President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed condolences on the passing away of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

The United States has announced more than $240M in new assistance to Sri Lanka in 2022 alone, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said.

The government has decided to grant no-pay leave to state employees to read for their doctorates, without affecting their seniority or pension.

Chinese officials must share more real-time information on Covid in the country as infections surge, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

The year 2023 is going to be a year of long weekends, as most of the public and mercantile holidays have fallen on Fridays and Mondays.

General Secretary of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Ranjith Madduma Bandara said applications galore from the party members seeking to contest the pending elections to the local authorities.

An advance cash payment of a maximum of Rs. 4,000 will be given to all State sector employees between January 1 and February 28, 2023, the Public Administration Ministry said.

A child was slammed on the ground for purchasing a bun from a trishaw selling bakery items in Dambulla yesterday, after an individual assumed that the child had stolen the money to make the purchase, the police said.

Sri Lanka should not go around the world with a begging bowl in 2023, but should establish a new structure to build up the nation, Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said today.

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has decided to shrink the number of pages in the vevicle transfer form to half from January 1.

Claiming that Sri Lanka is not completely out of the woods with the Covid-19 threat, Deputy Director-General of Public Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath said it was important for everyone to continue adhering to basic health practices.

The Consular fees for attestation of certificates and documents by the Consular Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry in Colombo, regional consular offices and Sri Lanka missions/posts abroad have been revised from January 01, 2023, the Ministry o

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Buddika Pathirana today said he will not be shaken by the leaked phone conversation with individuals such as Adarsha Karadana as it was not something new.

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) has decided not to print provincial indicators at the issuance of vehicle number plates from January 1, Commissioner-General Nishantha Anuruddha Weerasinghe said.

Prof. Ashu Marasinghe, former advisor to President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sent a letter of demand claiming Rs.500 million and one billion rupees as damages from former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra and Adarsha Karandana respectively for all

Controversial online influencer Andrew Tate has reportedly been detained in Romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five counts of corruption and jailed her for a combined seven years, a source familiar with her trial said, and wrapping up the last remaining cases against her.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed condolences to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi over the passing away of his mother.

Sri Lanka and Cambodia have exempted visa for holders of diplomatic and official passports with effect from December 24, 2022, Embassy and Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Bangkok said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed Mahinda Sanath Weerasooriya as the Chief Secretary of the Sabaragamuwa Province and Pradeep Yasaratne as the Chief Secretary of the Western Province effective from January 1, President Media Division (PMD)

China will stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine starting from Jan. 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which have been largely shut since 2020.

The National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol (NATA) Chairman Dr. Samadhi Rajapaksa today condemned the proposal to legalise cannabis for export purposes claiming that no country in the world has developed by exporting cannabis.

A two-minute silence was observed from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. today islandwide, as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in the tsunami disaster that hit the coastal belt of Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, the Disaster Management Centre (DM

We have no intention to accept any politician, alliance or political party who has helped Rajapaksas to destroy this country despite attempts made by them to join the SJB after realizing their fate at the upcoming LG polls.

Ashu Marasinghe, former advisor to President Ranil Wickremesinghe today lodged a complaint with the CID alleging that a doctored video regarding him had been released and was circulating on social media.

A total of 309 inmates serving sentences in prisons will be released tomorrow in view of Christmas, Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said.

The Election Commission instructed the district election authorities yesterday to work out logistical needs to conduct the election to the local authorities, an official said.

The Convenor of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige who is currently in remand custody has been hospitalised after he reportedly suffered from breathing difficulties.

Presidential Advisor on Parliamentary Affairs Prof. Ashu Marasinghe has resigned from his post with immediate effect citing personal reasons, Presidential Media Division (PMD) said.

Public service is not a tug of war, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said at the Nuwara Eliya District committee meeting where several government officials failed to reach an agreement on several key issues in the area.