The Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) has sought approval to import 100 ‘low- floor’ Air Conditioned buses to operate in Colombo and its suburbs as a solution to the traffic congestion, its Chairman Gemunu Wi

Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando has instructed Secretary of his Ministry R. W. R. Premasiri to look into the possibil

Work on the 52km stretch of road from Peradeniya , Deltota and Rikilagaskada was inaugurated by Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando in Kandy yesterday. The estima

The two trains services which had operated between Colombo Fort and Badulla will resume from October 8 and 9, Railways

Government has been compelled to import rice today as a result of the clearance of forest cover and environ

An elephant calf which had fallen into a farm well at Karakolagaspitiya in Ethimale was rescued by the wildlife conser

Mahilal Seneviratne a well known journalist passed away at the age of 65 yesterday. He was an

‘The Kahata’. a two day photography exhibition portraying the livelihood of plantation workers and their hardships, which was held at the Lionel Wendt Art Gallery concluded yesterday (27). The exhibition was held in collaboration with several org

A private bus operator who transported passengers from Badalkumbura to Colombo on the southern expressway without a rout

A close associate of underworld figure ‘Pookutu Kanna’ had been arrested with drugs and over Rs. 1 million in cash by t

The SLFP would present revisions to the 20th Amendment to the Constitution at the committee stage in Parliament to make it more results oriented and meaningful as various organisations, groups

The ruling made by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene not to allow Akkilai Illangai Tamil Congress ( AITC) MP Gajendrakumar Ponnampalam to raise a question relating to holding a remembra

The Foreign Medical Graduates Association staged a protest near the Presidential Secretariat yesterday, claiming that the Medical Council of Sri Lanka has not given approval to practice medicine though they have qualifications.

Basil Rajapaksa, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Alleviation, said that under the National Home Gardening Programme, 2.4 million home gardens w

Around 28 companies had imported canned fish found to be unsuitable for consumption, Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardene told Parliam

Twelve women and three men were arrested during raids carried out on three brothels which were being operated under the guise of massage parlours in the Thalawathugoda area yesterday.

The Gazette Extraordinary titled “Expedite the issuance of legal documents to those who have occupied or developed State lands without any document” has been cancelled, Land Commissioner Ge

The United Nations in Sri Lanka yesterday acknowledged the commitments made by the Sri Lankan Government to sustainable development. In a tweet, i

An accomplice of imprisoned underworld gangster Ihalagamage Darshana alias ‘ID’ has been arrested with 3 grams of heroin by the STF in Mount Lavinia. The 35-ye

Heated arguments erupted in the House when opposition MPs claimed that the government was planning to stop the live transmission of the proceedings of the Committee on Public Enterprises

The Government said it is focusing on setting up of Special Education Units at district level to develop the skills of children with special needs in order to socialise them. The matter was discussed at a meeting held at the Presidential Secretari

A stray bitch roaming in the Balangoda town which had bitten about twenty persons, had been caught after an exhausting exercise on Monday (21) by the Staff of the office the Medical Officer of He

Italian goods such as cheese, liquor and pasta worth more than fifty million rupees sent by members of the Sri Lankan expatriate community in Rome, Milan, Florence and Bologna to their local relat

The hearse carrying the remains of Chamila Prasad, Achala Ekanayaka and their first-born, Onela Ekanayaka, entered their house in Buwelikada, bringing tears to everyone present. The coffin

A committee will be appointed to look into the complaints regarding the recruitment agencies charging exorbitant amounts from Sri Lankan workers going to Poland, Israel and Romania, Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva yesterday said. This was

Coconut, Kithul, Palmyrah and Rubber Cultivation Promotion and Related Industrial Product Manufacturing & Export Diversification State Minister Arundika Fernando yesterday said the maximum retail price of a coconut should be at Rs.70 at present. H

The Cabinet decided to permit rice imports only in the event of a shortage created in the local market to stabilise retail prices, Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena told Daily Mirror yesterda

The Government attention has been drawn to expedite the adjudication of child abuse cases and to provide closed court facilities to take testimonies in a manner which will not disrupt child’s well-being, the President’s Media Division said. In

Products of the Industrialists belonging to all ethnic groups- Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim and Burger will be assured a fair pric

The youth should develop their knowledge on Agriculture so as to become entrepreneurs said the Minister of Youth affairs and