The Cabinet yesterday approved the proposal made by Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam to distribute tablets among GCE A/L students and teachers. President Maithripala Sirisena had expressed his opposition to this project when it was first mo

The owner of a building materials shop near Waidya Road in Dehiwala was stabbed to death by a man who broke into his shop on Monday (24) afternoon, police said. 63-year-old Abdul Mohammed Hafee

Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, the only parliamentarian to vote against the 19th Amendment said yesterday he was glad that President Maithripala Sirisena had realized the truth even at this late stage and admitted to the blunder of having introduce

An unidentified group had shot at the house of the chairman of the Galenbindunawewa Pradeshiya Sabha J.M. Rathnayake in Padikaramaduwa on Monday night, said the Galenbindunawewa police.

In a letter to the Speaker, the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation requested an opportunity to appear before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to respond to the statement made by the All Ceylon Jammiyathul Ulama (ACJU) President Rizwi Mufti. Th

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said yesterday it would reveal its presidential candidate on August 11 and that the candidate would be someone who had a bachelors degree and a vision apart from experience and other qualifications. MP Lakshma

Prisons officers fired shots into the air when three inmates, a Nigerian and two Pakistanis, attempted to escape from the prisons custody while they were being brought to the Negombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Asgiri Mahanayake the most venerable Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thera said it was only Minister Lakshman Kiriella who did a substantial service to Kandy after President D.B. Wijetunga. The prelate expressed these views after the minister visited him

Six Indian nationals attempting to smuggle gold biscuits worth around three million rupees to Chennai were arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). Customs Spokesman Deputy Director Sunil Jay

Sri Lanka will keep 51 percent stake of the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport in Mattala under the proposed partnership with India to run it, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe revealed over the weekend.

Popular songstress of yesteryear Indrani Wijebandara (Senaratne) passed away yesterday afternoon at the National Hospital in Colombo at the age of 79, family sources said. Indrani who married Sisira Senaratne in May 1962, will be remembered for h

President Maithripala Sirisena commissioned eighty nine (89) Midshipmen who completed their training at the Naval & Maritime Academy (NMA), as officers of the Sri Lanka Navy on Saturday and graced the passing out ceremony.

With the launch of “1990 Suwaseriya” Ambulance Service in the Eastern Province yesterday, the service is now available in all nine Provinces of the country, the High Commission of India said yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to the officials to expedite the Wew Gam Pubuduwa programme implemented with the aim of reconstructing 325 rural dilapidated tanks in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa,

A group of employees of the Sevanagala Sugar factory staged a protest at the Parliament roundabout yesterday urging the authorities not to privatise the factory.

Though a 48-hour train strike was scheduled to be launched from midnight yesterday, a tense situation was witnessed at the Fort Railway Station following the cancellation of a number of train services from as early as 7.0

With the torrential rains that fell on the Central Hill Country, part of the Nawalapitiya Town was inundated.

Former Western Province Chief Minister Isura Devapriya has been appointed as the Chairman of the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) by President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday. The CEA Chairman seat became vacant when the Former Mayor of Colombo

President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to be opposed to the piece of legislation introduced by the government to give people freehold rights of State lands used by them under permits issued under the La

The President has the authority to call for a non-binding referendum on whether the people prefer a general election prior to a presidential election but he will not be able to dissolve Parliament based on such a referendum, SL

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said yesterday the President cannot shy away from holding the presidential election by hiding behind another lamp and pot referendum or a ‘laampu kalagedi sellama

A stock of unregistered delay spray was seized by National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) officials when they raided a pharmacy operating without retail licence in Ethul Kotte last evening. T

A Madrasa has been reopened in Modera causing panic among the residents because the government has failed to resolve the setting up of such schools, UPFA MP Bandula Gunawardana said yesterday.

The Cabinet is reported to have yesterday approved the memorandum submitted by President Maithripala Sirisena to ban the import of chainsaws.

Former foreign ministry Secretary Prasad Kariyawasam, who was paid by a US organisation, had been appointed as the Speaker’s advisor to international affairs and that it raised serious suspicions, Joint Opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardane said yesterd

Joint Opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardane yesterday raised a point in parliament that Intelligence Chief had been summoned by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya before a meeting with foreign dignitaries last week and that it was not

A gram dansala was held with the patronage of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in front of Temple Trees to commemorate the Poson Full Moon Day.

Sri Lanka - China Friendship Association (SLCFA) yesterday warned that the United States is attempting to force Sri Lanka to take sides in a trade war that it has launched against China and to force Sri Lanka to sign unequal agreements that would be

Hundreds of thousands of Buddhist devotees yesterday thronged the historic Anuradhapura, one of the three places where the National Poson celebration was held this year. People commemorating the advent of Buddhism to Sri Lanka 2327 years ago are seen

President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday called on Asian countries not to allow outside powers to suppress the power of Asia. The Asian region, as the