A large stock of whiskey suspected to have been smuggled into the country under the nose of the authorities was seized by the Excise officials from three suburban areas of Colombo on the Independence Day (04). This raid was carried out by the Exci

A detainee in the Angunakolapelessa Prison was found dead in the psychiatric patients’ ward in the Prison hospital. The prison officials who noticed the prisoner lying motionless had taken him to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The deceased

A total of 988kgs of Kerala cannabis has been seized during naval operations carried out in this year, the Navy said. They said out of the total stock seized, over 700kg of Cannabis has been from operations conducted in northern waters. The Navy r

Eelam People’s Democratic Party Leader Douglas Devananda and Ceylon Workers’ Congress Leader Arumugam Thondaman will accompany Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on an official visit to India later this week, government sources told Daily Mirror ye

A 19-year-old youth was arrested with 70,600 US dollars, which is equivalent to LKR 12,827,977, at an Army checkpoint at Tharapuram, in Mannar.

Saman Ratnapriya was sworn in as a Member of Parliament yesterday in the presence of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. He was named as an MP by the UNP General Secretary for the vacant position following the re

Senior economic advisor to Prime Minister, Ajith Nivard Cabraal said he would make a request to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to initiate an independent Police inquiry on the Central Bank bond scam in early 2015 and dealings in the bond market between

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday assured that daily wage of Rs.1,000 would be given to the estate workers from March 1 as proposed by the government. He told Parliament that plantation companies had agreed to implement the proposal of the g

A total of 512 prisoners who have been serving jail terms for minor offences were released after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa granted a general amnesty for them in view of the Independence Day which fell yesterday.The amnesty has been granted on the

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Colombo Mayoress Rosy Senanayake and several Parliamentarians attended a ceremony held at the Sri Dharmakeertyaramaya Temple in Polwatte, Kollupitiya to commemorate the 72nd Independence Da

The Nugegoda branch of the People’s Bank presented gifts for newborns at the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital yesterday, in line with the commemoration of the 72nd Independence day. The event was held u

Special Task Force Commandant, Senior DIG M.R. Latiff retired yesterday (February 4) after 41 years in service. He assumed duties as the STF Commandant on August 19, 2016, and was its 11th Commandant. Senior DIG Latiff, was scheduled t

A study which was conducted by the National Transport Commission (NTC) concerning the relevance of the semi-luxury class bus service, would be handed over to the Transport Minister Mahinda Amaraweera,by the end of this week, the ministry said. The

A week-long general amnesty period has been declared by the Ministry of Defence from February 5 to12, for tri-force absentees to receive a discharge or rejoin to their service. This general amnesty is offered only to Tri-Force absentees who remain Ab

A group of fifty-eight housemaids who had been stranded in Kuwait due to harassment by their employers, returned to the country via the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Last morning. The housem

A group of elders of the Gamini Matha Elder’s Home are seen at the Gangaramaya Mal Perahera parading the streets last evening on W A D Ramanayake Mawatha, in line with the Gangaramaya Navam Maha Perahera. Pic by Kithsiri De Mel

Four suspects were arrested with 300kg of Kerala Ganja by the Navy during a patrol conducted in the seas off Punkudutivu in Jaffna today. The Navy said as a part of its regular patrols in the country’s territorial waters, the Navy had spotted a

UNP MP Mujibur Rahaman speaking at a press briefing queried as to why Ajith Nivard Cabral a person who has been accused of having brought losses to the government during his tenure as the head of the Central Bank, is not being removed from his curren

The acting Indian High Commissioner Vinod K. Jacob encouraged students of Sri Lanka to make use of the 25,000 plus seats earmarked in Indian educational institutions every year for foreign students. He said the Indian Government also offers 750 sc

Many teachers are facing difficulties due to amendments being made by the Ministry of Education to the recommendations of the Teacher Transfer Unit instead of implementing them. The Chairman of the All Island United Teacher’s Union The Ven. Yalw

By Dayaseeli Liyanage The Civil Security Department has decided to launch a programme to cultivate lime plants in the areas frequented by wild elephants along the electric elephant fence. The Director General of the Civil Security Department Rear

Eight people die per day due to road accidents and therefore with a view to minimizing road accidents and traffic congestion, a letter including a suggestion to discourage the import of motorbikes and three-wheelers and many other suggestions to be i

The government is taking all measures needed to end the drug menace in the country, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Speaking at an event held at the Buddhist Centre in

Veddah Chief Vishva Keerthi Vanaspathi Uruwarige Wannileththo requested Sri Lankans to act humanely in order to save the country from the Coronavirus outbreak, instead of considering it as an income or a business. He said he was informed that Gove

The Surveys Department published the eighth edition of the travellers map of Sri Lanka following a launching ceremony at the Department on Wednesday. Speaking to the Media the Department’s Surveyor-General P. Sangakkara said the new metric syste

The political parties in power should first consider and fulfil the basic changes that Sri Lankan judiciary system requires, in a context where some voice clips by MP Ranjan Ramanayake, stirred controversy and raised many questions about the independ

A total of 14,022 houses would be built under the national housing programme “Gamata Geyak- Ratata Hetak” within 60 days, State Minister of Housing Indika Anuruddha said yesterday. The state minister told a media br

The cabinet appointed committee on redress to government and semi-government employees who were subjected to political victimisation administratively during the ‘Yahapalana’ government, commenced its work yesterday. Addressing a media briefing,

While claiming that the screening process at the airport to detect coronavirus infected people was not sufficient, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday the Government should adopt a mechanism with high-technological equipment to detect