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.

Today is the Poson full moon Poya that commemorates the advent of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.

A suspect who had defrauded people of millions of rupees by using various mobile SIMs, was remanded till July 4th by Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday.

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) expressed concern to the officials of the Department of Labour over the significant delays in implementing a digital data system, despite substantial financial allocations by the government.

At least 73 Sri Lankans who are to participate in the Dhamma Spiritual Retreat Programme to be held in Thailand to mark the king’s birthday left Sri Lankan shores on June 18.

Aragalaya activists together with few leftist political parties including Front Line Socialist Party, New Democratic Marxist - Leninist Party and Socialist People’s Forum announced yesterday that they have decided to launch a political alliance nam

The foundation stone was laid yesterday for the state-of-the-art Planet Green Force (PGF) Centre, a new eco-friendly learning lab at Ananda College, Colombo incorporating the four pillars of UNESCO Green Academies and the latest sustainable features.

The driver and his assistant of a Suwa Seriya Ambulance (1990), who stopped at a house to rush an individual to the hospital after he fell ill during a party, were assaulted by two individuals attending the event.

The All Ceylon Buddhist Congress (ACBC) yesterday criticised two bills now pending before Parliament- Women Empowerment Bill and Gender Equity Bill - saying that they, if enacted, would promote LGBTQ rights and transgender rights compromising on the

President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday distributed appointment letters to UNP zonal organizers at the party headquarters Sirikotha in Kotte. UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara, Chairman Vajira Abeywardana, National Organizer Sagala Ratnaya

The residents of Nallathanniya town are living in constant fear of any possible danger from herds of wild boar frequenting the town during daytime.

A PC attached to Thanthirimale police was arrested on Monday night (17) on suspicion of his involvement in drug peddling.

The sale of all alcoholic beverages will be banned countrywide on Friday, June 21st in view of the Poson Full Moon Poya Day and the sale of booze is prohibited from two to seven days in selected sacred zones by order of the Excise Commissioner Genera

A driver who caused a fatal accident and attempted to mislead the investigations was arrested by Katugastota police yesterday.