Sexual abuse of another teenage girl; four including girl’s father arrested, six more absconding

Woman arrested on charges of aiding and abetting the crime

Chandimal Jayasinghe offers one of his houses to Ranjan

Ranjan was given a three-month grace period to keep his belongings at his MP’s quarters

19 more COVID patients with Delta variant found in multiple areas

Several naval officers among the infected

Def. Min. declines Bathiudeen’s request to be home bound - AG

Rishad Bathiudeen is currently detained by the CID under the PTA over the Easter Sunday attacks

SL has identified oil and gas deposits

Our foreign debt amount is around US $ 45Bn

Proposed security sticker on liquor bottles from Aug. 15 – Excise Chief

Already a representative from the MSP is working in the country assisting with the already undergoing project of pasting security stickers on all imported liquor bottles

Sri Lanka to receive its largest vaccine donation from China this month

The country has already received 7.1Mn doses of Sinopharm vaccines since March

Colombo on high alert for spread of new COVID 19 mutations

14 persons found with mutations within the city a few days ago, Chief Medical Officer

Domestic aide at ex-Minister Bathiudeen’s house dies of burn wounds

The girl, a resident of Dayagama Estate Hatton had reportedly set herself on fire and was hospitalised last week

Alienation of state properties through Selendiva Investments Ltd Challenging petition fixed for Sept. 21

PM’s proposal to bring Canwill Holdings Pvt. Ltd. (Grand Hyatt), Hotel Developers Pvt. Ltd. (Hilton) and the Grand Oriental Hotel under a single entity jointly owned by the Treasury, BOC and SLIC approved by the Cabinet

IUSF and Teachers Union file 15 Habeas Corpus petitions

Protestors who were released on bail by the Magistrate were taken to a quarantine centre in Mullaitivu by force

Catholic church, statues vandalized in Mannar

Five Catholic statues and a church in Mannar have been vandalized by unknown persons during the last few days, a Catholic pries

Wakfs Council proscribes slaughter of Qurbani animals within Mosque premises

The Wakfs Council of Sri Lanka has decided not to permit slaughtering of Qurbani animals within any Mosque premises, the Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Department said.

Opposition claims wild life officers who tipped about Yala injustice, transferred

Wildlife officers who informed the Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa about the devastation of 12,000 acres inside th

Joseph Stalin, 15 others test negative for COVID-19

PCR tests of sixteen people including the Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union, Joseph Stalin who are under quarantine

Stellanova’21, Sri Lanka’s First-Ever Joint online Astronomy experience

The Astronomical Societies of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Colombo 07 and Dharmaraja College, Kandy recently successfully concluded the final round of the Stellanova’21, the First-Ever Joint online Astronomy experience in the history of

Against detention of TU leaders

The Trade Union Collective yesterday organised a vehicle parade in Colombo to protest against the forcible detention /quarantining of sever

36% of target population received first dose so far

66 percent in the Gampaha district have been administered with the first dose while 21 percent have received both doses

Court issues Enjoining Order preventing wife from accessing husband’s computer

The Mount Lavinia District Court has issued an Enjoining Order preventing the wife from collecting data, documents, text messages or any other information stored on her husband’s computer using any other surveillance devices.

Sajith alleges Govt poised to devour 12,000 acres of Yala National Park

Illegal roadways are to be constructed through the park up to Akasa Chaitya.

Wildlife minister denies opposition leader’s statement

I will not let such activity happen in Yala

AG assures court Harin will not be arrested until Sept. 1

Harin Fernando had filed a FR petition seeking an order preventing police from arresting him over the Easter Sunday attack

Tourism sector gets a boost

Quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated travellers

Sinopharm first dose at ViharaMahaDevi Park from today

The vaccination programme will be held between 8.30am and 4.30pm from today until further notice.

Doubtful if public is concerned at all: GMOA

People seem to forget to follow health guidelines and attention to the virus is on the decline

270 vaccination centres countrywide - Army

About 270 Community Vaccination Centres manned by tri-forces and health authorities are currently operational countrywide as of today, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.

Biodegradable lunch sheets a must from Aug. 1: Env. Min.

Not even one percent of this is recycled

Detention of civil activists: Buddhist monk files Habeas Corpus petition

The petitioner stated that the corpus and several others who were released on bail by Colombo Magistrate were then forcibly taken to a quarantine centre in Mullaitivu without any presence of health authorities or antigen tests or PCR tests.

Wannila Aththo’s writ petition to be heard on September 8

The writ petition filed by Uruwarige Wannila Aththo, the leader of the indigenous population known as ‘Veddas’, challenging the clearing of lands at Pollebedda-Rambakenoya, was yesterday (13) fixed for September 8 by the Court of Appeal.

Massive solar storm set to hit Earth

GPS navigation, mobile phone signals and satellite TV likely to be affected