President denies meeting Arjuna Mahendran in Singapore

I did not have any meal with Mahendran

Iceland assures to strengthen ties with SL

President Johannesson has invited everyone to do their best to stand together when wrestling with issues like the recent pandemic and environmental threats

Prices of all mobile phones, accessories to go up again

ACCOA said that the tax was imposed on major importers whose annual income is more than Rs. 10 million

Harsha offers his COPE membership to Charitha Herath

The appointment of members to the Committee on Public Enterprises ( COPE) and Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) ran into storm yesterday with the Opposition Leader calling for the appointment of MP Charitha Herath to be appointed as Chairman of the COPE. Mr. P

Govt. reaffirms no slashing of public sector wages this month: Minister

State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya yesterday reaffirmed that the salaries of public sector employees would not be slashed this month as reported in social media. The Minister told Parliament that it was circulated in social media that state employees’ salaries and pension payments of the retired were being slashed into half this month. The Minister refuted the reports

I work for the people, not for individuals - Diana

I did not ask Colombo Mayoress Rosy Senanayaka why she didn’t give permission to hold the HellFire Music Festival, as it was not essential to me. I work for the country’s people, not for individuals, Tourism State Minister Diana

LITRO to lower prices of gas again after Oct.5

LITRO Gas Lanka Ltd has decided to reduce the selling price of domestic gas cylinders from October 5, LITRO Lanka C

Türkiye insists will not sign resolution on Sri Lanka

Türkiye has insisted that they will not sign a resolution on Sri Lanka presented to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and that a sponsors’ list which was circulated earlier was not accurate.

Judicial Service Association files contempt of court application against Sanath Nisantha

The Judicial Service Association of Sri Lanka (JSASL), the sole organization representing all the District Court Judges

CPC Dealers to refrain from purchasing fuel from today

Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that there will be no disruption to the fuel distribution process

New COPE, COPA members announced

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed Parliament on the appointment of new members to Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and Committee on Public Accounts (COPA). Accordingly the new members of COPE include M

Fresh probe into Easter attacks with int’l help

A fresh investigation on the Easter Sunday attacks with international assistance will begin soon, State Minister of Defence Pramitha Bandara Tennekoon told Parliament yesterday. State Minister Tennekoon who was responding to an oral question raised by Chaminda Wijesiri said a fresh full inve

Pera uni seeks written assurance from students’ body to resume academic work

The Peradeniya University administration has decided not to resume academic activities in the Law Department of the arts faculty until the student union promised in writing to refrain from clashes. Dea

Lake House bldg. to be fully vested with ANCL soon

Minister Gunawardena ruled out selling the building to foreign investors

EC to assess SL commitment on GSP+

EC remains committed to support Sri Lanka’s efforts to overcome the crisis successfully

Concerns raised in Parliament over conducting law college examinations in English

Concerns were raised in Parliament by both government and opposition MPs over conducting of Law College ex

Will look into possibility of postponing A/ L examination: Susil

Education Minister Susil Premajayantha yesterday informed Parliament that he would seek the possibility of postponing the Advanced Level Examination in consultation with the Examinations Department so as not to inconven

High profile Sri Lankan delegation to visit China

Visit expected to take place once Covid restrictions are eased in Beijing

No necessity to import rice: Amaraweera

There is no necessity to import rice anymore as the local farmers have produced sufficient stocks in the last sea

LTTE, JVP destroyed country: Mihintale Chief Incumbent

Chief Incumbent of Mihintale Rajamaha Vihara Ven. Dr. Walawahengunawewe Dhammarathana Thera said the country has declined since independence and that the politicians who ruled the country since then are responsible fo

Fuel prices to further reduce within next two weeks: Minister

The Minister told Parliament prices of petrol could be reduced by Rs. 40

GR begins secret campaign to clear his failed image

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who returned back to the country recently after countries failed to give him asylum, has now begun a secret PR campaign to clear his failed image within the masses, to persuade the villages that he was misguided in making crucial decisions by those close to him, the Daily Mirror learns. Senior sources told Daily Mirror that a team put together by a media personality and business tycoon are now visiting the vil

Woman accidentally shot dead by police during robbery

A female passenger who had been in the rear seat of a bus had been accidentaly shot by a stray bullet and died after being admitted to the Wathupitiwala Hospital

Couple burnt to death

The bodies of a young couple that had died of serious burn injuries was recovered on Saturday (01) from a house at Nelliyakadu by the Valvettithurai police. The victims were S.Ranjith Kum

Branding Sri Lanka as a nation to regain its lost glory; SLIM to spearhead

Many a countries in the world have achieved its developed status by nation branding

President meets the Bishop of Kurunegala

A special discussion took place last evening between President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Rev. Dr. Harold Anthony Perera, Bishop of Kurunegala and the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka.

SLFP expresses concern about UNHRC resolution

Allegations of economic crimes committed by the current rulers in the country and demanding appropriate action against them is a fresh move against Sri Lanka

UNHRC resolution Sri Lanka not optimistic of overcoming it Confident of getting only six votes

Sri Lanka would not be able to muster sufficient number of votes from the 47 member council to prevent the resolution from being adopted

Harsha to summon all MPs to public finance committee says some economic reforms not realistic

The Government had agreed to convert the primary deficit of Sri Lanka which is negative at the moment to a positive figure within three weeks

More countries sign resolution on Sri Lanka

More countries have signed the resolution on Sri Lanka in Geneva as co-sponsors, Daily Mirror learns. The resolution has now been signed by Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United