The Theology Department of the Aquinas College of Higher Studies, Colombo 8, will be conducting a series of courses on various topics every Thursday from September 17, 2020 from 4.00 pm to 6.00

The showery condition over the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-western provinces of the island, is expected to continue further accompanied by gusty winds, the Department of Meteorology forec

Three police officers attached to the Parliament Police Unit have been transferred after they tried to check a parcel being brought in to the parliament premises by a government MP, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Nalin Bandara said yesterday. He t

Justice Minister Mohamed Ali Sabry met US Ambassador Alaina B Teplitz and discussed the backlog of court cases and overcrowding of prisons in the country, the Justice Ministry said. The Ambass

The Movement for 19+ and opposition MPs yesterday took an oath near the statue of late Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera to safeguard the 19th Amendment to the constitution which curtailed the powers of Executive President and to defeat the move to

The STF arrested a 34-year-old man at Palaviya in Kalpitiya yesterday on charges of attempting to smuggle out of the country some 10 kg of gold which were concealed under the seat of the car he

At least 1.2 million youths and adults in the country’s population still remain illiterate, Education Minister Prof. G.L. Pieris said. He said the projects that were implemented to increase the literacy should be expanded. “School-

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene named 18 members for the Committee on High Posts in Parliament yesterday. They inclu

Ratnapura District MP Premalal Jayasekara said yesterday he was convicted on false charges levelled against him by the yahapalana government to take political revenge from him. In his maiden

The government has appointed a Cabinet Sub-Committee on Cost of Living (CoL) in order to keep prices of essential commodities stable and ensure a steady supply of them, Plantation Industries Minister Ramesh Pathirana said. The proposed Cabinet Sub C

The number of students admitted to medical faculties of the universities has been increased by 350 for the first time in the history, Education Minister Prof. G.L. Pieris said during a discussion held at

A web service would be introduced to certify the authenticity of the particulars of the National Identity Card (NIC) in the near future, the Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) yesterday said

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader, MP Rauff Hakeem had requested former president Maithripala Sirisena and former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to create a separate administrative district for Tamil-speaking people in the Eastern Province

Prasanna Ranaweera, the State Minister of Cane, Brass, Clay, furniture and Rural Industries who met rural industrialists recently pledged to have an in depth dialogue with the President and other relevant institutions on resolving s

An Alms Giving ceremony of the Maha Sangha will be held today (September 8) at the Molligoda Degambada Maha Viharaya, Wadduwa on the occasion of the 74th birth anniversary of the Chief Incumbent Ven. Bopitiye Dhammissara Thera.

There is more likelihood of minor earth tremors taking place in the buffer zones of the Mahaweli Reservoir in the near futur

Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) leader Mano Ganesan yesterday requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to nominate a

The All Ceylon Egg Producers’ Association has decided to reduce the price of an egg by Rs. 2 with effect from Monday.

Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardana has decided to set up trade centres throughout the country to enable the people

The Ministry of Youth Affairs will be shifted to the Sugathadasa Sports Complex in Colombo, following a decision taken by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Namal Rajapaksa. The Ministry

Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said it was a myth to say that the jettisoning of the 19th Amendment would be an affront to the rule or law, democracy and judicial independence. Addressing a sem

The Pugoda Excise Station officials seized a stock of counterfeit cigarettes worth Rs.650,000 smuggled in from China in Veyangoda yesterday along with two men who were in possession of the stock.

The present All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), National Shoora Council (NSC) and other leading Islamic extremist organizations bear extremist views and all the present members of these institu

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has assured that all roads in the country will be renovated within the next four years, the President’s Media Division said. The President sa

A conductor who is in the habit of feeling the back of women boarding the bus and sometimes giving them a gentle squeeze has been taught an unforgettable lesson by one of his own bosom pals.

Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane has proposed that ‘Kansa’ should be cultivated in the country to be used as an item for value addition in the export industry. He told Daily

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the Urban Development and Housing Ministry to draw a ‘Town Development Plan’ for each and every town in the country with focus on the protection of the environment, a comprehensive

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz opened the new Khoonethivu Navalar school in Sampur on August 26. The new facilitiy includes a two-story classroom building with eight classrooms, a rainwater harvesting system with a 30,000 litre s

Plantation Industries Minister Ramesh Pathirana said the development and the protection of the environment must go hand in hand and as such the progress of the two must not get hampered by each other’s work. Minister Pathi

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed officials to come up with a lasting solution to the human-elephant conflict within two years and whilst taking measures to safeguard both elephants and humans. Accordin