Five suspects, including an Air force soldier handling disciplinary matters and a leading Airman were apprehended on suspicion over the theft of 2900 liters of fuel stocked for the use of the Anuradhapura SLAF base camp.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) investigating corruption in the current administration will today commence an inspection tour of farms to which government had distributed 3,030 substandard imported Australian cows. They will also look

The transporting of solid waste from Colombo to Aruwakkalu began on Tuesday, the Megapolis and Western Development Ministry said. Sociologist Nimal Premathilaka

Muslim politicians are reported to have agreed to amend the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) on four categories including that of increasing the marriageable age to 18, but disagreement over four other

The religious rituals in view of inviting monks residing in Colombo Gangaramaya Temple for the Vas period, was being held yesterday.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) yesterday alleged that Elections Commission (EC) Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya was helping to get the presidential election delayed. He said on

The members of the Nuwara Eliya branch of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) are up in arms against the move by the health authorities to transfer the patients from the new building of the Nuwara Eliya General Hospital in order to dec

During the times of Mahinda Rajapaksa government, health sector agreements had been signed by others without even informing the then Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, says Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Rajitha Senaratne. A

UN Special Rapporteur Clément Nyaletsossi Voule will visit Sri Lanka from July 18 to 26 to assess the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the country, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said yes

A sub inspector and a police constable were injured and admitted to the General Hospital, Nagoda Kalutara when they were pelted with stones during a raid on a gambling den at Dodangoda in Kalutara yesterday, Police said. The police had arrived at the

The Joint Postal Trade Union (JPTU) said it had launched a 48-hour token strike at the Central Mail Exchange (CME) from 4.00 pm yesterday based on three demands they had made. The union’s main demand is to convert the Postal Service into a ‘Clos

Strict security measures are to be implemented in Parliament on July 24 2019 when intelligence officers will arrive to testify before the Parliamentary select committee which is probing the Easter Sunday incidents.

Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday that UNP MP Minister Ranjan Ramanayake should apologize Mahasangha for his remarks that Bhikkhus were involved in homosexuality. Addre

Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake held talks with US Ambassador Alaina B.Teplitz regarding the possibility of further securing market opportunities for Sri Lankan tea in her country, a statement from the Ministry said. She called on th

Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake and Dutch Ambassador Joanne Doornewaard were seen riding bicycles at the Independence Square Premises in Colombo where car free Colombo concept was introduced yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena has extended the term of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate corruption of the current administration by another three months, the sources said.

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha, conveyed Sri Lanka’s appreciation for the support and solidarity extended by the Commonwealth membership and the Secretary-General in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday tragedy, and called for greater focus i

A total of 1,642 people belonging to 419 families had been affected due to the prevailing drought at Kandawalai in Kilinochchi and drinking water was being distributed to them, Divisional Secretary – Kandawalai T. Pirunthakaran said.

The reports of all investigations carried out by the police regarding the Easter Sunday carnage should be sent to Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith so that he could make his observations, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterda

The prevailing row between the Government Medical Officers Association and the government has been delayed the recruitment of 350 doctors. It is the normal practice t

One year extension of service has been granted to the Navy Commander Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva by President Maithripala Sirisena. Appointed as the Navy Command

United National Party (UNP) will have nowhere to turn if it continues to work in the next one and half years as they worked during the last three and half years, UNP MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka said.

The 28th commemoration of the death of Army Soldier Hasalaka Gamini Kularathne, who sacrificed his life in the attempt to halt the advancement of an LTTE bulldozer fully laden with explosives intruding the Elephant Pass Army Camp in 1991, was held ye

A demonstration organised by Ape Janabala Party to protest against Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, who is now under the remand custody over sterilization and several other issues, was held yesterday opposite the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital. Colombo District

Colombo City Excise Station (CCES) officials have earned a record sum of Rs.1.7 million as revenue to the government from fines imposed on raids and detection carried out during the first six months of the year.

Indika Bamunusinghe, a prison inmate on death row received his Master’s Degree at the Kelaniya University Convocation held at the BMICH yesterday. He is the first in Sri Lanka and fifth in the world to obtain a Master’s Degree during the period

National Housing Development Authority (NHDA) has not followed proper tender procedure in certain matters and it had allowed officials to exploit the situation, Counsel who led the evidence at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investig

TNA MP E. Saravanapavan yesterday said his party cannot trust the present government, but at the same time cannot allow the forming of another Rajapaksa government. Mr. Saravanapavan said this during the debate on the no-confidence motion brought

A total of 910 vehicles had been issued with prohibition or repair orders during an awareness programme which launched on Wednesday evening to identify unroadworthy vehicles by the police last evening, the Police said. The Department of Motor Traf

Under the arrangement of obtaining fuel on credit, Sri Lankan Airlines owes the Petroleum Corporation a sum amounting to Rs.35 billion, which, if not settled before September, would compel the corporation to stop supplying fuel. This scenario was int