Rotary Club of Colombo South recently presented ‘Vocational Excellence Award’ for 2023 to Senior Lecturer of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenapura Dr S.M.K.S. Seneviratne. Sh

A group of foreign tourists yesterday staged a protest against the government’s decision to lease the Nuwara Eliya post office building for a hotel. They said they were surprised to learn about the decision from posters and banners displaced in

Committee on Public Finance (COPF) had yesterday instructed the Ministry of Finance to impose income tax on companies that exploited the ‘midnight gazette’ to make significant profits, out of import duty adjustment on sugar, Daily Mirror reliably

The Ministry of Defence said that an investigation is underway to determine whether members of the Civil Security Department, who have been assigned to carry out tasks at places of worship, state and other institutions, are engaged in activities beyo

On 26th October 2023, the Paris Criminal Court, (Tribunal Correctional de Paris), rendered a guilty verdict against Lycamobile Services Limited and Lycamobile Sarl. The same day the companies appealed against the judgement. The appeal is belie

Sri Lanka has been identified as a soft target for cybercriminals, and according to the 21st edition of Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report, cryptocurrency mining malware, where cybercriminals seek illicit profits by using victim’s computers

Determining that the Online Safety Bill is not inconsistent with the Constitution and can be passed by a simple majority in the House subject to amendments, the Supreme Court has observed that increasingly countries are trying to regulate internet co

Whilst State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya claimed that a sum of Rs 6,721 million is to be collected from five liquor manufacturing companies which have defaulted taxes, opposition MP Patali Champika Ranawaka claimed that it was the Com

The Court of Appeal yesterday issued an interim order suspending the operation of the gazette notification issued by Sports Minister appointing an interim committee to Sri Lanka Cricket. The Court of Appeal two-judge-bench comprising Justices Niss

The Sri Lanka Cricket crisis took yet another dramatic turn yesterday when Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe asked President Ranil Wickremesinghe to remove him from office while the Court of Appeal gave an order against the new interim committee head

Diana alleges that Perera and Bandara assaulted her in the Parliament lobby

At least 30 employees of a fagarment factory at Meegoda who had taken ill after eating their midday meal yesterday were admitted to the hospital. They were admitted, 17 of them, to th

Taking an overdose of paracetamol is particularly dangerous

Says people should act consciously when attempts are made to resuscitate the economy

Deduru Oya reservoir reached spill level last morning and all eight spill gates were open to release 17,000 acre ft. of water per second to Deduru Oya. Irrigation Engineer Sampath Samarajeewa warned of the possibility of a minor food threat aff

Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service was also questioned

Kotelawala was manipulated into writing valuable properties

Kurunegala Magistrate has issued warrants against this officer

Committee comprises retired judges, lawyers, and cricket administrators

Furious President telephones Roshan Ranasinghe over his sudden move

A batch of 325 Grade III Principals appointed to schools in the North Central Province received their letters of appointment at the Provincial Council Auditorium. NCP Governor Maheepala Hera

Workmen attending to repairs to the railway line between Bandarawela and Kinigama railway stations were injured and admitted to hospital when rocks from a adjacent hillock had fallen on them.

Despite the lapse of nearly three years and the Auditor General pinpointing dereliction of duty on the part of authorities concerned, the Agriculture Ministry or the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) of Parliament, have not yet initiated formal

The new retail price of a 12.5kg cylinder of gas is now Rs. 3,565

The Committee on Public Finance ( COPF) is to probe the alleged second sugar scam where it is alleged that the government is slated to lose Rs 10 billion as a result of releasing an old stock of sugar to the market after the duty revision, Daily Mirr

The Mirihana Special Crimes Investigation Unit has launched an investigation to arrest a couple, who are owners of a contract company named “D’ marc solution (PVT) LTD,” in connection with a fraudulent transaction amounting to over Rs. 9.9 mill

According to the Constitution (Article 41C), the President must nominate an IGP candidate approved by the Constitutional Council, emphasizing the need for a candidate with an impeccable service record, devoid of any allegations, to rebuild trust i

The Colombo – Badulla main highway which caved in near the 168KM post in Marangahawela, Haldummulla due to the incessant heavy rain experienced at present is endangered of falling apart.

Rajangana and Angamuwa tanks are spilling over due to the heavy rainfall experiened in the Anuradhapura district at present and eight spill gates in the former and two in the latter were opened last morning.