The government has sought to review the estimated cost of US $ 1.2 billion for the implementation of the project to link the power grids of India and Sri Lanka as part of connectivity between the two sides, a source familiar with negotiations said.

The remark made by National People’s Power (NPP) strongman K. D. Lalkantha at the recent May Day rally that a future NPP government will decentralize judicial powers to its cadres at village level, triggered a flare up in Parliament with both the r

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) founder Basil Rajapaksa reasserted yesterday that his party still believes the general election should precede the presidential elections but President Ranil Wickremesinghe has a contrasting stand, according to an i

In a bid to mitigate the pharmaceutical drugs abuse menace, the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) will back police and excise officials to identify and crackdown the trends of misusing psychoactive medicines. In a move to make the law

A woman who allegedly spiked her husband’s tea with sleeping tablets, suspected of planning to spend the night with her paramour, was placed in custody after her husband fell seriously ill and was hospitalized. The suspect woman was produced befo

An individual who had been arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning for taking hostage his two children and threatening to commit suicide with them by exploding a hand grenade demanding his wife to be brought back to him was produced before

Meanwhile, earlier in the day addressing a media conference Public Security Minister Tiran Alles maintained that VFS Global, the foreign company now responsible for handling on-arrival visas on behalf of Sri Lanka at the BIA, will continue to operate

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to have told Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) founder Basil Rajapaksa that he will formally announce his stand regarding the presidential election only in June. In the midst of political developments ahead

Highlighting that the current Sri Lankan visa issuing process is worse than the bond scam, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa yesterday called for a proper probe into it and disclosure of all facts. “It is envisaged that the visa fiasco is worse

Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy which serves as an organization for advisory capacity for coordinating and consolidating efforts has called for concept papers from scientists, researchers for funding in the year 2025. Applications

By B.G.Chaturanga A group of 22 unemployed graduates who demonstrated in front of the North Central Provincial Council Secretariat yesterday morning were taken into custody by the Anuradhapura Police. Former Convenor of the All Ceylon Unemp

Sri Lankan missions abroad were inundated with a torrent of telephone calls from foreigners inconvenienced by the sudden decision to outsource on-arrival visa application process to a foreign consortium.

Uncertainty looms over the relaunch of the Japan -financed light rail project (LRT) even after the country’s debt restructuring process is concluded since Japan has decided not to discuss it , according to an official of the Japanese government.

The South West Monsoon which is expected to become active within the coming days will cause tidal swells in the seas around Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) which quoted the Department of Meteorology said yesterday.

Water levels in reservoirs used for hydro power have been dwindling fast due to the prevailing dry weather in the central hills, authorities said yesterday. Engineers in Charge said the water level in Castlereagh reservoir stood 47ft below the spill

The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Padiyatalawa Police and a soldier’s wife were seriously injured after an army soldier attacked them with a pestle after he discovered his wife’s affair with the said police officer.

A Woman Police Constable suspected to have stolen the wallet of a woman inside a textile shop in Kandy was arrested by Kandy crime Investigations Branch.The owner, who found her wallet in her hand bag missing after she selected a dress and prepared t

A local passenger who tried to smuggle a range of precious stones to India by concealing them in carbon paper to go undetected at airport X-ray scanners was nabbed by the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) security yesterday afternoon.

Petitioners seek an interim order for formulating objective criteria for selecting license applicants

We have observed that most of these criminals found in the underworld and drug-related crimes are victims of poverty and from the lower levels of society The most righteous statement to make would be to transform a society where criminals are not

Sri Lanka ranked 150 in the 2024 edition of the Press Freedom Index, published annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which is a remarkable drop of 15 positions from 135 to 150 when compared to 2023. According to the index, Sri Lanka’s overal

Assets include a luxury motorcar and two houses

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) questioned former President Maithripala Sirisena for the second time yesterda

Says visa rates were approved by Parliament

Service provider to earn $50 million

The award of contract for issuing on-arrival visas at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to a foreign consortium including VFS Global as the key technology partner is mired in further controversy since it has been done without f

Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando attempted to play down the controversy surrounding the high visa charges incurred by tourists arriving at the Bandaranaike International Airport earlier this week, adding that a fresh gazette with revised fe

MP Palani Digambaram invited me to the May Day rally in Talawakelle which was organized by his party

The manager of a cooperative shop belonging to Ginigathhena Multipurpose Cooperative Society who pleaded guilty of selling Kiri Samba rice in excess of the control price was fined Rs. 500,000 by Hatton Magistrate and District Ju

The price of a plate of fried rice and kottu will be reduced by Rs. 20 from last night, the Canteen Owners’ Association annou