The Telephone was a symbol used by SLFP ‘M’ group which was formed by Mangala Samaraweera after falling out with former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2007, State Minister Diana G

The official poverty line of a Sri Lankan citizen has been determined for October at Rs. 13,810 per month, a report issued by the Census and Statistics Department (DCS) said. District Off

France, which is part of the Paris Club, is in talks with Sri Lanka’s creditors in an attempt to ensure a solution is reached for the financial crisis sooner than later. The newly appointed French Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Jean-François Pactet,

The 22-year-old man had been abducted, assaulted and burnt by a group of persons on December 12 at Hospital Lane in Kandy

Every religious leader representing the Ministry religious department will be assigned to supervise the programme

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered to temporarily lift the travel ban imposed on State Minister Diana Gamage, for a period of five days.

The visiting Indian navy chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar held discussions on furthering defence cooperation with the Sri Lanka political leadership. “Call on (Sri Lanka) President Ranil Wickremesinghe by CNS Indian Navy. Discussions focused on furthe

The premier scientific body in the country, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), has adjudged Asoka Dias the winner of this year’s SLAAS Media Awards. SLAAS annu

Following directives by Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the Ceylon Eletricity Board (CEB) directors and trade unions (TUs) have agreed to sacrifice their bonuses for the year 2022, saving billions of rupees.

The country has become bankrupt due to the failure to change the economic programme after the war, but said that he expects to increase investment opportunities and move the economy forward by next year

76.6 percent of the youth population and 71.9 percent of the elderly population believes that rulers have to be responsible for the country’s economic downturn

The official handing over ceremony was held at the Rajagiriya Saddharmarajika Viharaya last Sunday (11) by Dr. Walter Jayasinghe, a US resident and a long-term donor to the organization

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has announced that the operations of the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery will resume from Friday (16) after receiving another 90,000 MT of crude oil for refining activities at the refinery.

A select committee is to be appointed to investigate incidents of infringement of the MPs and Parliament privileges as a whole and to make suitable recommendations in this regard

Stated that perseverance will continue to complete the required process by early next year

The maximum retail price of a 50kg bag of cement has been reduced by Rs.225 with effect from last night, the INSEE Cement Sri Lanka said.

Instructs Ministry Secretary to immediately start a joint work arrangement with the Weights and Measures Department to prevent use of substandard scales

The request was made when SL’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with Chief Coordinator for India’s G20 Presidency for 2023 Harsh Vardhan Shringla in New Delhi recently

The Court of Appeal yesterday issued an interim order suspending the inclusion of Doctors and consultant specialist doctors from a gazette notification issued reducing compulsory retirement of government sector employees to 60 years. This interim ord

Lanka SATHOSA has reduced prices of five essential foodstuffs, including dhal and wheat flour from yesterday.

Daily Mirror.lk was adjudged the best designed news website of the year award at the Journalism Awards 2021 organised by Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) and The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) yesterday where excell

In the wake of restoring air connectivity between Jaffna and Chennai, Ports and Shipping Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said he gave the green light for the connectivity of the Kankesanthurai (KKS) Port with Southern Indian ports for

Travellers are no longer required to produce COVID-19 vaccination certificates on arrival in Sri Lanka

After construction of the Uma Oya project is completed, it will add 120 MW of hydro power to the National Grid by June 2023, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said. He

Says teachers are facing hardship due to prevailing economic constraints

Articles criminalizing sexual assault and all forms of sexual harassment to be included in the Penal Code

The Cabinet of Ministers approved a proposal to appoint a Presidential Task Force to prevent the spread of drugs i

Parliamentarian Professor Channa Jayasumana said that all members of the former ruling party, including the former President and himself were responsible for the collapse of the country’s economy, and no one could escape from the collective resp