands of pilgrims arriving by train. A senior official o

The Lotus Tower Management said that they have reached half a million visitors last morning since the tower opened to the public, Lotus Tower Head of management, Prasad Samarasinghe said.

Mr. Jayasinghe will implement new strategies to meet this revenue target

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is planning to contest the upcoming local government election on its own and not to be a constituent party of an alliance formed by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, the United National Party or the JVP.

Sepal Amarasinghe who was arrested for making statements defaming the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic or Dalada Maligawa, was ordered to be remanded until January 10 by the Colombo Additional Magistrate.

One of the main suspects wanted in connection with the murder of a businessman recently at Hanwella was killed in a police shooting yest

Brown sugar can be imported under a special permission of Import and Export Controller General