Petition highlights the economic hardship caused by rising electricity costs

The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Energy and Transport has proposed a complete rollback of the 18 per cent electricity price increase imposed last year, a statement said. According to a

Says NPP obtained only three seats at the 2020 general election

Sri Lanka is likely to feel the pinch of the impact of Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea since the price of wheat flour shipments originating from Turkey have increased by more than US $ 100 a tonne , according to local importers. Shipping compan

The Maldives Third-Way Democrats condemned the comments

Says ready to face any of the two elections

The rehabilitation of the Maho-Anuradhapura section expected to be completed in six months

A bill board has been erected by an underworld gang leader congratulating acting IGP

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has pledged to investigate Divisional Secretariats that are neglecting public issues by prioritizing caste-related concerns in the Northern Province, the President’s Media Division said. In the course of

The Health Ministry has identified 13 districts with high incidence of Dengue cases such as Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Hambantota, Kandy, Kegalle, Trincomalee, Ratnapura, Puttalam, Polonnaruwa, J

UNICEF, together with WHO, will support the Ministry of Health in implementing a supplementary measles immunization activity (SIA) in Sri Lanka aimed at controlling the ongoing measles outbreak, as over

Manager, Southern Province Training Centre of the Dangerous Drugs Control Board Tharindu Perusinghe said the demand for capsules and tablets from drug addicts had a sharp increase since 2015 and wa

By D.G.Sugathapala A PC of Habaraduwa police was interdicted for smoking ganja during duty hours. He was arrested by a CI and produced before JMO Karapitiya hospital who reported that the suspect PC was a narcotic addict. He was interdicted by

2,303 IRCs among 4,584 suspects nabbed

India extended the export ban on onion to contain inflation

Following the recent death of an inmate at Galle prison due to meningitis, eight inmates are currently being treated for suspected meningitis at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.

Journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge was killed with an ulterior motive to silence all journalists and the authorities have failed to bring the culprits to book even after 15 years of his murder, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka said yesterday. BASL

A Russian tourist died in a road accident at Imaduwa on the Southern Expressway on Friday night (05). A group of tourists from Colombo were on their way to a hotel in Weligama, when the bus transporting them crashed into a lorry running in the same

An amount of 102,422 dollars (approx. 33 million in Sri Lankan rupees) was earned last year from the export of Palmyrah toddy, Palmyrah Development Board (PDB) said. The board also sa

The price of almost all varieties of vegetables have gone through the roof. According to a fact-finding mission to the Narahenpita Economic Centre, the prices of most upcountry and low-country vegetables remained as high as over Rs.800 a kilo.

The government is in the process of evolving fresh legislation to curb or eliminate the distortion of core religious teachings by some individuals creating social tension, Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake s

Plans to procure nearly 600MW of electricity from renewable sources in 2024

Residents confirm recurring threat of aggressive elephant

The Ugandan President is familiar with Sri Lanka and its leaders. He has close links with the Sri Lankan envoy in Uganda for 40 years

New retail price of a 50-kg bag of cement is Rs. 2,450

Sniffer dogs used to check bags and parcels of passengers

Six individuals aboard the vessel were arrested

Heads of households urged to be vigilant when employing day helpers

Several high-profile arrests have also been made

The call for prosecution based on a recent Supreme Court judgement