The annual Adi Vel Festival was held at Sri Murugan Temple, Slave Island in Colombo yesterday (9). Devotees in bright clothes take to the streets to hold chariot parades, traditional singing, ringing bells, and Kavadi, a ceremonial offering dance

A team of foreign medical experts are scheduled to arrive in the country to provide treatment to the injured tusker popularly known as Agbo now lying in Labunoruwa Tank reservation in Thirappane.

In the wake of a new variant COVID-19 dubbed ‘Eris’ spreading rapidly across the United Kingdom, triggering alarm among health officials, Sri Lankan Health authorities said they keep a close eye on the new developments of the virus and are on ale

St Bridget’s Convent, Colombo 7 ‘Class S2’ reunion of 92 batch, took place at Kingsbury Hotel Colombo on Friday 4th August 2023. The extravagant High - Tea became a picturesque canvas of friendship and loyalty. A stunning afternoon filled with

Tourists use flaming torches to visit the historic Mihintale Raja Maha Viharaya since the electricity supply has been disconnected following the non-payment of arrears. Pic By B.G. Chaturanga

Meets at Mahinda Amaraweera’s residence, vows to press ahead with proposed alliance

In the establishment of land connectivity between India and Sri Lanka, an alternate route, instead of ancient Ram Setu or Adam’s Bridge, is considered to avert Hindu religious sensitivities, Daily Mirror learns.

A group of expatriate workers staying in Kuwait who had been deported for want of Visas arrived at the Katunayake International Airport in the early hours of yesterday on temporary passports issued by the Sri Lankan Embassy. It included 59 housema

This is the highest level visit from Japan after soured bilateral relations following the Light Rail Transit Project issue

The Colombo Lotus Tower plans to launch the Bungee Jumping programme by December this year, its Head of Management Prasad Samarasinghe said.The Colombo Lotus Tower and Singapore Go Bungy Company earli

There is an increase in the number of wild animals dying due to electrocution, including 36 elephants, by illegal power lines that have been constructed insecurely to protect farmland and property.

The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) and the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India have colla

The enshrining of Buddhist Relics at the Siri Samadhi Buddhist Centre in Kothalawala, Kaduwela took place yesterday morning with Chief Incumbent Angunakolapelesse Gnanananda Thera presiding over the event.

Police fired water cannons in attempts to disperse the members of Inter-University Bhikkhu Federation (IUBF), who demonstrate

MPs Kumara Welgama is among the pro-government MPs who signed the motion

Ali Sabry meets Thai MP and assistance sought to join it

Bandula Gunawardane took steps to plant 200 saplings of such trees along the road leading to Kataragama Kirivehera

After 75 years of global efforts to find a vaccine to fight dengue, virologists are suggesting that inoculation may not offer long-lasting immunity against all four dengue virus serotypes, the foreign media reports. According t

Referring to the tragic and untimely death of a 21-year-old woman who died after being administered a drug via cannula while receiving treatment at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital on Wednesday (12

Claiming that those whose negligence caused the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 had shown no remorse by compensating them as ordered by court, several family members of the victims of the attacks who spoke to the Daily Mirror

In a bid to appease some senior MPs of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) who insist on Cabinet portfolios, the government has proposed to set up a separate body called ‘high post committee’ comprising them and assign responsibilities to them alo

Says theft and corruption are rampant

In the absence of a consensus between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Public Security Minister Tiran Alles on the selection of Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon as the next Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. C.D.Wickramaratne was given yet anoth

Further excavations at Kokkuthuduwai in Mullaitivu unearthed a host of skeletal remains and fragments of camouflaged materials believed to have been worn by women soldiers. The excavations were carried out under the supervision of Mullaitivu Actin

India extended US $ 4 billion financial assistance during economic crisis

Sri Lanka Muslim Media Forum (SLMMF) at its 26th Annual General Meeting recently held in Colombo felicitated late veteran jo

Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) is to increase its female strength to 30 percent in order to allow more women to serve in the force covering many areas including as pilots, newly appointed Air Force Commander Udeni Rajapaksa said yesterday.

Dry rations were distributed among 200 low income families at the Gangaramaya Temple yesterday with the patronage of the IOC Chairman Sujoy Choudhury and other officials and the Te

Two eminent Sri Lankans joined the international election observer mission to observe and assess the conduct of the General Election in Sierra Leone on June 24, 2023, in which the country’s president, parliament, and other local representatives wil

The programme drew widespread criticism from parties across the political divide