Fishermen in the Northern Province in a fleet of over 100 fishing craft sailed from Mullaitivu to Point Pedro yesterday to protest against Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters and urging authorities to intervene to stop bottom trawling.

Covid-19 vaccines were administered to school children at Visaka Vidyalaya and Thurstan College Colombo yesterday.

The restrictions in effect at present will be reviewed at the COVID-19 Task Force meeting to be convened today, Director Gene

Visiting India’s Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane was welcomed by his Sri Lankan counterpart and Chief of Defence S

It reduces hospitalisation, deaths by 50 percent

Former member of the Election Commission Jeevan Thiagarajah has been appointed as the Governor of the Northern Province.

Claiming that the Government had not removed control price on a number of essential commodities due to the Dollar crisis

H.E. urged all Sri Lankans to extend their support to move the country forward accurately, under the notion of one country and one law sans corruption H.E was committed to protecting the country from any recurrence of acts of terrorism or religious e

Relevant officials instructed to vaccinate those in the age group of 20-30

Why should my wife and I leave? All these allegations are baseless

Breaking his silence for the first time since the allegations levelled against him and his wife came out in the Pandora Paper leaks, businessman Thirukumar Nadesan told Daily Mirror in an exclusive comment yesterday that he had req

Commemoration of the war heroes was held at the National War Memorial in front of the Parliament complex under the patronag

The accused who are being charged for Easter Sunday carnage in April 2019 are being escorted to the Colombo Special Trial -a

For the first time in Sri Lanka, the stone that occupied the entire kidney of a patient was removed in a surgery called ‘Mini PCNL (Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy)’ performed with the use of a 140W high-power laser technology by a team of medical

People had come in numbers to Colombo For essential services despite wet weather as Sri Lanka opened after a 41 day lockdown

Poverty deprives children of their basic needs of education and playful nature. Also, it leads them to help their parents in making a livi

Mayor apologises to city dwellers for any inconvenience caused

Scientific research carried out globally have underlined that COVID-19 vaccines may pose a greater threat on children above 12 than the coronavirus itself, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID-19 Disease Control

The lockdown will not be lifted on Oct. 1 due to reports of a delay in purchasing diesel

A free medical camp for those who were facing difficulties in obtaining medical services due to the quarantine curfew was held in Kattankudy on September 23 on the initiative of JM Medical Centre Chairman Jabir Sally and Managing Director Mud

Pfizer vaccine is used

Self-proclaimed spiritual healer Eliyantha White who succumbed to Covid-19 bade adieu at the General Cemetery Crematorium in Borella yesterday amidst a large crowd of mourners near and dear to him. What the bystanders questioned wa

The rapid progress of vaccinations was enabled by coordinated efforts

COVID booster jabs will begin to be offered to the relevant groups of people in the near future once the second dose roll

The Buddhist devotees pay homage on Binara Full Moon Poya day at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on September 20, 2021. The establishment of the Bhikkhuni Sasanaya (Bhikkhuni Sangha) or Order of the Female Buddhist Monastic took pla

Police drag members of the Self Employees Association who protested in Pettah. At least two protesters were arrested by the police for purportedly breaking quarantine laws.

The Maligakanda Maha Bodi Viharaya and the Colombo Municipal Council paid floral tributes in view of occasion of the 157th birth anniversary of Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala. Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, Deputy Commissioner of India Vinod K. J

State Minister of Gem and Jewelry Related Industries Lohan Ratwatte who has pushed the government into a hot soup ov

State Minister of Prisons Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation, Lohan Ratwatte who has been caught in a controversy over allegedly threatening Tamil prisoners at the Anuradhapura Prison on Sunday, yesterday tendered his re

The four-week lockdown was more than enough to contain the spread of the disease and that there had been a decrease in the Covid mortality rate and infections