Customs officials seized 222 grams of ‘Kush’ cannabis which has a street value of over Rs.2.2 million yesterday. The na

The State Intelligence Service (SIS) informed former IGP Pujith Jayasundara on April 19,2019 about the Eastern Province Police not conducting effective investigation with regard to bicycle bomb explosion that took place in Kattankudy on April 16, 201

The 47-year-old Police Sergeant who was critically injured in the accident in which a tipper truck ran over a group of police officers last month on the Matara-Hakmana road, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in hospital yesterday.

Former SIS Director SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena yesterday informed the PCoI probing Easter Sunday attacks that he had never visited his seniors including the President or the Prime Minister of the country to wish them on New Year and other occasions.

Former IGP Pujith Jayasundara did not understand the gravity of the situation when former SIS Director Nilantha Jayawardena informed him about the reliable intelligence with regard to April 21, 20

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday made a stop to talk to the graduates who were protesting outside the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo and assured that they would be given jobs. The graduates launched a protest urging the government to award t

The first copy of the book titled, ‘Corona Period’ authored by senior journalist Sarath Lal Kumara was presented to Dr. Anil Jasinghe, former Director General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health.

Acting Regional Manager of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) in the Northern Province had been arrested by the Bribery Commission officials for accepting a bribe of Rs. 60,000. Director (I

The importation of fabric, garment and apparel will be stopped and the segments of textile, batik and hand loom will be made major industries in the country through value addition and introduction of modern technology, Batik, Handloom and Domestic Ap

Chairman of the CEB Engineer Mr. Vijith Hearth opened the new Ja-Ela Area Engineer’s office that had been refurbished and digitised at a cost of Rs. 48 million recently. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) in its objective has taken steps to

Police received intelligence report from State Intelligence Service (SIS) with regard to the incidents pertaining to coordinated terror attacks, only after the Easter Sunday bomb blasts on April 21, 201

The 61 people including 54 children who were killed in a bomb attack on an orphanage at Sencholai at Devipuram in Mullthivue during the military conflicts in 2006 were commemorated yesterday. However the commemoration was held in a low key on the ins

The commemoration of the 28th death anniversary of the late Lt.Gen. Denzil Kobbekaduwa was held on Saturday (08) at the Kudagonaduwa Uttala Chethiyarama temple in Panaduara with the di

Former Minister Mervin Silva’s son Malaka Silva, who was arrested for posing death threats and soliciting money from a businessman, was released on bail by the Kaduwela Magistrate yesterday.

There were issues related to sharing of information between the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) during the time of the previous administration t

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is awaiting the Government Analyst’s report regarding the investigation carried out on the handwriting appearing on the bed head ticket of Rilwan Ha

The next Buddhist Panel Discussion in English of the Colombo YMBA will be held on Sunday August 16, 2020 from 10.00 am to 11.45am in the Conference Room of the Association on the Third Floor o

Some of the UNP seniors said the party to be revamped under its present Leader Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe for the provincial council elections while others have stated that it should reorganized under former Speaker and former Deputy Leader Ka

A stock of red rice stored for use as animal feed was seized by the Consumer Affairs Authority yesterday during a raid carried out on the stores of a foreign company at Ekala in Jaela.

Several development projects in the North that had been stalled due to COVID-19 pandemic have resumed. The contr

A car travelling to the Pelena Gangarama Temple in Weligama crashed against a moving train at the railway crossing on Sunday evening. The driver of the car had died later on admission to the Matara General Hospital, informed Weligama police. The de

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on the appointment as the Premier following the election victory, and invited him to visit Bangladesh.

The government, perturbed by the sharp increase in fatal road accidents has decided to reintroduce the marking system for drivers and prosecute drivers for manslaughter who involve in fatal accident

The Annual General Meeting of the Batch Group of 83-86 of St. Peter’s College Old Boys’ Union will be held at 6. 30 p.m. on Friday, August 14, 2020, at the OBU Secretariat. “The AGM will be followed by After Party Fellowship with food and bever

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa along with his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa visited the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo yesterday soon after he was sworn in by President Gotabaya Raja

My father, late Arumugam Thondaman had laid the foundation for the SLPP victory in the Nuwara Eliya District. General Secretary of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) and Sri Lanka Podujana Pe

The STF arrested two suspects including the manager of a hotel possessing a pistol and a ballistic body armour during two raids in Kegalle yesterday. Initially, the STF arrested a 32-year-old suspect with an Itali

As a result of the torrential rains experienced in the Maskeliya area yesterday, a large mound of earth collapsed onto the Nallathanniya- Maskeliya Road by which all traffic movement near the “Mohini “water

The election of the Basnayake Nilame of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devala is scheduled to be held soon after the general election. A senior official of the Buddhist Affairs Department said

Veddha Chief Wanaspathi Uruvarigelage Wannila Aththo and his wife and several of his clan yesterday cast their votes at the Dambana Junior School polling station. Former Mini