Nearly 25 Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidates will withdraw from the election soon, UNP Assistant Leader Ravi Karunanayake said yesterday. He said this in response to a question asked by journalists on the claim made by SJB that 90 per cent of

The 85 Iranian technicians, who arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday in connection with the Uma Oya Multi-Purpose Development Project, will be quarantined at the Karandagolla Special Residential Center operated by the Army, Military Spokesman Brig. Chandan

The National Elections Commision has announced that Postal voting for the 2020 general election will commence from July 14 to 17. The Commission said it would hand over the postal ballot papers to the postal authorities for delivery to voters from J

The Ministry of Education has announced that the final date for conducting the GCE Advanced Level (A/L) examinations will be announced within the first week of the reopening of scho

The Punagala mountain range has been ablaze for the last three days with about 60 acres being destroyed by last morni

An inquiry has been launched against the Grama Niladhari of East Kithalagama, Matara over a fraud of more than Rs.100,000 from the government-launched Rs. 5000 allowance programme.

A total of 156 Indian nationals stranded in Sri Lanka were repatriated on a special Air India flight from Colombo to Kochi and B

The Sri Lanka embassy in Rome and the Consulate General Office in Milan have arranged to cater to over 10,000 Sri Lankans who would seek consular assistance in the process of regularizing their visa status under “Sanatoria 2020” A sp

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday launched its youth wing ‘Samagi Taruna Balawegaya with a promise to

Former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and well-known business personality S.K. Wickrama

A fire broke out on the upper floor of Kegalle Public Market building last evening which caused considerable damage to the premises. The fire was however, soon brought under control by the Fire Extinguishing Unit of Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha with th

An Ayurvedic drug dealer who had in his possession a stock of 1, 000 capsules of banned aphrodisiac and a stock of sex stimulant tablets was taken into custody by Wanduramba Police. Investig

Buddhist values that prevails in Asia could be major reason for less amount of COVID-19 deaths in the region, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said over the weekend. Mr. Wickr

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Rome and the Consulate General Office in Milan have arranged facilities to cater to over 10,000 Sri Lankans who would seek consular assistance in the process of regularising their visa status under “Sanatoria 20

DIG Waruna Jayasundara assumed duties as 13th Commandant of the Special Task Force of Police (STF) yesterday.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator, is all set to fine-tune the externality cost – social and environmental cost, that Sri Lanka incurred due to power generation from thermal power plants w

The Police will refrain from arresting protesters at public venues unless there is an extreme situation that would lead to serious violation of law and order causing public unrest but all those involved would be referred to a spell of quarantine, Cab

A 57-year old man was hacked to death by his son-in-law at Oruwala in Athurugiriya on Wednesday night, police said.The

The Government Printer, Ganga Kalpani Liyanage said yesterday that all gazettes sent to her by the Elections Commission (EC) have been printed and sent back to the EC. The date of the general election 2020, serial numbers assign

A fire broke out at a multi-storey building at De Seram Road, Maradana last evening. The Fire Brigade said five fire trucks wer

Wildlife Conservators in the Polonnaruwa wildlife zone expressed concern about the human elephant conflict in the area that has been increasing in alarming proportions every year. Asst. Director of Wildlife Conservation W.G.Kirthi Chandraratne

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Archaeological Heritage Management in the Eastern Province has been tasked to conserve all archaeological heritage sites in the Eastern Province irrespective of religion, Defence Secretary K

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday said its Matara district candidate Mangala Samaraweera will continue to support the party though he had withdrawn his candidature. SJB Genera

The Foreign Ministry has dispatched 10,000 kg (2,000 packs) of essential items including dry rations, to be distributed th

The government has decided to change working hours for the public and private sector employees based on the convenience of employees, traffic congestion and productivity at offices, Power, Energy and Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraw

While extending appreciation for the steps taken to look after the health and safety of those Sri Lankans in Arab countries, Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that the government plans to bring the returnees from the region in a syst

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to find immediate solutions to issues faced by farmers relating to the supply, distribution and use of fertilizer, the President’s Media Division said. It said the issue of fertilizer is a c

People who found themselves helpless in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak have fallen from the frying pan into the fire after the government imposed the special commodity levy resulting in the price increase of essential commodities, t

Admiral Professor Jayanath Colombage, Additional Secretary to the President for Foreign Relations, told Daily Mirror that according to government policy, the priority in the repatriation procedure for Sri Lankans stranded abroad was no

A Police Constable attached to the Thalangama Police was arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting the main suspect w