Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama attended the opening ceremony of the Research and Training Complex at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jaffna on February 5, 2021 built under a grant from Japan, a statement from the Em

The Attorney General has instructed Kalutara North Police after eleven years to re-open investigations into the death of two suspects in remand custody in the Kalutara Prisons on April 5, 2009. He has instructed the police to arrest thre

A forest conservator who attempted to arrest an illegal sand-miner in Karuwalagaswewa last morning had been attack

A stock of 1,455 kilos of turmeric smuggled to the country was ordered by court to be destroyed in the Kalpitiya Court complex pre

A silent protest was launched by a group of Face-book fans of the imprisoned Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake in front of the Colombo Fort Railway Station yesterday. They demanded Presid

The Excise Department of Sri Lanka, which is responsible for the regulation and enforcement of laws pertaining to the country’s liquor industry announced 18 dry days for the year 2021. Departmental s

75-year -old woman dies

Opposition has gone politically bankrupt today because of its leadership crisis. Chief Government Whip and Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando said yesterday. Addressing

The Government has turned Sri Lanka into a battlefield of global superpowers through ineffective handling of its Foreign Policy, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) said yesterday. SJB MP and Chief

The Egyptian Government has extended its staunch and unconditional support to the dignity, i n d e p e n d e n c e , sovereignty and unity of the Sri Lankan nation in the face of mounting internal and

Parliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka who resigned from Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) recently, will obtain membership of Samagi Jana Balawegaya(SJB) at its convention scheduled for March 6, Daily Mirror learns. He contested the last general election

The Cabinet on Monday decided to convene an extraordinary Cabinet meeting before the routine weekly meeting held on Mondays, Cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambuk

Co- Cabinet Minister Ramesh Pathirana yesterday admitted that the various Gazette notifications issued by the government had failed to bring the desired results and as a result, the prices of a numbe

One person sustained injuries in the army firing when three gunmen attempted to attack the Musalkutti Army checkpoint in Chettikulam. The injured gunman was admitted to the Vavuniya Hospital. Police said the soldiers from Chettikulam Brigade 213 had

The father of suicide bomber Alaudeen Ahamed Muaad who blasted himself at St. Anthony’s church, Kochchikade on April 21, 2019 Easter Sunday was yesterday ordered to be further rema

A hawk which was being attacked by crows was saved at a village in Jambugas Mawatha in Badulla. Chandratilleka Jayawee

A stock of a contraband known as “ Hash Oil or Tettra Hydro Canabisole” was seized in transit and a suspect arreste

A Project Steering Committee [PSC] meeting, co-chaired by Deputy High Commissioner Vinod K. Jacob and Keerthi Ranjith Abeysiriwardana, Secretary, State Ministry of Rural Housing and Construction and Building Materials Indu

Two men who attempted to lay a live wire from a street lamp post to the nearby lagoon at Thirukedeeswaran in Jaffna –

The vaccination programme to inoculate police personnel who fight against COVID-19 virus commenced last morning at the Police Hospit

The main character of this story is a middle-aged carpenter from a town in the Western Province where they say a tree meets another tree.

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said the East Container Terminal of Colombo Port would have been fully developed

Three persons were killed when their vehicle (Wagon R) veered off the road and crashed into a concrete pillar near the

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in her congratulatory remarks on Sri Lanka in view of Independence said Sri Lanka and Russia maintain political contacts, including at the highest and high levels, and cooperate produ

A new monthly magazine, Lanka Courier, has been launched focusing on Sri Lanka’s foreign and domestic policies to protec

International Customs Day was celebrated at the Sri Lanka Customs Headquarters in Fort on Tuesday, January 26th where the chief guest of the event State Minister of Finance Ajith Nivard Cabraal (c) wa

Thousands of devotees yesterday attended religious observances at Buddhist Viharayas all over the country to mark Duruthu Full Moon Poya, strictly adhering to health guidelines. They observed Sil at the Kirivehera Cheithiya, attended religious activi

Minister of Agriculture, Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that measure would be taken to suspend the importation of seeds that can be produced locally. He said this at a meeting held in Nuwara eliya Agrarian Service Centre to discuss about issues faced

A rare Valampuri (conch shell) weighing 1.6kg was seized and two suspects who attempted to sell it have been arrested by the STF personnel in Mullaithivu during a raid near a hotel in Mullaithivu tow

Paddy harvesting in Maha season has begun in Jaffna district and offerings are made to deities prior to harvesting in Nallur Kandaswami Temple in Jaffna. Blessings of gods were invoked prior to paddy harvesting in Jaffna district and offering a bundl