B dulla District UNP Parliamentarian Chaminda Wijesiri said he will make special statement in Parliament tomorrow revealing a big robbery being carried out by a minister in the present government and take a hard political decision. The people in Badu

The government has introduced new laws that compromise the judicial independence, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa charged. He said the powers of the Chief Justice had been curtailed and that power will be vested with the Attorney General. He said

A suspect who was detained at a cell of the Colombo Crimes Division has died due to sudden illness after swallowing a packet containing methamphetamine (ice). Police said the CCD arrested the suspect having 1 gram Ice during a raid at Wellampitiya on

Egypt together with the African Union recently expressed its full solidarity with Sri Lanka in combating global terrorism. This was expressed by Charge d’affairs ad’interim Egyptian Embassy in Sri Lanka Karim Abdul-Enein at a programme on Afric

The government allocated Rs.185 Million for the rehabilitation of ‘Tickkam Distilleries ‘which convert Palmyrah toddy to spirit , an official said. This allocation was made to replace the outdated machineries with state-of-the art modern plant

A demonstration was staged in front of the Vavuniya General Hospital on Saturday demanding that Health Minister Rajitha Senarathne be removed from office and an inquiry be conducted into allegations against him

The name board of Gurukanda Ancient Rajamaha Vihara in Mullaitivu has been removed by the officers of Road Development Authority on Friday, it is learnt.

Payment anomalies of over half a million pensioners would be removed from July 1, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The revised pension would be implemented effective from next month under a proposal made by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera

Sri Lanka’s first satellite Ravana 1, designed and developed by two Sri Lankan research engineers will be released into orbit on Monday June 17th, Director Communication Engineering (Project Manager Nano satellite projects) at Arthur C. Clarke Inst

SKAL International Colombo, an International Association of Travel and Tourism Professionals, met the Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at the Archbishops House and handed over a donation towards the fund to be used for the victims of

Taking advantage of digital technology, the Education Ministry has decided to introduce an online system to issue GCE O/L and A/L examination certificates, the Education Ministry said. “Earlier, applicants from all parts of the country had to c

A top Tibetan official who is in the country stressed yesterday the importance of fostering bi-lateral ties with Parliament of Sri Lanka for mutual benefits. Cheng Siqu, who is the National People’s Congress (NPC) member of the Tibetan Autonomous R

The Government has decided to increase the monthly allowance of persons with special abilities by Rs. 2,000 from July 1, the Finance Ministry said. Accordingly, the monthly allowance wou

With reference to yesterday’s Daily Mirror page 6 article titled ‘SL/India/Japan tri-party defence agreement in the offing,’ it should have read as ‘Sri Lanka-Japan discuss signing of a security agreement’. We regret the error.

The countrywide sale of liquor and all alcoholic beverages will be banned on Poson Poya Day, which falls on Sunday, June 16, by order of Excise Commissioner General, the department announced yesterday.

The three-member committee, which was appointed to receive complaints against former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and former Governors Azath Salley and M. L. A. M. Hizbullah, received 27 complaints, during the period that ended on Wednesday. Police

An incident was reported from Tangalle where a cobra had to be extracted from the bag of a school-goer for safety reasons. This cobra had been inside the school bag of a grade three student of a well-known school in Tangalle. The student, who hail

I vehemently condemn attempts by persons with narrow political motives to use my decision to resign to create division among the citizens of this country, former minister Kabir Hashim said.

President Maithripala Sirisena instructed officials to complete the construction of the Pandith Amaradewa Music Hermitage by August 31 so that it could be vested in the public. President Sirisena gave these instructions to officials during an offi

A proposal presented by the Kirinda-Puhulwella Pradeshiya Sabha to remove the name, ‘Mangala Samaraweera Pedasa’ and replace it with, ‘Lindagawa Watta Mawatha’ in Puhulwella, Matara, was passed yes

SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara admitted that the differences between the President and the government were widening by the day with another looming crisis in the absence of yesterday’

A countrywide bus strike will be launched on the the day after the Rs.25,000 fine for seven categories of traffic offences is implemented, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) President Gemunu Wijeratne said. The Motor Traffic (Amendment

Parliamentarian Ven, Athureliye Rathana Thera who is in the limelight after his much-talked-about fast last week created another tense situation yesterday by visiting the controversial Batticaloa univ

The Opposition yesterday said it would meet the Central Bank (CB) officials next week to discuss the payment of compensation to victims of the Easter Sunday attacks. They were taking this step as no response had

With the objective of cultivating more paddy and encouraging youth to engage in paddy cultivation, modern technology and machinery were introduced in the Kuruwita Agriculture Advisor’s Division. Accordingly, two pilot projects were launched to plan

Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday set the date for pronouncing her decision on granting bail to the suspect who attempted to bribe the OIC of the Horowpothana Police OIC, to refrain from objecting to bail being given

Several electoral and district organisers received their appointments yesterday (11) from President Maithripala Sirisena. Jeewan Kumarathunga - K

The World Health Assembly (WHA), which is the decision-making body of the World Health Organisation (WHO) approved a landmark resolution at its recently concluded 72nd session in Geneva to support greater public disclosure of prices of medicines and

A 23-year-old police constable, who was reported missing in Kokkadicholai in 2008 was found murdered and buried, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said yesterday. He said three suspects had been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (C