The Pathfinder Foundation presented President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with a report containing a set of action-oriented recommendations from an eminent persons study group aimed at steering Sri Lanka into a post-COVID-19

The Chief Epidemiologist and Deputy Director General (DDHS) Dr. Paba Palihawadana said the drop of the number of sail

A young woman who allegedly jumped into the Upper Kotmale reservoir was saved by the OIC of the Talawakele police CI Ruwan Fernando while a young man who had attempted to save her disappeared. The young woman in her 20s

The largest wind power generation plant in Sri Lanka with an installed capacity of 103 MWs was ready for commissionin

The Sri Lanka-China Friendship Association (SLCFA) yesterday commended the offer made by Chinese President Xi Jinping to restart economic cooperation and projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and noted that Sri Lanka needs foreig

The Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB) has gained a huge financial benefit due to the low energy consumption during the shutdown and the current increase in the generation capacity of hydroelectricity, Power, Energy and Transport Minister Mahinda

A total of 660 individuals had been arrested while 256 vehicles seized within a 24-hour period which ended 6.00 a.m. yesterd

While saying that the decision to remove his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) membership was ludicrous/ a laughing matter, former MP Mahinda Samarasinghe said his SLFP membership was automatically cancelled when he joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramun

Residents in Kapugampitiya in the Ratnapura District whose houses had gone under water yesterday urged the government to provide a permanent solution to the hardships they are faced with as a result of the floods. R. M. Dinesh M

Industrial Exports and Investment Promotions, Tourism and Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga requested the relevant authorities to issue the necessary guidelines soon in order to reopen the tourist hotels,which were closed due to the COVI

The SLFP Central Committee (SLFPCC) that met under the chairmanship of former president Maithripala Sirisena on Monday

Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader former MP Udaya Gammanpila yesterday said the opposition parties have filed petitions challenging the decision to dissolve parliament and to postpone the election because they were afraid of facin

The Maskeliya-Samimale main road near the St Joseph Tamil School has caved in causing obstructions to the flow of traffic.

A massive collection of rubbish that obstructed the free flow of water in Ginganga at the Wakwella Bridge in Gintota was cleared by the Navy. A senior Navy official said the large collection of logs, bamboo trees, and garbage was cleared as a p

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has arrested an individual in connection with a Rs. 3 million fraud involving face masks.

The alleged Rs 20 million misappropriation case filed against Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila was postponed for June 1 by the Colombo High Court. Gammanpila was accused of misappropri

The Sri Lanka Police have charged 59,216 individuals for violation of the curfew regulations and 5,660 out them had been convicte

As mentioned by the Health, Women Affairs and Social Security Minister Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi The payment of Rs. 5,000 stipend for the month of May to the poorest of poor families who have been severely affected due to the current crisis w

The Government, under the leadership of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, would not allow any force to become a threat to the national security, Defence Secretary Retd. Major gen. Kamal Gunaratne said yesterday. “We will ensure by a

Sri Lankans who have sought to benefit from the Amnesty declared by the Kuwaiti Government for Sri Lankans who are out of status, will commence repatriation today (19), the foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Di

The National Peoples’ Power (NPP) yesterday complained to the Elections Commission (EC) over the removal and appointment of secretaries to several Cabinet Ministries in violation of election laws. Onetime Ministr

Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council paid a compensation Rs.250,000 each to the relatives of the victims of the recent floods and land

The government has distributed a massive sum of Rs.3, 007 billion to the poorest of poor and Samurdhi families rendered helpless

About 70 houses in the Narammala Division had gone underwater owing to the torrential rains during the weekend displacing more than 200 people. Assistant Director of K

About 400 people who had been stranded in the Kalutara District were dispatched to their respective home towns on Satu

A drug peddler who had in his possession 11.160 grams of heroin was arrested by the Nugegoda Division Anti-Vice Squad during a raid at Nagahamulla in Wellampitiya. Police said the 32-

Many roads in Colombo were inundated due to heavy showers which prevailed yesterday

A stock of 400 packets of Heroin was seized in transit and a suspect arrested by Mount Lavinia Motor Patrol Unit during a raid in Kahavita Mawatha at Attidiya. Investiga

The Bishop of Anuradhapura Rev. Fr. Norbert Andradi stressed that priority should be given to the ongoing campaign to save the nation from the threat of the Coronavirus instead of holding the general election.

The power monopolies, the PUCSL, CEB and LECO have decided to offer a range of relief to electricity consumers who have bee