The tourist police presence in the country is to be increased to strengthen the safety and security of tourists, The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority said. This was revealed during a meeting held

The last two LTTE suspects who were in custody in Malaysia have been acquitted, and discharged. Two more men accused of supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist group were ac

Pakistan High Commissioner Major General (Retired) Muhammad Saad Khattak has informed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa that they are fully prepared to cooperate Sri Lanka in counter-terrorism efforts. The High Commissioner ha

Six suspects including two Maldivians were arrested at Dehiwala on charges of being in possession of four kilos of heroin with a street value of more than Rs.40 million, Police said. They said the Police Narcotic Bureau (PNB) personnel who conducte

State Minister of Urban Development Gamini Lokuge said that the government headed by the United National Party had no interest in obtaining the service of local architects at all. He made this remark while on an inspection visit at the old Bogamba

The Lakvijaya Coal Power plant (LCPP) at Norochcholai resumed power generation from yesterday, a Power and Energy Ministry spokesman said. He said the LCPP which was renovated at a cost of Rs.690 million, had broken down again just ten days after

Following the governments’ recent tax concession for VAT (15%) and NBT (2%) for the import of wheat flour, the Bakery Owners’ Association had decided to reduce the price of a 450g loaf of bread by Rs.5.00 with effect from midnight today. Speaking

With the intense dry weather continuing, and in order to provide electricity continuously without any interruption the Ministry of Power and Energy has decided to purchase 128 Megawatts of power from private

Rear Admiral D. K. P. Dasanayake yesterday informed the Presidential Commission appointed to probe public sector political victimisation that the former ‘Yahapalana’ government had forcibly brought him back to the country when he was following po

The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) said yesterday its members would launch a countrywide work stoppage today as a protest over the absence of a favourable reply from the President and his failure to take action to pay an interim allowance until the s

Some government members are hoping to request President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resume legal proceedings on the Central Bank bond scam despite the absence of the main suspect, Central Bank’s former

The Vanni District paddy cultivation carried out after 30 years took place at Etamangaskada tract in Vavuniya in a grand way. The ceremony

The brother-in-law of leading drug peddler operating from overseas ‘Welle Suranga’, has been arrested with 215 grammes of crystal Methamphetamine (Ice) in Mattakkuliya by the STF on Tuesday. The S

A stock of illicit timber was seized while in transit near the Kuttamani Base area in the Madhu forest reserve. Range forest officer Asoka Premaratne said they carried out the raid on a tip off from the public but the racketeers had sped away ignorin

A series of programmes will be introduced by the Education Ministry among 500 selected schools to improve the performance levels of the Mathematics subject of the G.C.E.O/L examination. This programme would be implemented in the aim of increasing the

The Transport Ministry yesterday introduced a new system for pensioners to obtain railway ticket warrants. “This process will be implemented from March 1,” Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. Addressing the media after the ceremony hel

The Provincial Council elections would be held under the old system soon after the Parliamentary polls and after necessary amendments were introduced to the Provincial Councils Elections (amendment) Act no. 17 of 2017, Justice, Human Rights and Legal

In a bid to double the tea and rubber production among tea and rubber small holders, Plantation Industries and Agricultural Exports Minister Ramesh Pathirana has initiated a programme to use GPS and GIS new technology - Global Positioning Systems and

A worker attached to a popular biscuit factory in Makumbura, Pannipitiya was arrested yesterday on charges of inserting a broken tooth into the lunch packet of another worker, the Homagama Police said. The suspect was arrest

Drawing power lines illegally to protect cultivation or to kill wild animals has been identified as the main cause for the highest fatalities due to electrocution in the country, the electrocution report 2019 released by the Public Utilities Commissi

Obtaining complaints to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) appointed to probe into the alleged political victimization of public officials, has extended its deadline to receive complaints till March 06, sources from the Commission said. Co

In the wake of the increasing supply of vegetables, there is a decline in the retail and wholesale prices of both up-country and low-country vegetables at the Pettah and Dambulla markets, the Central Bank reported. The price of beans had decreased

Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Chairman Sunil Hadunnetti yesterday requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to make provisions to allow officials of the Supreme Court or Attorney General’s Department in

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that it is the responsibility of the officials to expedite development projects and give the people the opportunity to reap the benefits. The Prime Minister expressed this while participating in the ina

Sri Lankan government should decide against signing the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation Agreement (MCC agreement) with the USA now using the situation with regard to Army Commander Shavendra Silva who has been denied entry into that country

Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government Janaka Bandara Tennekoon has decided to establish a special investigations unit to check the efficiency of Grama S

The Foundation stone for another 50 houses under the Indian Housing Project was laid jointly by the Acting High Commissioner of India Mr. Vinod K. Jacob together with the Minister of Community Empowerment and E

One person died and three others sustained serious injuries when a mini lorry and a three- wheeler collided head on at Santhiveli in Eravur, Batticaloa yesterday morning. The three injured people were admitted to the emergency unit of the Battical

A transfer of a staggering sum of $11 million (Rs.1, 980 million), which had been received for the rights of the broadcasting of Sri Lanka Cricket Matches, to external accounts is scheduled to be investigated by the COPE Committee. Parliamentarian an

A traffic Police Sergeant attached to the Kahawatte Police Station was remanded after being arrested on Saturday by officers of the Bribery Commission for allegedly accepting a bribe from a lorry driver for transporting illicit timber. The Police