Major General Ruwan Wanigasooriya (Retd) has been appointed as the new Chief of National Intelligence, the Ministry of Defence said.

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) is to enhance its air capabilities with the addition of eight Bell 206 helicopters from the United States and an FT-7 trainer aircraft from Pakistan this year, the Daily Mirror learns.

Major General (Rtd) Ruwan Kulatunga, the Chief of National Intelligence (CNI), retired from his position on December 31, 2024.

The second stage of the third term for the 2024 academic year in all government and government-approved private schools begins today

One inmate in Matara prison was reported dead and ten others were injured when a Bo tree within the prison premises fell on them.

If the current government can ensure that people have at least three meals a day throughout the year, then that will be enough, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa said.

A gazette notification was issued on December 31, 2024, to maintain the existing import duty on 63 selected items, including essential food items, without any revisions, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development announced.

The Examinations Department has decided to award full marks for the three controversial questions from the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination held recently.

The annual birth rate in the country, which previously stood at 350,000, has reportedly dropped significantly, Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH) Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Deepal Perera said.

The controversy surrounding former Speaker Asoka Ranwala’s doctorate has taken a bizarre twist, with NPP MP K. Illankumaran from the Jaffna district describing Ranwala as a “Medical Doctor’’.

A group of 50 hearing and speech impaired individuals who had undergone special training provided by the Department of Motor Traffic received their driving licenses.

The Colombo Crime Division has arrested social activist Namal Kumara, police said.

With the government’s decisions on fuel price revisions, reducing bus fares has become a distant dream for the people, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) Chairman Gemunu Wijerathne said.

By the end of 2024, the Sri Lanka Customs achieved a record-breaking revenue of over Rs. 1.5 trillion, marking the highest annual revenue in its history.

Claiming that Sri Lanka achieved significant economic stability as a nation in 2024, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said with this progress as the foundation, the country would move forward in 2025 with renewed vision and determination, working t

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect.

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has sparked speculation after changing his name on his social media platform X to ’’Kekius Maximus’’.

An investigation into financial frauds involving foreign nationals, including Chinese individuals, has revealed that the majority of the accounts targeted in Sri Lanka were those of Chinese nationals, with only a limited number of local accounts affe

Sri Lanka’s private sector enters year 2025 with optimism as the island nation has somewhat managed to emerge from years of economic turbulence, supported by signs of recovery and a more stable environment.

In the wake of Jeju Airlines plane crash that killed 179 presumably due to a bird strike, the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is considered one of the safest from bird strikes in the world, an official said.

A total of 312,836 individuals went abroad for work during 2024, marking a new record that surpasses the previous high set in 2022, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said.

Outgoing Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Shavendra Silva yesterday asserted that he wanted to avoid civilian casualties at all costs caused by military fire during the ‘Aragalaya’ period in 2022, but the rulers misunderstood his strategy, wh

Lanka Salt Hambantota was originally established as a fully state-owned corporation. On January 24, 1997, the Ministry of Finance transferred its ownership of the shares to an external party for Rs. 471 million. At the time of this transfer, approxim

Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa today assured that no withholding tax will be charged on interest from children’s savings accounts if the child’s monthly income is less than Rs. 150,000.

The fuel price revision took place with the price of a litre of kerosene reduced by Rs. 5, effective from tonight, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) announced.