Air pollution triggered heart diseases visible in Sri Lanka : Expert

Air pollution has increased the risk of heart diseases in Sri Lanka like elsewhere in the world, a top cardiologist said

Failing in duty on Easter Sunday attack Intel cop suspended

A charge sheet was issued against him under 12 charges of disciplinary violations

“Electronic media set fire to my house, am I to grant licenses for arson?”

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that concerns about issuing broadcasting licences have been puzzling, especially as t

Ministry driver’s nude WhatsApp Oopsie Arrested and exposed

An exhibitionist driver of a Ministry vehicle, who shared nude pictures and exposed his person on video calls with a retired Administrative

Truck kills mother, 6 YO at bus stop in Vavuniya

In a devastating incident that occurred yesterday morning, a woman and her six-year-old daughter were fatally struck by a lorry near Kannat

Peevish driver makes a splash

The driver of the private bus racing against the SLTB bus had obstructed the way of the latter, endangering the passengers

Age limit for ordaining Buddhist monks mulled

The Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with the Mahanayake Theras of three Chapters, has sought to introduce an age limit for ordaining young children as monks. Minister Vidura Wick

Russian investment in nuclear energy Sri Lanka yet to take final decision

The government is yet to confirm whether it will forge ahead with the proposal by Russia to invest in a nuclear power plant, an official said. Russian nuclear giant Rosatom has offered to build a nuclear power plant that may run two reactors and generate 300 mega

Canada informs SL that no genocide took place in SL, Trudeau says otherwise for political ends

Canada’s Foreign Ministry informs SL that no finding on genocide in Sri Lanka

Youths arrested for publishing liquor dansala video on TikTok

The youth, aged between 20 and 25, said they had filled empty foreign liquor bottles with tea

Pastor Jerome Fernando under probe for Money Laundering

Jerome left the country on May 15 and his family has returned while he remains overseas

School students to get special clothing to protect them from dengue

Use of mosquito repellents proposed as an effective measure

Two FR petitions against divestment of shares in SLT dismissed

Two Fundamental Rights petitions filed seeking an order restraining the Treasury Secretary from taking any steps to divest the shares held by him in Sri Lanka Telecom PLC was yesterday dismissed by Supreme

Land owned by Kurundi and Thiriyaya Viharaya Committee to find historical evidence

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to appoint a committee to determine whether Kurundi Viharaya of Mullaitivu and Thiriyaya Viharaya of Trincomalee historically owned 2,000 and 3,000 acres respectively, sources cl

Four cops among six who attended conference in UK decamp

Four police officers of the Police Sports Division who went to the UK to participate in an international conference and did not report back to work have been considered as having abandoned their service, Police Spokesman

To keep dengue at bay, clean 200 to 300-metre radius around houses

Cases close to 45,000

President questions necessity of O/L, Year Five Scholarship exams

Emphasizes the importance of retaining children in school education for thirteen years

Furthering LGBTQIA rights South Asia and Europe can learn from each other

MP Premnath C. Dolawatte, highlighted that the Panel Code Amendment Act is under discussion in the p’ment after the SC’s green light on the matter

“We can agree with you in areas sans policy contrasts” SLPP tells Prez

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) informed President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday that it would agree with him only in areas without policy contrasts, a party official said. SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam who attended the meeting along with his party’s National Organizer Basil Rajapaksa told Daily Mirror there are policy contrasts between the SLPP and the Presid

SL goes on alert over Malaria threat

Threat is due to malaria vector Anopheles stephensi mosquito

Shortcomings in Inland Revenue Act hampers collection of over Rs.900 billion

Shortcomings in the Inland Revenue Act have hampered the collection of a whopping over Rs.900 billion in tax revenue to the state coffers, an MP said. Kandy district MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who chairs the Parliamentary Sectorial Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical Plans, said the Inland Revenue Department had b

Wealthy lifestyle unveiled: Millionaire young woman’s fortune linked to Sex Work

24 year old Sri Lankan woman owned three luxury motor vehicles, a property valued at over Rs.100 million and another three storied house under construction

Some groups trying to grab power through sabotage: Ruwan

Says UNP leader had to accept the premiership and brought some kind of stability to the nation

People now can apply for passports online

Fifty-one divisional secretariats across the island will start issuing passports via online from today (15), Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said. The online system to apply for passports will be launched today at the Homaga

I see our country’s future leader in my mirror: SF

Today, the rulers of the country as well as many people have forgotten the war heroes

Fmr. MP Abeyratne arrested for firing shots to scare group in Horana

Former MP and present SJB organiser for Horana, P.D. Abeyratne was arrested for shooting into the air with his firearm to scare a group of people at Boralugoda in Horana yesterday. Police said a couple w

SLPP raises concerns with RW - “Do not interfere in SLPP affairs”

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has raised concerns with President Ranil Wickremesinghe over a meeting convened with SLPP district leaders on Monday saying that the party leaders were not informed of such a move and if the President intends to call for such meetings, then the party has to be consulted first.

Beware of buying whitening creams online: Dermatologist

Dr. Kahawita warned the public to inquire about the product by asking questions such as the active ingredients used in them

Where were these experts four years ago to predict country’s economy reaching zero? asks Susil

While rejecting reports on Sri Lanka’s food insecurity and child labour, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha asked the experts where they were four years ago to predict that the country’s economy would come to zero. While addressing a blo

Drastic increase in drug offenders in prisons: COPA reveals

There has been a drastic increase in drug offenders at present and that nine new centres have been initiated to rehabilitate the drug offenders¸ a Parliamentary Committee revealed. The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) that met in Parliament Complex recently revealed that some 10,470 inmates out of the total of 17,502 inmates in remand prison are drug offenders while 3,569 out of the t