A stock of more than 7,000 sea cucumbers was seized and 53 fishermen who harvested them were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy during raided carried out in the sea off Mannar last week. The Navy had seized eleven trawlers and fishing equipment. The susp

Water was released from the Parakrama Samudra Reservoir for the Yala cultivation yesterday. Polonnaruwa Zone Director of Irrigation S.K.Hewagama said the capacity of the reservoir had increased t

A stock of 1,000 kilos of Glyphosate was seized and two suspects arrested by the STF and the Mahaweli Authority officials during a raid carried out on the stores of a dealer in agro-chemicals in

Three women were killed and a man was injured when a lorry rammed a three wheeler at Haggala in Nuwara Eliya yesterday afternoon. Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said the three- wheeler was proceeding towards Welimada and the lorry too was headi

One of the remaining two wild elephants in the Sinharaja forest had been roaming towards the 4th km post on the Rawana – Kalawana Road, the residents of the area had noticed. After the r

One kilo and 78grams of heroin had been found in a shanty complex which had been demolished on the Maradana Courts Road during a raid by the Colombo Central Divisional Crime Investigation Unit early yesterday morning. Police said the heroi

A man who attempted to sell an elephant tusk for Rs.4.5 million through an advertisement in the face book was arrested by the Flying Squad of the Forest Conservation Department and produced before Gampana Addl. Magistrate R.S.M.Mahendrarajah yesterd

Claiming that it is the responsibility of all stakeholders in the system to ensure road safety, the police said they are conducting special operations during the Sinhala and Hindu New Year festive season.

Residents of the area including the Mahasangha yesterday staged a protest in front of the Kotmale Pradeshiya Sabha office against the proposed private hydro-power project in the Pundaluoya river.

The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement opened a Covid-19 Knowledge Centre recently as part of its humanitarian services carried out to the public. The unit was opened on February 19th by the former Vice Chancellor of Ruhunu University and Chairman of Nati

Imprisoned parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has been allowed two visitors once a month in addition to a telephone conversation facility once a week, the Prisons Department said. Ramanayake was denied visitors and telephone call facility for two w

Canadian High Commissioner David Mackinnon yesterday met North Central Province Governor Maheepala Herath at the Governor’s Office. Their discussion was centred on the development of agriculture and on the potentials of tourism. Chief Sec

Mr. Chandra Nimal Wakishta is a distinguished retired government officer who joined the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC) over 40 years ago as a young leader, through the All Ceylon Buddhist Students

Education Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris has sought a report regarding the Rs.50 million fraud at the Post Graduate Institute (PGI) as revealed by the Committee of Public Enterprises (CoPE), a statement said.

Former Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Shani Abeysekara and two others who had been on remand on suspicion of fabricating evidence in the case against former Senior DIG Vaas Gunawardene, were further remanded till April 07 by

A stock of adulterated coconut oil containing carcinogen unfit for human consumption was seized on Monday night by the Dankotuawa Police during a raid carried out on a private land in the area last morning.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena said Sri Lanka Freedom Party will be reorganised and led to victory at a future election to form a new government. He said that the

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday said it is ready to support the government to implement a local mechanism to investigate human rights violations that have taken place especially after the war and for a full and meaningful implementation of

The Provincial Councils election will be held in the second half of this year under a new PC electoral Act, Lands and Land Development Minister S. M. Chandrasena said yesterday. He added that the cabinet gave the nod to amend the PC Election Act on M

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna(SLPP) said yesterday Sri Lankan war heroes could not be hauled before the International Criminal Court (ICC) because Sri Lanka was not a signatory to the Rome Statute that provided for the establishment of it

A lorry load of illicit timber was seized in transit and a suspect arrested by the Katana police during a raid at Kandawala on the Katana- Negombo road yesterday. Police said the susp

The 500 year old Kalpitiya Dutch Fort is to be conserved as a national heritage building under a project implemented by the Department of Archaeology .The fort originally built by the Portuguese had been taken over by the Dutch and since then known a

The Ven. Ittepane Dhammalankara Maha Nayaka Thero, Mahanayake of the Kotte Chapter of the Siyam Maha Nikaya said that founder leader of Mahajana Eksath Peramuna(MEP) Philip Gunawardena was a unique political leader born in this

A group of three individuals suspected of their involvement in human smuggling were arrested by the Wellawatta police during a raid on a hotel in the area. They were in possession of passports, and identity cards of several persons, US$

The wreckage of the ill- fated bus that met with an accident at the 13th km. post on the Lunugala- Colombo Road was lifted from the precipice on Saturday evening with tremendous effort, Police said. It is said that

The depositing of treasures and sacred relics at the Sandahiru Stupa Square Chamber was held auspiciously amidst the re

The temporary closure of a section of the Jaffna Town continued yesterday with more corona- infected individuals being repo

A resident of Mahakumbukkadawala had been trampled to death by a wild elephant while passing through the Walpaluwa For

A four- year- schoolboy and his father drowned in the Mahaweli River at Ambagahapelessa in Minipe on Satruday evening.

A stock of 152 grams of heroin was seized and a suspect arrested by Tangalle Anti Vice Squad during a raid in Gam Udava area in Kataragama on Saturday night Police said. It was said to