Authorities have decided to permit only a limited number of devotees to visit Sri Padasthanaya this season under strict health

The Cabinet that met on Monday has granted the approval to increase the number of National Schools to 1,000 from the current number of 373 on a Cabinet memo submitted by Education Minister Prof. G.L.Peiris, Cabinet spokesma

An MP in the committee appointed to probe the Mahara Prison incident had uttered certain matters about the incident pub

United National Party Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene feeds an elephant, which is also the party’s symbol, in Kegalle during the week-end.

Former Minister T. B. Ekanayake passed away at the age of 66.

While implementing the ‘Park & Ride’ system, the Transport Ministry is to introduce the ‘E-ticketing’ system for buses fro

Both the Police and the STF should be empowered to take legal action against the seized quantities of artificial toddy in the

A total of six bodies of the 11 inmates died during the Mahara Prison riot have been identified by their family members, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said yesterday.

The Parliamentary Council which met yesterday ratified names of the members of five commissions yesterday and had sent the

The National Centre for Trade Unions (NCTU) demonstrates in Fort against what it called the politicisation of appointments to the Public Service Commission

Since 1980 skilled Australian volunteers have supported development in Sri Lanka, joining scores of local partner organisations to help them achieve their own development goals through the Australian Volunteers’ Programme, which is suppor

The education authorities expect to re-schedule fresh dates for the conduct of the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination in

A COVID-19 infected person from Atulugama, Bandaragama has spat on the face of a PHI who attempted to transfer th

Assistant Secretary General of Parliament Kushani Rohanadeera has been appointed Deputy Secretary General of Parliament, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene announced yesterday. The Spe

The Muthurajawela Wetlands, one of the largest and well-known Nature Reserves in the country would be Gazetted shortly as a ‘Wild Life Protection Zone’ (WLPZ), Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraeera said yesterday.

An attempt by the government to grant a license for a new liquor distillery through unlawful channels came under severe critic

The government has decided to award the ‘Suraksha Student Insurance Scheme’ (SSIS) to the State-owned Sri Lanka In

A female principal of a leading school in Embilipitiya has been arrested by the Bribery Commission officials for allegedly

Employees of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) will be given the choice of contributing a portio

Whilst highlighting that it is not possible to hold the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Exam next month, Education Minister Professor G

The daily usage of electricity in Sri Lanka has been reduced to 40 GW hours currently from 45GW hours as a result of COVID 19 pandemic, Minister of Power and energy Dallas Allahapperuma told Parliament yesterday. Responding

The Cabinet has given the green light to establish a National Policy for the Collection of Data and Information Classified b

The government was committed to protecting public officials, journalists and environmentalists who were dedicated to saving the environment, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday. Strict actio

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Manila, as an initiative to further strengthen bilateral trade relations in identified priority sectors with the Philippines, continues to explore opportunities for Sri Lanka despite the constraints brought about by the pa

The Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) yesterday announced a new telephone number replacing about 20 numbers intr

Mahinda Amaraweera Minister of Environment has taken steps to double the cultivation of maize as a demand of the farmers in Hambantota.

Admiral (Rtd) Sarath Weerasekara who was sworn in as the new Minister of Public Security last morning, visited the Gangaramaya Temple and engaged in religious observances.

Chief Incumbent of the Bellanvila Rajamaha Vihara Ven. Dhammarathana Thera said the United National Party had suffered a debacle and that its present Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewarden

The Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure State Ministry is to launch a project next Sunday (29) to reconstruct 341 roads in 341 Municipal Councils, Urban Councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas to mark the first anniversary of President Gotabaya Ra

There is no move to regulate news websites but only to introduce a system under which every news site will have to register with the Media Ministry, Minister of Media Keheliya Rambukwella told Parliament yesterday. Minister Ramb