The two student activists were detained under the PTA for 90 days

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has revised motor traffic fees related to all services, including the first registration of a motor vehicle, with effect from today. A Gaz

Most of them have arrived using visit or tourist visas intending to convert them to work visas

Referring to yet another call from Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa for a snap general election, Leader of the House Susil Premajayantha yesterday mentioned that there is constitutional provision for a snap

Supreme Court two-judge-bench fixed the petitions to be taken up for inquiry on November 24

While the opposition claimed that the price of school stationery has skyrocketed as a result of CESS, the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said CESS has been imposed only on imported stationery.

Two in every five Sri Lankan women are subjected to sexual harassment as per research findings, State Minister of Women and Child Affairs Geetha Kumarasinghe told Parliament yesterday. The State

The Tusker Muthuraja, which was a gift by the government of Thailand to Sri Lanka, was ordered to be handed over to the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens due to ill treatment meted out on the animal b

A suspected human trafficking racket has been exposed after a number of women stranded in Abu Dhabi in the UAE contacted a celebrity couple in Sri Lanka and appealed for help, Daily Mirror

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana Wickremaratne and four other police officers yesterday tendered their unconditional regret to the Supreme Court for their failure to adhere with a Sup

Senthil holds talks with TN CM

The National Council Sub Committee on Economic Stability has determined that Sri Lanka has been too late to seek IMF assistance. Chairman

The budget 2023 speech of the executive Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was the same old grandiloquence the people in Sri Lanka have heard over the last couple of decades with no reli

President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the relevant officials to implement the Singapore-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA) immediately, the President’s Media Divsion said.

The CID conducting investigations into a massive financial fraud relating to Thilini Priyamali yesterday informed the court that the ongoing investigations have revealed Thilini Priyamali had alleged

The Transport and Highways Ministry today launched their pilot programme to issue light vehicle driving licenses for the hearing impaired in the Gampaha District. Te

The government has changed the rate of the CESS levy imposed on over 600 items with effect from yesterday (15).

The case against Colombo district former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra for her alleged involvement in the abduction of a youth was yesterday fixed for trial by Colombo High Court.

The Board of Management of The Colombo Friend-in-need Society and the Organising Committee of Aidex 2022 recently conducted a Sports Festival for Jaipur Limb users at Rifle Green Grounds near Air Force Headquarters, at Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner M

Five major friendship associations working towards enhancing people-to-people diplomacy between Sri Lanka and China organized a symposium on Tuesday in Colombo to welcome His Excellency Lin Songtian, President of the Chinese People’s Association fo

SLPP MP Channa Jayasumana yesterday said he will not vote in favour of the budget if the government fails to amend the proposal to shift the authority which Mahaweli Authority enjoys over lands towards the divisional Secretariats. Speaking during t

Former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra used to give hugs to the police officers during public protests as a tactic to make them uncomfortable, police told court yesterday.

To inquire into possible violation of human rights

A social activist filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal yesterday seeking an order declaring State Minister of Tourism Dian

A group of media and civil society activists yesterday handed over a communiqué to ten leading foreign missions in Colombo including the United Nations office, seeking their intervention to demand the Government of Sri Lanka to sto

The license of the Company had been cancelled due to non-payment of taxes

Sri Lanka abstained in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violations of international law by its invasion of Ukraine and requiring Moscow to pay reparations to Kyiv for damages, loss and injury

Police produced 15 suspects before the Colombo Chief Magistrate

She was granted bail to the actress on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000 and one surety of like amount