Whilst Highlighting that Sri Lankan granted women the right to vote at the same time as men and was first to produce a female Prime Minister. Incumbent Premier Dinesh Gunawardene stressed the need for strengthening gender equality in local bodies.

The Indian High Commission facilitated a two-week training programme on Media Management for Sri Lankan journalists and media professionals in Hyderabad, India together with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

Police have busted a global online scam operating in Sri Lanka and have arrested 33 people including locals and foreigners. Foreigners from Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangaladesh were among those arrested. The suspects had carried on a

Referring to the protest carried out by school teachers and principals unions in Colombo, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ajith Mannapperuma yesterday said the protesters should not jeopardise children’s education.

In light of mounting public outcry and complaints regarding the substandard quality of food served in school and hospital canteens, Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) are stepping up their efforts with intensified raids across the country.

All these powers had reason to fall in line with Sri Lanka in helping it get over the economic crisis. Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa who visited Sri Lanka last month even mentioned that strategically placed Sri Lanka’s economic recovery is

The World Korea Group Sri Lanka will hold a Korean Education Fair on June 29 and 30 at the BMICH.

Atelier Kandy will host an important talk by Dr William Eklund of Sweden on the subject ‘Prevent & Reverse disease with Food’ on Friday, 28th June at 6.30pm.

Two Supreme Court judges yesterday recused themselves from hearing a contempt of court application filed against former State Minister Diana Gamage, who lost her parliamentary seat for not being a citizen of Sri Lanka.

Against the attack of tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters, the Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) has decided to continue their sick leave campaign for the second day for today, CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has formally requested the Speaker to summon key officials of the Judicial Service Association (JSA) to the Powers and Privileges Committee of Parliament.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) observed that Members of Parliament should not interfere with the functions of the judiciary or the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) by making statements under the protection of Parliamentary Privileges.

A paper is to be submitted to cabinet to obtain its approval for a maritime security school that is to be set up here in Sri Lanka by the French government.

Rainy conditions that is experienced currently is to prevail but likely to subside by June 27, as the Southwest Monsoon conditions will become less active, the Department of Meteorology said yesterday. Department of Meteorology Director General Athuk

A special Parliament session will be held on July 2, Parliament media unit said yesterday.

Eight suspects in custody in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old schoolgirl, including her lover, at a crematorium in Jalthara in Hanwella on the Poson Poya Day were produced before Homagama Magistrate Pathmasiri Jayawardene yes

A Pakistani and Maldivian narcotic-syndicate is suspected to be behind more than four kilos of ‘Ice’ worth over Rs.200 million seized from a package at the Central Mail Exchange (CME) following a joint raid by the Customs and Police yesterday, th

A lady teacher of a leading school in Anuradhapura town and her husband, an employee of a holiday resort, were arrested by Anuradhapura Police on suspicion of their involvement in drug peddling.

MP Gevindu Cumaratunga called for the filling of Sinhala medium teacher vacancies in the North as soon as possible.

Former Sri Lankan cricketer of the national team Sachithra Senanayake’s house at Kalalgoda, Pannipitiya had been burgled and a host of property including costly wristwatches, jewellery items, laptop computers and cash had been taken away.

Trinity College scored an easy 10-wicket win over St. Mary’s College, Kegalle in their Inter-Schools Under-17 Cricket Tournament encounter concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy.

Parliamentarian Rauff Hakeem was unanimously re-elected as the leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, on Saturday (22) at its 31st National Delegates Conference, held at Hizbullah Cultural Hall, Kattankudy, with the participation of over 1,500 dele

A businessman who runs several agricultural farms including a cattle farm apart from a hardware store in Mullaitivu attributes his successes to the self-sufficiency policy implemented by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the outfit

A trishaw had collided head-on with a private bus at Thalawa on the Anuradhapura – Peradeniya road in the early hours of last morning causing the death of two young men and serious injuries to two others.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rajitha Senaratne said the world has accepted that the Sri Lankan government has led the country towards economic revival.

The initial step of implanting the newly developed, small-sized loop into the uterus of female monkeys to effectively prevent pregnancy has been successful, Prof. Ashoka Dangolla of the Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Faculty said.

Several families living in the low lying area of the Weganga private sector hydropower plant in Kahawatta are living in constant fear of any possible danger to their life due to a leak in the tunnel.

Due to the lack of updates in state universities, there is a higher demand in the job market for students who have studied at private universities, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

Train services on the upcountry line have been disrupted between Inguru Oya and Galboda railway stations last morning, the Railways Department said.

Well known Mahila Samiti leader Rukmani Chandra Premaratne passed away yesterday at the age of 84 following a brief illness.