UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday urged the government to take quick legal action against those responsible f

The Kataragama Esala festival is scheduled to commence tonight with the first day Perehera that sets off from the Maha D

Some 1,700 COVID-19 infected Sri Lankan migrant workers are currently receiving home-based and hospital-based treatment in 17 countries and is almost thrice the number of domestic patients, which as of yesterday stood at 664.

The hills of Nuwara Eliya are vibrantly alive with the hectic sounds of parliamentary electioneering! Nuwara Eliya district with its picturesque landscape and salubrious climate elects eight members in the 225 member parliament of Sri Lanka. 577,717

Most people in our country believe in Astrology. They make it a point to observe Astrological guidelines in fixing times for all important events in life and also in taking decisions on very vital matters like marriage.

State efforts are underway to import 2500 milch cows from Australia, despite a similar scheme carried out by the previous ‘Yahapalana’ government which saw many lapses. Recently, the Cabinet approved a proposal to import another 2500....

The China of today is vastly different to the China that I knew of in my younger days.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, a combination of technological breakthroughs had been rapidly reshaping the way we lived and worked.

On 2 July 2020, India’s Ministry of Health announced 226,947 active cases of COVID-19, with 17,400 lives lost.

Senior economist Dr. Kenneth De Zilwa has been invited to take over the Chairmanship of the reconstituted Financial System Stability Consultative Committee (FSSCC) of the Central Bank (CB) by CB Governor Prof. W.D. Lakshman, with effect from this mon

Parliament heads and Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe yesterday discussed measures to be taken when the Parliament sits post general elections where Dr. Jasinghe highlighted the need to adhere to the COVID-19 g

A group of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidates will join the UNP after the conclusion of the general elections, UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yester

The Provincial Council (PC) Elections which has been delayed for several years will be held before the end of this year, Seni

Residents of the area expressed concern about abandoning a large stock of wire, concrete posts and other material for the proposed 12-km- electric fence from Sorabora to Serana to the mercy of elements at the Dehigolla Sri Purwara

The illegal felling of trees in the Bambaragala Forest Reserve which forms a part of the Knuckles range, a highly sensitive environmental zo

A two-thirds majority in Parliament is needed at the forthcoming the General Elections to amend the Constitution in order to sort out issues in the country, Prime Minister and SLPP Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. Speaking at an SLPP represe

Hospital waste management is an important environmental and public safety issue, due to the infectious and hazardous nature of the waste.

When you hear of suicide, you often wonder why someone would want to take their own life.

Schools which closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic were re-opened today as the first phase. Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma visited the, Dharmapala Vidyalaya Boys School in Pannipitiya - Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda and t

Two accomplices of underworld figures ‘Kosgoda Tharaka’ and ‘Gagana’ have been arrested with 12 T-56 assault rifles d

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Northern Province Governor P.S.M. Charles discussed steps being taken to prevent unauthorized boats arriving in the peninsula from India, the Prime Minister’s Media Division said yesterday. The Governor

Over 1,200 people have been sent to self-quarantine for failing to wear face masks in public places in the Western Province on Sunday, the Police said. Senior D

The previous government did agree on some points on the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement with USA but later decided against signing it following the derogation by the general public with regard to the issue, UNP General S

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would be joining Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLP

inayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias “Karuna Amman” a.k.a. “Col” Karuna has got himself into hot water by shooting his mouth off at an election meeting in the East. Currently Karuna Ammaan is the chief candidate on the Amparai District list of t

2020 has been a testing and trying year for many people across the globe. A raging pandemic that has incapacitated major cities worldwide has put a pause to the significant threat towards a growing environmental crisis. A 2019 United Nations report n

Allegations of match-fixing by former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has brought the 2011 Cricket World Cup final, which Sri Lanka lost to India, under scrutiny. But are these legitimate allegations or politically motivated statements?

7.4 million people affected by the economic impact of COVID-19 were set to receive the government allowance. Did all 7.4 million of them receive this allowance?

Fifty thousand more Sri Lankan citizens stranded overseas are waiting to be repatriated while 8,000 have been brought back into the country since the COVID-19 virus spread in many countries including Sri Lanka since March, a senior off

Some 7, 000 Sri Lankan expatriates who had requested to be repatriated have returned to the island, Director General