The 80th birth anniversary of Ven. Galboda Gnanissara Nayaka Thera popularly known as ‘Podi Hamuduruwo’ was marked at the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple yesterday. The picture show

‘Wilpattu Covered’ seems to be the notion run across German Ambassador to Sri Lanka Holger Seubert’s mind when he got of

The driver of the Mercedes, a businessman Mohammad Ryzul Rizzaq who was involved in a fatal accident in Kollupitiya on Saturday morning while returning from a night club, had left for Dubai hours after the accident, police sai

Leader of Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa, Janani Premadasa and Chairman Sarath Fonseka in a pensive mood at the party convention yesterday. pic by Nisal Baduge

Half of those who earn less than Rs 100,000 cannot afford to have three meals daily. Those who earn a high revenue should look after the low-income earners

Whilst stating that the authority for revising electricity tariffs is vested with Power and Energy Minister and the Cabinet, President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday requested Parliament to

A pindapatha programme with more than 200 monks was held as a part of a series of religious programmes during Unduwap full moon Poya day named Metta Sanghadana was held at Kotte yesterday.

Says no one should make assumptions based on media reports

The Central Bank has submitted all relevant information to the Chinese banks as part of talks on debt restructuring, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said yesterday. The Minister told Daily Mirror yesterday that progressive dialogue is in

​Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had used 43 percent of the total expenditure of the Presidential allocation for his personal staff while former President Maithripala Sirisena has used 57 percent, according to accounts released by the office.

A member of the Onmaxdt scheme said, “If we invest 1,000 USD, equal to about Rs. 375,000, we receive it back in about four months. They pay dividends amounting to three times the investment for about 15 months. If we enroll others, we receive a co

Offices of the President and Premier reveal in response to a RTI request by our sister paper

Questions the high interest rates which are around 30 percent currently

Although the maximum number of inmates that can be held in the prisons across the island is about 13,200, the prisons across the country are currently accommodating twice the maximum capa

Whatever said and done by former senior members, the legitimate SLFP is led by a duly appointed chairman, General Secretary and administered by the Central Committee, the politburo and located at the party head office, General Secretary

the Easter Sunday terrorist attack was something orchestrated to enable fmr. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to come to power in 2019

Will impose emergency and use security forces to suppress any unlawful protest

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, the accused of an alleged sexual assault on a Sydney woman he met on a dating app has been pictured for the first time since leaving custody on bail.

Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa who arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday morning to a grand welcome at the VIP lounge of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is yet to pay the bill for using the VIP services as well as for the food which wa

If they come with batons and other weapons, we should try to stop them peacefully

At least seven student activists were arrested and several wounded

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka who was granted bail under strict conditions by a Magistrate Court in Sydney yesterday will reside in a wealthy Sri Lankan citizen’s house as he will have to provide an immediate local address to the Austra

The Tusker Muthuraja, which was a gift by the government of Thailand to Sri Lanka, was ordered to be handed over to the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens due to ill treatment meted out on the animal b

The Former President was misled by black money holders who financed his campaign

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his maiden budget for 2023, pledged to introduce a new economic order to suit world trends and highlighted that Sri Lanka will embark on this new path through the 2023 budget. “The economic order which was introdu

A soldier or a revolutionist, it’s another son or a daughter that would be lost in any struggle to a mother. Armed Forces Remembrance Commemoration Ceremony 2022 (Poppy Day) was held yester

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber of the LTTE

Budget proposals for 2023 have been compiled within the frame work of the economic programme recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed Parliament yesterday. The President was responding to questio

A candle vigil was held to mark the six months since the launch of Aragalaya at Galle Face yesterday.