The STF arrested an associate of the late Zahran Hashim and Abusali Abubakar, the main suspects in the Easter Sunday att

Expressing concern about the establishment of Task force on Building a Secured Country disciplined, Virtuous and Lawful Society, UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam yesterday said taking such policy decisions is not an accepted practice dur

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse who praised the efficiency of the country’s health services said Sri Lanka could outwit the develo

A huge branch of a jak tree which had fallen on to a live high-tension power line and then collapsed on a lorry had caused th

Members of the farming community were seen standing in long queues outside fertilizer shops in Dambulla over the last few days to purchase their requirements of fertilizer. However it was evident that most of them had been left in the lurch d

Former Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera yesterday called for the fast-tracking of signing Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agreement, establishment of robust fiscal rules, and structural reforms of state-owned enterprises

Sri Lanka’s first ever Faculty of Technology, built at a cost of Rs.3 billion for the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, will be

UNP Deputy General Secretary cum Kelaniya new UNP Organiser Ruwan Wijewardene paid a courtesy visit to Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya during the weekend, where he received blessings from the temple’s Chief Incumbent Kollupitiye M

A 26-year-old had been killed when his firearm accidentally discharged at the Wasgamuwa National Park on Saturday night, the Police said. ` They said the incident was reported when the victim and two other relatives of his had gone hunting at the W

A total of 98 Officers of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) have been promoted to their next ranks by Presid

A special three-day dengue prevention programme was launched within the municipality limits by the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and the Police Environmental Protection Division yesterday Pix by Kushan Pathiraja

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his Poson Poya Day Message said we all should determine to overcome the COVID-19 p

The Educational curriculum at Pirivena’s is to commence on the same day as all schools, the Education Minister Dullas Alaha

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his Poson Poya Day Message said the greatest tribute we can pay to Arahat Mahinda would be to celebrate this season of Poson by viewing the life in a pragmatic manner. President

The two suspects, taken into custody when transporting a stock of one and half kilos of heroin, were produced before Minuwang

Even though the number of COVID-19 cases reported within the Navy are relatively high, all such cases are being reported from quarantine centres, the Navy said yesterday. Navy S

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over alleged incidents of clampdown on freedom of expression including arrests of personnel for expressing discontent over COVID-19 situation

Police who were conducting investigations to trace the whereabouts of a 23 year old young woman who had gone missing recovered her skeletal remains , fragments of her clothes and her bag containing personal documents from a jungle in

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) stressed the need for the new Parliament to meet to discuss national security of

The outgoing Bangladeshi High Commissioner, on behalf of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has extended an invitation for Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit Bangladesh at a convenient date in the future, the Prime Minister’s Off

While saying that the 19th Amendmment to the Constitution brings good outcomes as well as bad outcomes, former President

An extraordinary gazette was issued under the proclamation by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announcing the establishment of a 13-member Presidential Task Force (PTF) to build a Secure Country, Disciplined, Virtuous and Lawful S

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday, the Elections Commission (EC) yesterday met with the Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya at the chair to take a final decision on the day of polling for the much delayed Parliamentary p

A special three-day dengue prevention programme will be launched in the City by the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and the Police Environmental Protection Division from today to the (6) to coincide with the islandwide curfew, Ma

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka has handed over 10,000 surgical masks and 30 Infrared thermometers to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) to be distributed to relief centres, search and rescue teams

An organised group of gangsters who entered the historic Sevanagala Rajamaha Vihara during the curfew on Sunday had thr

Former livestock manager who had served in several government farms specialized in livestock and animal production, Guna

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Minister of Social Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development, the portfolio previously held by late Minister Arumugam Thondaman. The Pri

A total of 30 PCR tests were conducted at the Dematagoda shopping complex yesterday by the health officials to test COVID-1

“The Law for the Conservation of Forests and Wildlife in Sri Lanka” a book written in Sinhala by Assistant Conservator of Forests Lalith Gamage has been translated into English by Retired Additional Secretary to the Ministry of De