A team of British and Dutch experts including rescue operations experts, disaster assessors and a legal adviser arrived in Sri

The Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force were joined by Russian warships and three Indian coastguard ships to avert a major environmental disaster while battling raging fires that erupted in an oil tanker carry

Former President and incumbent Patron of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said she regretted the fate of the SLFP, which was formed by her father,

Justice Ministry Secretary M.M.P.K. Mayadunne has referred the draft of the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution to the Attorney General for his observations, the AG’s Coordinating Officer Nishara Jayaratne said yesterday.

National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) leader Zahran Hashim and his associates had been conducting a training camp for over four years at Al Zuharia Madrasa School in Pomparippu, Puttalam, a school registered under the Department of Muslim Religious and Cult

UNP Deputy General Secretary Ruwan Wijewardene over the weekend announced that he will vie for the party’s leadership f

A total of 150 PCR tests were conducted among workers at the Manning Market in Colombo yesterday by the health officials to test COVID-19 infected persons. Pix by Nisal Baduge

Opening the debate on the Rs. 1.6 trillion Vote on Account in Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapa

He informed his party that two portfolios would be given to two senior SLFP MPs and he himself would receive a higher position once the new amendment comes in

First stage will start on Sep. 2 from grade 6 to 13 and all primary sections will start on September 8 as the second stage

The carcass of the black leopard that died after being trapped in a snare at Laxapana Walamale estate last May, has been stuffed and displayed at the Colombo National Museum for the public to view.

Mr. Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, yesterday denied allegations by environmentalist Sajeeva Chamikara, that the controversial road construction inside the Sinharaja Forest Reserve was being d

A separate inquiry would have to be conducted with regard to Abdul Latheef Mohamed Jameel, who ended up detonat

Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and Irrigation Minister Chamal Rajapaksa captured during the inaugural session of the ninth Parliament of Sri Lanka yesterday.

The National list seat of the United National Party will remain vacant today when the new Parliament convenes for the first time, and this seat is likely to remain vacant till a new leader is appoint

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said the creation of the ‘unorthodox’ state ministries is to pave the way for a people-centric national economy so that they would become its stakeholders.

People experienced a countrywide disruption of power supply for several hours yesterday starting at 12.35 pm.

“You are on the noble path,” is what Most Venerable Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thera seems to be telling the freshly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at the opening of the Amarapura Maha N

Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Admiral (Retired) Prof. Jayanath Colombage said he would re-evaluate the foreign p

Moves are underway to draft new proposals to abolish the 19th Amendment to the Constitution and replace it with the 20th Amendment which is to be tabled in Parliament by mid-Septemb

A host of non-career politicians who were elected for the first time received authority in the execution of the new government’s policies since they have been appointed as state ministers and cha

The agenda of the first Cabinet meeting of the new government will give top priority to approve proposals for constitutional changes and the presenting of a new budget to Parliament, Daily Mirr

By Kelum Bandara and Lahiru Pothmulla President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in an extraordinary gazette notification yesterday announced the names of 28 ministries and 40 state ministries of his new government. The creation of the new Cabinet and state min

Former President and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the fourth time, before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihar

A large number of people gathered at the Carlton residence of Prime Minister-elect Mahinda Rajapaksa in Tangalle to congra

Sri Lanka Podujana Permuna (SLPP) led by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was heading for an unprecedented, landslide victory according to the results of the general elections announced

Ballot boxes from the Colombo District are seen being brought to Royal College counting centre last evening by the polling agents.

Election officials and police personnel were seen yesterday taking ballot boxes to a polling station in Colombo under heavy security.

Colombo District UNP candidate Titus Perera contesting the general election, his wife and four of his supporters came under assault by an unidentified group who entered the Kirulapone UNP propaganda office last night. His wife and one of t