Wijayananda Herath and Anuradha Herath have been appointed as new Director Generals of the Prime Minister’s Office, the Prime Minister’s Media Division said yesterday. Prime Minist

Prior warnings given by former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe months ago that a second wave of COVID- 19 might hit

A large number of commercial establishments remained under the controversial finance company, Edirisinghe Trust Investm

A gale force wind that hit the Nawalapitiya area in the early last morning had caused extensive damage to several estate lin

India attaches ‘very high priority’ to further strengthening bilateral relations with Sri Lanka in all spheres, Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay told Minister of Water Supply Vasudeva Nanayakkara when he called on Minister

State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Affairs Rear Admiral (Rtd.) Dr. Sarath Weerasekera, yesterday pledged to set up a Local Authority System that provides effective and efficient service to the public. The Minister sai

Vedda leader Wanaspathi Uruvarigelage Vannila Ettho has requested all visitors to Dambana to strictly adhere to the health guidelines. He said he considered it his responsibility to protect his community from the CORONA pandemic. He said every

The Ministry of Highways is looking towards ways and means to expedite the supply of aggregate and gravel needed for road development through faster approvals from the relevant institutions, Ministry of Highways said yesterday. Ministr

A woman was stabbed to death by her husband at Kekillapitiya junction in the Pannala police area last morning. The 39 year o

A group of 114 Police Chief Inspectors (CIs), claiming to have been deprived of due promotions for 15 years, have written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, requesting immediate promotions. In a letter, t

Following the agreements signed during the visit of the Chinese diplomatic delegation led by Mr.Yang Jiechi to Sri Lanka, the People’s Republic of China will award 600 million yuan (Rs.16.5 billion) to Sri Lanka, the Chinese Embassy

Five suspects including four women and another individual were taken into custody by Mount Lavinia Police during a raid on a bro

The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) yesterday warned Sri Lankans seeking jobs in Poland and advise

Fifteen Senior Police officers including ten Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and SSP Jaliya Senaratne have been

A complaint had been lodged over a stone pelting incident at the Colombo International School (CIS) building by an unkno

The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday raised questions that it would be a serious matter if the Supreme Courts determination on the 20th Amendment to the constitution is leaked to the public. SJB Colo

A prominent personality in the Cuban revolution, the late Ernesto Che Guevara was commemorated today in front of the M

Ousted Prof. Saumya Liyanage should be reinstated to his position, political scientist and academic Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda s

A MOU was signed yesterday between the National Youth Services Council and Wijeya Newspapers Sri Lanka to create and activate a countrywide campaign pertaining to Cyber Bullying and to also develop and create digital content that wi

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana is to announce the Supreme Court determination on the 20th Amendment to the Constit

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana India has no moral right to ask for the implementation of the 13th amendment to the Constitution, Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Sarath Weerasekera told Parliament yesterday. Participating

The budget which will be presented to Parliament at the end of the year would take the form of a stimulus package aimed at reviewing the shattered economy, Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardana said yesterday. Minister Gunawar

The proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) will be signed only after studying and subjecting it into Sri Lankan la

While commending the release of Rishad Bathiudeen’s brother, Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Eran Wickramaratne yesterday said Attorney-at-law Hejaaz Hizbullah, who is in remand custody should also be released if

The Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) in 2018 had informed at an Intelligence Review Meeting (IRM) that National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) Leader Zahran Hashim had fled to India in a boat and was assisted by former Minister Ri

Health Authorities in Kalutra had taken steps to place several people under house quarantine who had associated with a m

The latest publication of an eminent academic turned Diplomat Prof. (Dr) W.M.Karunadasa entitled “Mahinda Rajapaksa - Panas Vasaraka Deshapalanaye Punaravalokanayak” ( Mahinda Rajapaksa - A Review of 50 Years in Politics ) is to be launched at th

Certain MPs had mentioned in the House that a group of Indians had been brought to the Brandix Ltd. without going through the quarantine process with the intervention by its security head and urged the government to make a stateme

Death row inmate and former Kahawatta Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Vajira Darshana de Silva has made a formal request to

The Former Commandant of the Police Special Task Force (STF) SDIG M.R. Latiff who earlier informed that he came to know about Zahran and National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) after the Easter Sunday terror attacks, yesterday co