A hospital staff member attached to the Maharagama Cancer Hospital was today ordered to be remanded till February 28 by Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing hospital medicines and selling them to cancer patients.

Sabaragamuwa University has been closed until further notice for all students except for the first-year students, the Vice Chancellor of Sabaragamuwa University has announced.

FitsAir, Sri Lanka’s first privately owned international airline, is set to increase international flight offerings with the launch of service to Chennai, India.

The Local Government election could be held with an advanced payment of about Rs. 2 billion whereas about Rs. 8 billion is required for the whole process, Chairman of the Delimitation Commission Mahinda Deshapriya said.

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) mayoral candidate of Colombo Municipal Council Mujibur Rahman was today fixed for support by Supreme Court.

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court today fixed for April 6 to deliver its order in connection with a private plaint filed against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal.

The price of lunch packets, kottu and fried rice will be increased by 10% from tonight in the wake of the electricity tariff hike, head of the All Island Canteen Owners’ Association (AICOA) Asela Sampath said today.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife Ayoma Rajapaksa left the Bandaranaike International Airport for China this morning.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed Power and Energy Minister and relevant officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply for electricity customers, the President’s Media Division said.

Three 16 year old boys have been arrested for killing a 35 year old man in Welipanna yesterday.

The visa application center of the Indian High Commission in Colombo has been closed until further notice due to a security incident reported last night, the Indian High Commission said.

Postal ballot papers for the Local Government election in seven districts have already been printed, Government Printer Gangani Kalpana Liyanage said.

Claiming that the Government Printer has been influenced by the President to suspend printing of ballot papers, the National People’s Power (NPP) today urged the Elections Commission to summon the Government Printer and question regarding the matte

Unregistered and low-quality drugs are to be imported with the Sri Lankan government’s endorsement, Ajith Thennakoon of the Society of Government Pharmacists charged today.

Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Monday, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, a week after a major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria killing more than 33,000 people.

A Hong Kong-based company, Grand Gain Industrial Ltd. (GG), specialized in the development, manufacturing and sale of polyurethane foam cups for the bra industry, has invested US$ 3.5 million in the recently declared open BOI-approved fully-fledged b

Trade Union action launched by the Sri Lanka Railways Engine Drivers’ Union this morning has been called off after discussions with relevant authorities.

US ambassador Julie Chung held discussions with the officials of a US-based leading global aerospace company, Boeing, on the ‘potential areas for collaboration with Sri Lanka’s private sector.’

The Attorney General has filed a revision application in Colombo High Court challenging the legality of the order issued by Colombo Chief Magistrate to release Convener of Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige from a case f

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the economy could not be built through the reconciliation alone and the economic development rate of the country depends on the attitude and commitment of the people, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were being trapped for 122 hours following the region’s deadliest quake in two decades, authorities said on Saturday.

Sri Lanka has donated a consignment of “Ceylon Tea” to the victims of the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

A minor earth tremor of Magnitude 2.3 on the Richter scale was reported from Wellawaya around 3 am today, the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau said.

A large Chinese delegation comprising officials from Chinese government, Provincial governments and companies will visit Sri Lanka next month, Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong said.

A contempt of court application filed by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) against Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board, the Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy and the Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation for the

Ruling party members of the new Committee on Public Finance have been appointed as per the announcement made by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene in Parliament.

The writ petition filed by Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) seeking an order quashing the decision to reject its nomination papers submitted for the Maritimepattu Pradeshiya Sabha was today dismissed by Supreme Court.

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution or 13+ would not be a solution to the ethnic problem, National People’s Power MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

A minor earth tremor of Magnitude 3 on the Richter scale has been reported from Buttala, Wellawaya and Handapanagala areas in the Moneragala District, the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) said.

Newly sworn in SJB MP A. H. M. Fowzie, who participated in the debate on the policy statement of President Ranil Wickremesinghe despite his party’s decision to boycott the debate, said he will exercise his responsibility towards the nation.