Total of 100 drugs have failed quality tests so far in 2023

The Chief Incumbent of Sambodi Vihara Kokilai, Venerable Sri Tissapura Gunaratana Thera, has his voiced concern over the plight of the Sinhalese community in Kokilai, Mullaitivu District. He pointed out that even 14 years after the end of the war, th

The Colombo High Court yesterday acquitted and released former Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa and five others from the money laundering case, without calling defence evidence. High Court Judge Nawaratne Marasinghe made this order pursuant to a req

The prices of goods and services will go up by two to three times after the Value Added Tax (VAT) is increased upto 18 percent from January next year, further burdening the people, NPP MP Vijitha Herath said yesterday

Police and protesters fall near a paddy field as the police tried to halt the protest march against the recent electricity price hike that began in Divulapitiya town yesterday morning. Six individuals, in

China’s Sinopec is to make an initial investment of US $ 1.5 billion, the single largest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), in building a refinery in Hambantota once the agreement is finalized within the next two weeks, a top source said. It remai

There is a reasonable doubt that Dinesh Schaffter’s death was a result of a criminal act and issued an order directing the CID Director to arrest the perpetrators

It is essential to explore the adoption of electric vehicles as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional diesel or petrol vehicles

A pair of Capybaras have been flown to Sri Lanka under the animal exchange scheme between Czech Republic and Sri Lanka and handed over to the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens.

The attorney, representing the company owner accused of importing substandard vaccines into Sri Lanka, revealed that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had apprehended and brought before the court a ‘small fish’ linked to the case and th

The Sri Lankan side has already made the relevant information available

Ven. Pitiduwe Siridhamma Thera was strongly advised by the Mahanayake and Karaka Maha Sangha Sabha of the Malwathu Chapter to avoid making sermons by distorting Tripitaka and the Buddha’s character.

There is no shortage of essential drugs, including 14 lifesaving drugs. Out of the approximately 1,300 drugs currently in use, 383 are considered essential

The Presidential Secretariat was listed as the first building to be recorded in this census

An organization which identified itself as ‘World fellowship of Buddhist -Sri Lanka demonstrated in front of the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress calling for an end to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

In a recent development regarding National People’s Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s statement about producing graphite for exportation, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha de Silva has provided a clarifying perspective amid the l

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has raised stern concerns with the Chiefs of the Inland Revenue Department, Excise and Customs Departments over their failure to gather the required revenue for the co

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has decided to revise its fuel prices with effect from last night. Accordingly, a litre of Lanka Petrol 92 Octane (Rs. 365) has been reduced by Rs. 9, and its new retail price will be Rs. 356.

State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage will keep her Parliamentary seat after the Court of Appeal ruled in its majority decision that there is no merits in the writ petition which sought an order declaring that she is not qualified to be a Member of

The man had brought his wife’s passport from Italy a few weeks prior to his arrival in Sri Lanka, falsified the Katunayake Airport immigration stamp, and kept it for his use

A former army civilian cook posing as a Colonel and wanted in connection with a robbery on June 23 was taken into custody on Monday (30) by Moneragala Division Crime Investigation Unit with the help of the Military Police durin

State Minister Geetha Kumarasinghe said a large number of female inmates are suffering for years in remand prisons for minor offences and assured them of legal assistance.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa criticised the Cabinet’s approval to increase the Value-Added Tax (VAT) to 18% and revise the electricity bill every three months, according to a statement from his office. The statement said that he argues tha

He was granted a surety bail of Rs. 100,000 and a cash bail of Rs. 2,500

Bimputh Finance Ltd, on which Daya Gamage a key member of the United National Party(UNP) and a minister in the Yahapalana government alleged to have interests, has defaulted on a loan worth Rs. 350 million borrowed from the Housing Development Financ

French Ambassador Jean-François Pactet, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of bilateral relationship, said France and Sri Lanka have common interests as far as the Indian Ocean is concerned.

A branch of a tree fell on a van, a car and a three-wheeler opposite the Trade Ministry on R.A. De Mel Mawatha (Duplication Road), Colombo yesterday e

If the programme is successful, there will be no more operations, but all we need to do is to anesthetize them

The magistrate has imposed a travel ban and ordered the immigration controller to be informed that the relevant persons have been banned from leaving the country

The health of elephant ‘Seetha’ has taken a turn for the worse as three metal pieces continue to pose a grave threat in her chest cavity, near her heart and lungs, Peradeniya University Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Faculty Prof. Ashoka