Former chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya has challenged Speaker Dr. Ashoka Ranwala to prove his degree if he had claimed so.

Parliament passed the resolution on the vote on account for the first quarter of next year passed without a vote yesterday.

Farmers can take any action regarding damage to crops by wild animals within their cultivated lands, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation Lalkantha said yesterday. “Take any action that is possible,” he said.

Six individuals including a foreigner and five police personnel were hospitalized after a fire broke out at the Steuart Hotel in the Colombo Fort area last evening, according to the police.

The Auditor General’s Department has reported that 78 railway engines that need repairs have been left in the running sheds and Ratmalana Main Railway Workshop without attention for seven years since 2017.

The Central Information Unit of the Government Analyst’s Department has been non-functional for four months, hindering access to crucial reports, Deputy Solicitor General Madhawa Thennakoon informed the court yesterday (05).

The Colombo Additional Magistrate questioned how the arrest and request to remand individuals who shared videos related to recent Maaveerar Naal commemorations can be justified without first investigating those who created and uploaded the videos. Th

The government today assured that the list of politicians who recommended the issuance of liquor licences will be released after investigations, Chief Government Whip and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said yesterday.

The Health Ministry is grappling with a shortage of multiple drugs, including several essential drugs, a senior official said.

Government hospitals across the country are facing a severe shortage of more than 300 types of essential medicines, according to Medical Specialist Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa.

Due to a shortage of coconuts in the country, it is reported that half a coconut is being sold at a price between Rs. 100 and Rs. 120.

St Cross College which is under the Oxford University England has enrolled Venerable Wadigala Samitharathana thus making him the first Buddhist monk to become a student of the university after 105 years. Venerable Samitharathana has been enrolled t

During the post-mortem examination of Digadanthu 1, wildlife officers found a Rs. 10 coin in its abdomen, Wildlife Conservation Department veterinary surgeon Dr. Chandana Jayasinghe said.

Despite several warnings issued over a span of one year, which were not being adhered to, the Department of Excise yesterday suspended the production licence of local liquor giant W. M. Mendis and Co. Limited for evading tax arrears of Rs.5.5 billion

Ten Mahaviru Day commemorations out of 244 in the country were found to have displayed LTTE flags and logos, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala told Parliament yesterday.

A group of 60 Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka, who had been living in precarious conditions for over three years on the remote island of Diego Garcia, has been relocated to the United Kingdom, news agencies reported.

The NPP government should probe the killings of its founder leader Rohana Wijeweera and actor turned politician Vijaya Kumaratunga in keeping with the pledges made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during his policy statement, opposition MP Chama

51-year-old Australian national has reportedly committed suicide by jumping from the Crescat apartment complex in Kollupitiya last morning.

Director of Military Intelligence Brigadier Chandika Mahathanthila has been removed from his post, effective yesterday, military sources said. Following his removal, Brigadier Mahathanthila has been assigned to the Security Force Headquarters – Wes

The government will take measures to revise the electricity tariff by a certain margin, and it will not take three years as claimed by Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said.

For the first time in Sri Lanka’s police history, several female officers have been appointed to senior positions in key divisions, including the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Special Investigation Unit.

While urging the large-scale rice millers to release their rice stocks to the market, the government yesterday announced that as an alternative solution to the rice shortage in the country, a decision has been taken to allow the import of rice withou

In another judgement broadening the scope of the applicability of the Right to Information Act, the Court of Appeal recently held that any amount of money spent by a public authority must be accountable and made available for scrutiny when requested

Coconut cream which is now only an export product will be released to the local market to address the coconut shortage in the market, an official said.

Sri Lanka Police will begin using drone cameras to monitor traffic congestion in Colombo and its surrounding suburbs.

The Election Commission has announced that all candidates must submit their income and expenditure reports by December 6, with the deadline set at midnight. According to the Commission, this includes the candidates on the National Lists, secretaries

The Attorney General’s Department yesterday informed the Supreme Court that the Cabinet of Ministers has recommended not to re-conduct the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination, taking into consideration the mental stress students would undergo and the a

In response to reports that some young men from Jaffna were allegedly forced to fight in the war against Ukraine while attempting to travel to France and Belgium on visit visas, the Russian Embassy in Colombo said yesterday that it had not received a

Referring to the recent actions of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya which has gained much publicity, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha yesterday said both should stop grandstanding

The first debate of the 10th Parliament will begin at 9.30 am today, where the MPs will speak on the policy statement presented to the House by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on November 21.