The four-day ‘Colombo Stamp Show 2022’organised by the Philatelic Bureau of the Postal Department was held from October 6 to 9. A special stamp and a first day cover were released to commemorate ‘World Post Day’ yesterday which was the final

A stock of 6.210 kilos of heroin was seized and a suspect was arrested by Tangalle Crime Investigation Unit. He w

Sri Lanka Army is to celebrate its 73rd Anniversary on October 10th in a grand gesture and a series of programmes had been organised to mark the event. The first of it all, a spe

A protest was held at the oil installation in Kolonnawa by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) joint trade union, demanding the government to stop the suppression on the union leaders who brought

SLPP MP Wimalaweera Dissanayake said that like himself, the former President’s son MP Namal Rajapaksa is also suffering from malnutrition.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who returned back to the country recently after countries failed to give him asylum, has now begun a secret PR campaign to clear his failed image within the masses, to persuade the villages that he was misguided in

On behalf of the government of Pakistan, Maj. Gen. (R) Umar Farooq Burki HI (M), donated essential food items for deserving disabled people from Eastern Province through Al-Subaitha Welfare Organisation.

It was the middle class people who took to the street last time but it will be poor people who will lead the uprising this time

US Permanent Representative to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, Ambassador Cindy McCain and the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung admire tea on sale at an outlet near Kandy

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured President Ranil Wickremesinghe of more Indian investments to assist Sri Lanka out of its economic crisis and also queried on the status of the IMF talks, the Daily Mirror learns. The

US Permanent Representative to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, Ambassador Cindy McCain and the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung visited the Sri Revatha Primary Sch

The organization to Safeguard Buddhist Heritage yesterday held a protest march from Independence Square to the Ministry of Buddha

Whilst alleging that the decision of the government to declare certain areas as high security zones is illegal and cabinet nod had also been given to set up a committee to regulate media, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said his party will soon

The latest draft of the UNHRC, if adopted, will seek to support judicial proceedings in member states regarding human rights violations and accountability issues of Sri Lanka .

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that a special book exhibition including books and documents of rare and historical value

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to reduce tax on sanitary pads and the gazette notification in that regard would be publi

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is in Britain having taken part at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, met King Charles III on the sidelines of the royal ceremony last weekend. Picture shows President Ranil Wickremesinghe engaged in a

The State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was held at Westminster Abbey - where her Coronation took place in 1953

A requiem Eucharist for Queen Elizabeth II was held at the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, in Colombo last evening. A nu

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that Free Trade Agreement with India would be revived and upgraded into a comprehensive economic and technological partnership. He said Sri Lanka and India gradually have to wean themselves out of the barriers to i

A man photographs Lotus Tower, South Asia’s tallest structure, w hich was officially opened yesterday

Highlighting on the future challenges faced by the security forces and Sri Lanka as a whole in the future, President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said the island nation may be used by te

The national cricket and netball teams who emerged Asian champions were paraded along the streets from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to Colombo last morning.

Presenting a report on Sri Lanka, acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Nashif told the Human Rights Council that the situation here was fragile and called for accountability.

USAID will provide 20 million dollars as humanitarian aid in addition to 40 million dollars which will be given to purchase fertilizer for one million farmers

The President chaired a discussion at the President’s Office today (09) to examine the progress of several development projects in the country based on Indian investment cooperation

She was arrested for allegedly obstructing the duties of police officers and forcibly entering Presidential Secretariat

Leo Lakisha Perera who represents Leo District 306 C2, was able to win two distinguished awards for the year 2021/22, as ‘Leo of the Year’ and ‘Leo of the Year International’ marking another signific

President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena with senior UNP party officials and supporters at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, where the UNP celebrated its 76th anniversary yesterday .

The Offshore Patrol Vessel P 627, which was formally handed over to the Sri Lanka Navy by the U.S. Coast Guard in October 2021, departed for Sri Lanka from the Port of Seattle, United States on 03rd September 2022. The home bound journey began, after