President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed officials to ensure supply of the required amount of fertilizer for the Yala season without delay, the President’s Media Division said. The fertilizer stocks are due to arrive in the island within the co

Foreigners arriving in Sri Lanka by passenger ships will not be allowed to disembark because of the coronavirus risk and as a means to minimise the spread of the disease, Director General of Healt

While United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe had assured that he would continue to hold discussions with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa to ensure that the UNP was able to contest the general election without

Nuwara Eliya Magistrate Pamoda Jayasekera yesterday remanded three Russians until March 12 on charges of attempting to smuggle 550 animals belonging to 23 species and parts of several trees said to have been collected at the Horton Plains National Pa

Two Sri Lankans were arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria when they were found to carrying forged Malaysian passports. The International media reported that officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other re

With a view of creating awareness on the use of Electronic Media in the upcoming election all heads of Electronic Media and the executive officers have been summoned today before the commission by the Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya. The D

An unidentified gunman is reported to have shot dead a 36-year-old man at Middeniya last afternoon Police said

Pharmacies located in hospitals are currently facing a crisis because of a shortage in disposable face masks, which are urgently required in Sri Lanka. State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) Managing Director Lalith Jayakody said disposable face mask

A staggering Rs. 250 million loss has been incurred by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) since 2016 due to the failure by the relevant authorities to set up a power plant in Kerawalapitiya . This was revealed at a discussion held between Passenge

Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Douglas Devananda has instructed ministry officials to remove silt in Nayaru and Nandikadal Lagoons in the Mullaitivu District. It is reported that

A 46-year old suspect was arrested with a haul of 323 kg of Kerala Ganja (cannabis) by the Sri Lanka Army while being transported in a lorry at Veravil in Jayapuram on Saturday. The Army said Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) troops, together with t

Two Sri Lankans, who arrived from Covid-19 hit Italy and admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), had been tested negative for Covid Virus, hospital sources said. They were admi

Shanthi Foundation has taken steps to establish the first Palliative Care Hospital in Asia at Ambatalava in Anuradhapura. Specialist Doctor Suharsha Kanathigoda said that foundation stone will be laid next week by Shanthi Foundation for the hospit

COPE Chairman and JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti yesterday requested Power and Energy Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage not to resort to any emergency power purchases claiming that it was a huge loss to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). He said emergenc

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s regime would be a time of religious and social awakening in the country, Maha Sangha predicted. At the National Conference of All Island ‘Sasanarakshaka Bala Mandalaya,’ which was held at the BMICH last Wednesd

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday lifted the overseas travel ban imposed on MP Namal Rajapaksa till July 23, 2020.

Irrespective of whether Basil Rajapaksa becomes a parliament member or not, he should be given a responsible and powerful position in the new Gotabaya Rajapaksa government to be formed after the gener

It was an honour to work as the Ambassador to Sri Lanka, said Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan when he came to the Presidential Secretariat yesterday to bid farewell to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Ambassador Cheng will be leaving to take up his new

Sports Minister Dullas Alahpperuma said yesterday he had directed the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the Secretary of the ministry to conduct an inquiry into the incident where cricket fans were assaulted at the cricket counter at the Sooriyawewa stadi

Information and Communication Technology State Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would get full financial powers after the dissolution of Parliament on March 2 and will have the authority to allocate funds to set

Steps have been taken to modernise Gampola town with a new plan as an administrative town which was not developed for several decades. This plan was discussed in the divisional secretariat auditorium at the request of Kandy district parliamentaria

The Transport Ministry had forewarned that there would be a possibility of more than 3, 000 individuals getting killed due to road accidents within this year, Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He said while strengthening the transport servi

Allaying fears of a possible COVID 19 spate in Sri Lanka, the Government Epidemiology Unit (GEU) yesterday said that in the current Sri Lankan context,, there was no scientific justification for people including children to wear face masks. The num

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is likely to contest the general elections from the Gampaha District, well informed UNP sources said yesterday. They said that Speaker Jayasuriya was not keen to be included in the national list. “Mr. Jayasuriya

Opportunity to visit Saudi Arabia has been temporarily suspended by the country’s authorities considering the spread of Coronavirus, foreign media reported yesterday. Accordingly visiting Islamic holy places such as Mecca will be temporarily suspen

Senior Deputy Solicitor General R.M. Sobhitha Rajakaruna was sworn in as a Judge of the Appeal Court before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

Several animal rights organisations gathered yesterday in front of the Nelum Pokuna theater to stage a silent protest urging the government to pass the Animal Welfare Bill. “We are a Buddhist country but we have done very little towards the well-be

While saying that it was natural to have issues regarding granting of nominations to crop up during the run up to elections, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila said the situatio

A large number of well planned development projects undertaken by the Urban Development Authority during the time when Mahinda Rajapaksa was the country’s President were halted on political reasons by the former government and these development pro

The Colombo High Court case filed against former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Director General of Divi Neguma Department Kithsiri Ranawaka for allegedly misappropriating Rs. 36.5 million of funds of the Divi Neguma Departm