Tatyana, wife of Rohitha Rajapaksa, said today fabricated and false information were being circulated on social media regarding her affiliation with Tronic Entertainment in an executive capacity.

Offshore Patrol Vessels, Inshore Patrol Vessels and Fast Attack Craft belong to the SL Navy and MI 17 helicopter of the Sri Lanka Air Force joined in the first day of Colombo Naval Exercise 2020 (CONEX 20).

There is drama surrounding the leopard these days; the black leopard in peak wilderness and released leopard in Wilpattu. This article neither intends analysing the wildlife cum conservation issue surrounding the leopard nor points...

A 43 year-old female Chinese national who arrived in Sri Lanka from Hubei, China has been tested positive for the new coronavirus yesterday making her the first case of positive coronavirus reported in Sri Lanka.

Chinese authorities rapidly expanded a mammoth quarantine effort aimed at containing a deadly contagion on Friday to 13 cities and a staggering 41 million people, as nervous residents were checked for fevers and the death toll climbed to 26.

As the seasonal influenza outbreak was slowly subsiding, news of a new virus made its rounds in early January. Known as the Wuhan pneumonia, as the first case was reported from China, the World Health Organisation has informed the Health Ministry in

The Foreign Relations Ministry has urgently informed the Sri Lankan Embassy in Beijing to immediately contact the 40 Sri Lankan students studying in the Wuhan Province as well as some Sri Lankan nationals employed there, and make arrangements to evac

Following a directive by the Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, the Secretary-General of Parliament Dammika Dassanayake has informed in writing to Central Bank Governor Professor W. D. Lakshman that the report on the five Forensic Audits are incomplete without

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said law enforcement officers should carry out their duties without any fear or favour, but their actions should strictly be in compliance with the law.

The Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court informed the Magazine Prison not to produce MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who is in remand custody, before the Government Analyst for a voice test today but to produce on another date when informed by court.

The tax changes included in the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill propose to make major revisions to Sri Lanka’s corporate tax structure and interestingly, to substantially reduce the income tax rate on the so-called sin industries.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that the government would not sign any agreement which is inimical to the interests of the country.

Two women from Sri Lanka were among those killed in an horrific bus crash in Abu Dhabi last week, officials confirmed yesterday.

Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties, Buckingham Palace has announced.

While stating that they want a legitimate change of leadership in the UNP, the MPs who are currently lobbying for a change in the party yesterday said they were hopeful that party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will take a positive step in this regard d

A major celestial event of much astrological significance will occur when Saturn enters the zodiacal sign of Capricorn, its own House, after about 30 years in its journey round the Sun, at 09. 56 hours (local time) on January 24, 2020. Saturn’s tra

On Easter Sunday morning, many in Sri Lanka woke up to the news of the terror that was unleashed within minutes at churches and hotels but for the Gunawardane family based in Maryland, USA, it was just after dinner when they received the news of the

He was Jayalath to some, Dr Manoratne to others, and Mano to us. When television came to Sri Lanka in the 1980s, Jayalath Manoratne was one of many stage actors who made the transition to the small screen. Almost all the tele-series he took part in w

Sex drive often referred to as libido is a natural urge of any healthy person. And in fact, it is Nature’s guarantee of the survival of the species.

Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes. Aedes mosquitoes can be easily distinguished as it is larger in size and have black stripes on its body, so it is sometimes called tiger mosquitoes. They breed in artificial accumulation of

Three suspects had been arrested with heroin and ice in Dematagoda, the Police said.

This is my third and final column in the trilogy of articles about the singing of Sri Lanka’s national anthem in Sinhala and Tamil languages. I would have very much liked to write about hot topics like Ranjan Ramanayake’s voice recordings or Pres

A number of Sri Lankan dairy farming families have been left devastated after investing in a fresh milk scheme which saw the import of dairy cattle from Australia and New Zealand. Dozens of cattle in local dairy farms have died following a government

Once again conservationists have been horrified at the killing of an adult male leopard on the borders of the Uda Walawe National Park. The body had been dismembered – paws cut off and teeth removed – and the carcass carelessly thrown into a wate

UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake who was arrested by the Colombo (South) Crime Division over possession of a pistol without a valid licence, was granted bail when he was produced in the Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

In what appears to be the sharpest rebuke levelled against the Central Bank bond scam so far, Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, who is also an ex-Centr

Well known film producer and director Sunil Aruna Weerasiri in a historic move, is donating all income generated from the screening of the movie ‘Vishama Bhaga’ in his Kiribathgoda Aruna Cinema, towards the fund aimed at eradicating kidney diseas

The Minister of Power and Energy, Mahinda Amaraweera and the State Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena have received complaints that a plan to customize the Main Board of fuel dispensers illegally in a discreet manner has been carried out. This complain

A list of patients have been waiting for over two months at the Apeksha Cancer Hospital in Maharagama .This is due to the protracted delay in commissioning three of the latest Tomotherapy Linear Accelerators for treating of patients for the last four