The United States and Sri Lanka called on Monday for cooperation on environmental security, saying that all countries, big

Factories that caught fire do not belong to CIC Holdings or any other company in the CIC Group

Government MP Nimal Lansa, who is now involved in the formation of a new political entity to back President Ranil Wickremesinghe, lashed out at Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) charging that the party was acting with double standards on the impl

He is to be reinstated tomorrow

Opposition MPs seem to be holding different ideas on the recent remarks made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe that Sri Lankan children will have to learn Hindi and Chinese in the future. An MP who represents one of the part

The shortage has led to an increase in the number of children being sent to LRH for further treatment

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) on Friday approved the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to add a generation capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) in the southern area on a short-term basis for six months, commencing from August 18, 2023.

Northern Province Governor, P. S. M. Charles, has instructed Provincial Education Authorities to swiftly launch an investigation into the tragic incid

Schoolchildren are normally used to studying another foreign language in addition to English in case the facilities are available for them to do so. Only a few selected schools in Sri Lanka have the resou

Two factories including a chemical storage plant at Katuwana Industrial Zone were destroyed by a fire last night.

Water supply is currently restricted in some areas including Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kurunegala, as a result of the prolonged dry spell, an official from National Water Supply and Drainage Board said yesterday. Its Deputy General Manager,

Media reports being circulated that two pillows and a mattress were found in a Parliamentary Committee room are completely false, Secretary General of Parliament Ms. Kushani Rohanadeera said.

Sri Lanka has made the biggest contribution to China in history by gifting Vinaya Pitaka to 400Ad Buddhist monk Faxian who travelled through the old Silk Route in search of Buddhist scripts, said a chief prelate announcing a serie

A set of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs together with MPs representing other parties have initiated a new move to bring members of Parliament of all parties in forming a joint group to ensure economic justice Daily Mirror reliably le

A Police sergeant and two others who had gone hunting at night in the Issennewa forest reserve were arrested, and the T56 duty weapon of the police officer seized by the Wahalkada police on Wednesday night

The selling prices of all vegetable items in the local market have steadily decreased compared to the previous days, the All Island Unified Economic Centres and Manning Market Traders Union (AIUECMMTU) said today.

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has instructed to set up a new CCTV camera control center at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). The minister said that this camera system will be able to analyze data using new technical sof

Amidst concerns about duopoly in wheat flour imports in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said the Finance Ministry is having discussions about issuing licenses for wheat flour imports soo

Ahead of the UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) session next month, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, in his briefing to the diplomatic community, reiterated that Sri Lanka would not agree to any external mechanism to de

We will have to teach genome technology, Artificial Intelligence and robotics in schools and universities

India officially handed over a substitute Dornier 228 maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka to be used by the Sri Lanka Air Force, at a ceremony held in Katunayake yesterday (16). It was officially received by Sagala Ratnayaka, President’s S

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena who is currently in Kunming, China for the 7th China-South Asia exhibition jointly organised by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the Yunnan State Government, sought more Chinese inve

A group of officers have been accused of sexually harassing female employees of the Housekeeping Department and the committee rooms were searched recently as a result

Sri Lanka allocated less than 2% of its GDP on education, which falls well below the international benchmark of 4-6% of GDP and is among the lowest in the South Asia region, a statement issued by UNICEF said.

Wheezing and diarrhoea is on the rise among children these days due to dry weather and dust, Consultant Paediatrician at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children Dr. Deepal Perera said.

Several leading hospitals including Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, Gampaha, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Ampara, Vavuniya and Monaragala District General Hospital are currently operating without adequately qualified transfusion physicians, resulting

Several leading hospitals including Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, Gampaha, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Ampara, Vavuniya and Monaragala District General Hospital are currently operating without adequately qualified transfusion physicians, resulting

Following the divergence of opinion between two judges of Court of Appeal regarding the judgement into the writ petition filed over Diana Gamage’s citizenship issue, a motion has been filed seeking a fuller bench comprising five judges of Court of

Responding to media reports that the leave of medical consultants who will be travelling overseas is to be cancelled, Health Ministry Secretary Janaka Sri Chandragupta said the Health Ministry has not reached such a decision as yet. Speaking to Daily

In the absence of a proper mechanism to ensure the quality of medicinal drugs, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella discussed with the World Health Organization (WHO) over a benchmark to set up a highly standardized quality laboratory in Sri Lanka to