A stock of 122.5 kg of Kerala cannabis had been recovered by the Navy in coordination with the Police during a search at Madagalthurai in Jaffna on Wednesday, the navy said. They said naval personnel attached to the Northern Naval Command in coordina

The government is to introduce a Price formula for flour and Milk powder soon, State Minister of Industry & Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons, Co-operative Development and Vocational Training & Skills Development Buddhika Pathira

The Irrigation Department’s attempt to find a long term solution to flooding in the city of Colombo has been shelved due to politically motivated protests by the public, a senior official said yesterday. Director General of the Irrigation Dep

If the government awards the construction of a 300 MW LNG power plant at Kerawalapitiya to any other company than Lanka Transformers Limited (LTL) the country will lose Rs. 90 billion in the next 20 years,

Three suspects have been arrested for abduction and forcible detention of an individual at Koswatta in Bandaragama, Police said. The Panadura Divisi

Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella yesterday requested for a special security arrangement for the historic Kandy Perahera as there are reports which suggest there could be some incidents during the event.

In relation to the containers of industrial waste lying at the Colombo Port, Lawyer and Environmental Protection Activist Jagath Gunawardena said the United Kingdom (UK) had breached the provision of the Article 4 of the Basel Co

President Maithripala Sirisena handed over letters of appointment to the members of the Thripitaka Conservation Board at the Presidential Secretariat, yesterday. He has appointed the Tripitaka Conservation Board comprising of 43 clergy and lay mem

General Secretary of the SLFP, Dayasiri Jayasekara said the SLFP has not received an invitation from the SLPP to participate in its annual convention to be held on August 11 as yet and added if there was an invitation, the party’s Central Committee

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) will reveal its Presidential candidate this month at a mass rally to be held at Galle Face grounds on August 18, JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said on Wednesday. He said the JVP would face future elections inc

Six Indians on a dhow were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy with 2,379kg of beedi leaves, in the north-western seas of Sri Lanka on Monday (29), th

Former Head of Daily Mirror Legal Desk veteran journalist M.J. M Zarook passed away last week bringing much sorrow to everyone who knew him. Zorro as he was popularly known began his career at Independent Newpapers Ltd and worked for the Sun news

The Opposition yesterday said the proposed amendments to the Monetary Law Act (MLA) were detrimental to the economy and that it would go to the Supreme Court if and when the draft bill was presented to parliament

Colombo High Court fixed the hearing of the case against Ex-Senior DIG Anura Senanayake for allegedly withholding evidence into the murder of Sri Lanka and Havelocks Sport Club ruggerite Wasim Thajud

Prominent elections monitoring NGO, Peoples Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) yesterday urged the President, Prime Minister and the Speaker to take steps to amend the Provincial Councils Electio

Teachers from National Schools who have been in service for more than three years would be permitted to admit their children to the school they are serving in, Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam

Lending its legendary know-how and the knack for continued revival of indigenous Sri Lankan Martial Art, ‘Angampora’ which boasts a history of more than 5,000 years, established Sri Lanka’s state-of-the-art ‘Angampora’ village near the Iran

A programme to make naval personnel aware on Islamic Extremism was held at the main auditorium of SLNS Nipuna last week. This programme organised under the directives of Commander Southern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Kassapa Paul, ran through the them

Former Economic Development Minister and the National Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa has said that all former members of provincial councils and those who are to be elected to the provincial councils in future wou

A massive fire had broken out at a brush factory in the Ingiriya Town yesterday morning, the Police said. They said the fire brigade teams that rushed to the scene later doused the fire.

The Members of the Central Committee of the JVP Wasantha Samarasinghe and Chandrika Adhikari are in Kathmandu in Nepal to participate in the 9th Asia – Pacific Regional Conference of Solidarity with Cuba.

The long drawn issue on increasing the salary of estate workers would be resolved during the first few days of next month, Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development, Palani Digambaram said. He stated that Prim

The Pepper market has been ruined as a result of a few unscrupulous businessmen taking cover under the same gazette that has been used by those who imported garbage from foreign countries to Sri Lanka, All Ceylon Customs Service Union (ACCSU) alleged

The Kalu Ganga project, the next huge reservoir of the Moragahakanda venture can be completed by next month and vested with the people, President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday. The construction of Wayamba

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe seen inspecting the ‘Enterprise Sri Lanka’ programme which is designed to help the country’s SME sector. Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera was also present.

Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, was released from the jail in Vellore in Tamil Nadu yesterday for a month to attend her daughter’ wedding, NDTV reported.

The sale of liquor will be banned in Kalpitiya during the feast of St. Anne’s at Talawila during the first week of August on the orders of the Excise Commissioner General, the department said yesterday. As such alcoholic beverages will not be sold

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate corruption of the current government yesterday said that the evidence which were provided by MP Udaya Gammanpila against illegal land acquisition by Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad

An RTI filed by the Daily Mirror has revealed that even the preliminary investigations into the assault of prisoners at Angunakolapelessa super prison in November, 2018 are yet to conclude and the Ministry of Justice has received only an interim repo

The Sri Lanka Navy had seized over 450 kilos of heroin from being smuggled into the country within last few months, Navy Spokesman Lieutenant Commander Isuru Sooriyabandara said. “The Sri Lanka Navy