Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya Said the prisons will be renamed as rehabilitation centres and that ste

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa said he will raise health issues and the issues which are faced by people with regard to electricity bills, when Parliament meets next week. Speaking

The ceremonial induction of Dr. Pradeep De Silva as the 35th President of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists’ will be held at the Lotus Hall, BMICH, Colombo on January 3, 2021 at 5.30 p.m. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will

The SLFP discussed the smear campaign and the blame- game that had been launched by a section of the gover

Meerigama Ministry of Health (MOH) office said that 11 Covid-19 positive patients were detected during a Rapid Antigen T

Hardcore criminal Kelum Udaya Kumara alias ‘Talwatte Kelum’, a close relative of notorious drug trafficker Wellambage Upul Sanjeewa Perera alias ‘Datha Sudu’, has been arrested by the STF with a special type of revolver made in the USA.

Concerned on the disappearance of explosives in a quarry in Mawanella, the government has decided to appoint a retired Hi

India’s first Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) ‘Pneumosil’, developed by Serum Institute in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was launched by Union Health Minister yesterday. ‘Pneumosil’ w

The Chinese vaccine producer Sinopharm announced that an inactivated vaccine developed by its subsidiary China National Biotech Group (CNBG) has an efficacy rate of more than 79 percent, and confirmed that they have officially filed

A total of 120 Covid-19 patients have been reported so far during the second wave in Padukka, Padukka Medical Offi

The People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) has submitted its draft proposals on the new Constitution t

The decision to postpone Provincial Councils election was taken at the party leadership meeting considering the Covid-19 epidemic and the request of the Maha Sangha including other issues, General Secretary of the UPFA and Minister

The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami disaster was commemorated for the 16th year at the Pereliya Tsunami Memorial in Hikkaduwa

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited Pahalagama, Elepaththuwa in Anuradhapura on Saturday (26) to inspect the damage caused by sena caterpillars to the maize cultivations. Farmers are severely affected by the sena caterpillar menace for the past two

The authorities have decided that the pilgrims should register with the Divisional Secretariats of the respective areas and obtain a permit to visit Sri Pada this year. Sri Pada Season 2020/2021 will commence on December 29 with the Unduw

The Rakwana Town looked deserted yesterday when the area Public Health Inspectors ordered to isolate the area following th

Two doctors attached to the Welikanda Covid-19 Treatment Centre were found to have contracted the virus by yesterday, Director of the Polonnaruwa General Hospital Dr Sampath Indika Kumara said. He said that the two doctors fro

Say the Govt should spend funds to meet people’s needs, fight Covid; not on polls`

Rohan Pallewatta, who contested the previous Presidential Election under the Social Democratic Party, called on Oppositi

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena met with Ambassador of the Netherlands Tanja Gonggrijp and Ambassador of Turkey R. Demet Sekercioglu on December 22, 2020, and discussed several areas of ongoing cooperation, a statement from t

Sri Lanka and India are currently working on a US $ 100 million credit line by India in the solar power sector a statement from the Indian High Commission said. “This multi-p

Water levels on Yan Oya and Kalu Ganga had begun to recede with the improvement of weather conditions, Department of Irrigation said yesterday. Meanwhi

The Japanese government has provided US$ 636,262 (Rs. 115 mn) to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) for humanitarian de-mining activities in Northern Sri Lanka, a statement from the Japanese embassy said. The grant co

Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera on Tuesday instructed the Chairman of the Geological Survey and Mines Bu

UNP working committee (WC) which met yesterday decided to go along with the earlier resolution to appoint new office bear

Maximum legal action would be taken against those involved in underworld activities

A special unit affiliated to the Prisons Intelligence Unit will be set up in order to protect special categories of prisoners and to quell riots in prisons, Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya said. He told

The Sri Lanka Army, yesterday launched its much-researched and meticulously compiled ‘Sri Lanka Army Way Forward Stra

The historic Solosmasthana Rajamaha Vihara and its land was declared a sacred area on Sunday (20) at an event where Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was the chief guest. The Prim

Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB) MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday urged the government to acquire the estates which hav