Parliament yesterday voted out Chairman of Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake by adopting a motion with 123 votes in favour and 77 against, an act that indicates that the government commands majority support of the Hous

Health Ministry intensifies drive against dengue

I have absolutely done nothing wrong and while i have done nothing wrong. I want to apologise to my Buddhist, Muslim and Hindu brothers and sisters if my words by any means have hurt you

Dengue caseload crosses 35,000 mark

We vehemently oppose the statement made by pastor jerome

Hours after President Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered the Criminal Investigations Department to probe controversial Pastor Jerome Fernando over his derogatory remarks against Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism, Jerome left the island in the early hours of yes

A total of 3,344 persons have been warned for allowing mosquito breeding places during a special two-day dengue control operation

The fishermen who were affected by the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster were recently granted compensation for the fourth time at the Ministry of Fisheries under the auspices of the Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda and the State Minister of Fis

Several patients who developed complications due to the use of ‘Prednisolone’, an eye drop used after cataract surgeries at three government hospitals, demand financial compensation for the damage caused to their eyes and possible threats to thei

Says he was performing an act while he was being beaten up in the pursuit of survival and gaining sympathy

​The 29-year-old main suspect who had brought the 16-year old school girl to a hotel in Kalutara and whose naked body was later found near the railway line, has been detained for further questioning following his arrest in Hikkaduwa early last morn

Members of the Kew Lane United Youth Society organised a sau (sago drink) dansala for Vesak in Slave Island junction

The Kap Planting ceremony at the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devala was held on Saturday morning with the participation of Basnayake Nilame Dishan Gunasekara. Basnayake Nilame said the Esala festival would commence on June 18 and last till July 03. He s

Gangaramaya Temple had come alive with Vesak and had organised the Vesak zone. The special feature this year are the

Sri Lanka is currently classified as an upper middle income country

A ceremony was held to mark the 30th death anniversary of late President Premadasa at Hultsdorf yesterday. Family members of the late President are pictured here paying floral tributes at the sta

There will be unrest in the country if the value of bank assets and EPF, ETF declines

The United States is designating Sri Lankan Governor and retired Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda for gross violation of human rights

​Several Senior DIGs including Ajith Rohana and Priyantha Weerasooriya who were transferred by the Public Security Ministry under the covering approval of the National Police Commission (NPC) have written to the NPC and the ministry saying that

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s revelation in Parliament yesterday over one Chamara Gunasekera being the recipient of a US 250 million dollar bribe to bury the X Press Pearl compensation claim sent shockwaves amongst politicians and journa

Kaavan was rescued by international efforts and sent to Cambodia

Four years after the MV X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire in Sri Lankan waters, local authorities continue to take a snail-paced approach to file a compensation claim. The inferno is reported as the s

Actor turned activist Jehan Appuhami, who once carried the cross to mark his protest against the injustice of the Easter Sunday victims, is being relieved with water by a Buddhist monk who took part at a similar demonstration performed by the former

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said he got hold of details regarding the transfer of US $ 250 million to the foreign account of a Sri Lankan as a bribe to obstruct the legal process related to X-Press Pearl disaster, and directed the police t

Currently run at annual loss of Rs.10 billion

​ The first batch of 100,000 toque monkeys could be heading for test labs in China, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), Hemantha Withanage said. He said these monkeys could be used for experiments and testing of cos

Though the Sinhala and Tamil New Year was celebrated on April 13 and 14, rituals related to the celebrations continue to be performed for several days, Accordingly, the ‘Hisa Thel Gama’ (oil anointing ceremony) where a specially prepared herbal o

You can learn all about it on your next trip to Kandy, with a visit to the Pallekele centre

Almost a year after the X-Press Pearl Disaster off the Sri Lankan sea, harmful biotoxins were found around Dikowita and Sarakkuwa seas, Sri Jayawardenepura University Animal Science Department Senior P

Organs of a teenage boy who was declared brain dead has been donated with the permission of his family members to save the lives of several patients.