Sri Lankan authorities involved in the battle against the COVID-19 will minimise the risk factor for a re-emergence of the virus

Former MPs Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Bimal Ratnayake, former Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe and former Solicitor General Suhada Gamlath and other officials appeared before the Presidential Commissi

Considering a Writ application, the Court of Appeal yesterday gave an interim order staying the ongoing proceedings of the trial at bar in the Colombo High Court against Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda, until the f

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said while most countries are suffering from COVID-19, Sri Lanka has achieved a remarkable victory through collective efforts, but the virus is yet to be eradicated.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has been severely angered at the recent controversial statements made by former ministers Karuna Amman and Mahindananda Aluthgamage and has called on his

The Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo yesterday expressed shock and condemned the recent statement made by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) national list candidate Harin Fernando that the Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ra

A tusker was found lying dead at the Borupanwila area inside the Wilpattu National Park on Satu

The heartbreaking video footage of a dying mother elephant with a baby by its side was reported from Galgamuwa. The postmortem examination confirmed that the elephant had died of septicaemia. However, the baby elephant had gone missi

While claiming that law enforcement authorities have already commenced investigations on prisons officials who have links to corruption and underworld criminals, Defence Secretary Maj.Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne yesterday revealed that State Intellig

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A movement calling itself ‘The Trade Unions and Mass Organisations Against State Repression’ staged a protest at Lipton’s Circus in Colombo 7 yesterday to condemn the police attack on Frontline Soci

The three member Elections Commission is presently discussing allocating specific times for people to come and cast th

Fifty thousand more Sri Lankan citizens stranded overseas are waiting to be repatriated while 8,000 have been brought back into the country since the COVID-19 virus spread in many countries including Sri Lanka since March, a senior off

Devotees are seen at St Anthony’s Shrine in Kochchikade yesterday on the eve of St. Anthony’s feast carrying out their religio

Self-Employed Professionals’ Three-Wheeler Association Chairman Sunil Jayawardhana, was killed after he was assa

The much delayed Parliamentary polls of 2020 will be conducted on August 5 , Elections Commission (EC) Chairman Mahin

A protest organised by the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) against the murder of George Floyd in the US ended up with som

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday public sector officials including board members of State corporations and statutory bodies as well as members of director boards appointed by his government should refrain fro

All local nationals who have been repatriated from overseas in recent days and have been tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, are not carrying the severe form of the illness and can be easily treated here, a senior official from the He

A devotee was among the handful of worshipers who visited the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya yesterday to mark Poson Full Mo

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed officials to send returnees from foreign countries for quarantine only after results of PCR tests conducted at the airport itself are known, the President’s Media Division said.

The prime suspect of the Central Bank bond scam case Arjuna Mahendran has changed his name and living in Singapore u

The Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya as Chairman and Justices Buwaneka Aluvihare,

The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed to announce at 3:00 p.m. today whether or not to grant leave to proceed for the fundamenta

Senior and staunch supporters of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) carried the remains of their ardent leader Arumugam Thondaman to his pyre built at the Thondaman Sports Grounds in Norwood last

The explicit instructions issued by the health authorities to maintain social distancing to prevent the spread of the deadly virus ne

The remains of late Minister Arumugam Thondaman was brought to Parliament yesterday and kept Lying-in-State at the Asse

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is chatting with SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris, while Justice Minister Nimal Siripala de S

A black leopard, classified as rare in Sri Lanka, has reportedly been injured after being trapped in a snare in the Lakshapana Estate in Nallathanniya, Hatton yesterday. Wildlife Co

With some 90 returnees from Kuwait testing positive for COVID-19, the government has decided to suspend the repatriation of Sri Lankans for a few weeks, said Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage, former Navy Commander and the Preside