The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) yesterday recommended in its report that the Central Bank must defer the salary increase of its employees until a fair solution is found. COPF Chairman Dr. Harsha De Silva while presenting the report in Parliame

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) stalwart Basil Rajapaksa, in response to a query about the former President’s decision to ban chemical farming, said a leader should take final responsibility for any decision taken by him. “I don’t know. A

Running counter to the statement by the Health Ministry regarding the return of migrated doctors to Sri Lanka, recent statistics paint a different picture, revealing only a meagre five specialists have returned to the country this year. The assert

Sri Lanka has barred research activities for German vessel ‘Sonne’ in keeping with the one-year moratorium on such activities involving foreign ships in its Exclusive Economic Zone, but it will be allowed for replenishment in the Colombo port, Da

The Forecasting Division of the National Meteorological Centre has announced a welcome change in the prevailing dry weather across the island, with several provinces set to experience much-needed rainfall starting tomorrow. The Eastern, Uva, and No

Despite the prolonged drought, water levels in hydro and irrigation reservoirs in the country are still sufficient, ensuring no need for power cuts in the near future, the authorities said yesterday. The Ministry of Power and Energy assures no nee

The government is planning to issue licences to open 200 wine stores under the FL4 category and 15 of them have already been issued, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa alleged in Parliament yesterday. He told Parliament that the government must rev

The wildlife officers attached to the Sinharaja Forest Reserve observed that one of the two elephants living in the vicinity of the forest reserve had not been seen for the past one and a half years. They said the two male elephants used to come

Our sister papers the Daily Lankadeepa and the Sunday Lankadeepa won the ‘Most Popular Newspaper award for the 18th consecutive year at the ‘SLIM- KANTAR Peoples Award 2024’ held at the Monarch Imperial, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte last evening.

The exodus of opposition MPs from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), a watchdog committee, will have no bearing on the conduct of deliberations since the government’s representation is sufficient enough to maintain the quorum number, a top

Following a concerning rise in organized criminal activities in the Western and Southern provinces, a special operation targeting 20 identified organized criminal gangs in the country under the ‘Yukthiya’ initiative was launched yesterday. Accor

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) founder Basil Rajapaksa said that he had not read the book published recently by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on an alleged conspiracy to oust him. While addressing a television interview he said that he

The Cabinet endorsed a proposal to draft constitutional amendments for the introduction of a new parliamentary electoral system that will enable the election of 160 MPs under the previous First-Past-the –Post System and the remainder under proporti

The Veterinary Medical Officers’ Association has warned on the imminent danger of rabies spreading due to the intense heat that severely affects dogs, cats and other animals. President of the association Dr. Sisisra Piyasiri said the people sho

The country’s liquor production as compared to the year 2022 has dropped by 6.5million litres last year, which was a significant amount. The recently appointed Excise Commissioner General M J Gunasiri on his second tenure as the departmental hea

While raising concerns over the Cabinet nod to amend the existing electoral system in respect of the parliamentary election, People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), alleged that the move could result in the postponement of the electi

Refuting allegations of faulty auspicious times during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, the State Astrologers’ Committee justified the designation of auspicious times for performing Sinhala New Year rituals at night, claiming that they wanted the mo

Over 500 containers have been queued up waiting clearance since Friday

Ceylon Teachers Union has said that 28 per cent of the children between five and 19 years of age in Anuradhapura District and 27 per cent of the schoolchildren in the Polonnaruwa District were suffering from malnutrition.

Two men under the influence of liquor had assaulted the officers with clubs

Former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order restraining Deshabandu Tennakoon from discharging the duties and functioning in the office of I

It was built during the reign of King Mahasena (273-301 AD)

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Eran Wickramaratne has tendered his resignation from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) protesting against the appointment of ineligible members to the committee. The MP s

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sajith Premadasa said yesterday. That he, unlike the National People’s Power (NPP), would not engage in politics of hypocrisy “I have donated buses to all schools even to Thambuttegama National School where NPP

The cash-strapped government will have to cough up another Rs.11 billion in case a snap parliamentary election is declared ahead of the Presidential Election which is anyway due in terms of the Constitution during the last quarter of thi

​The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has initiated investigations into an incident in which former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella who is in remand custody has been transported to court using a bus donated by UNICEF for the transportation of

A recent survey conducted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) has unearthed that public trust in parliament and political parties has reached an all time low, with parliament showing 22 percent public trust and political parties showing 19 pe

Despite Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) insisting on an early parliamentary election , the United National Party (UNP) asserted yesterday that the presidential election should be conducted first in accordance with the Constitution.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena who is going to face a no confidence motion on Tuesday and Wednesday is to reveal inside details on Aragalaya including how he was pressed by some politicians to take over the presidency in violation of the constituti

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has directed Royal College, Colombo 7. to rectify the alleged wrong appointments made to the Prefects Council for 2024.