Court overrule preliminary objections raised by Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka
Colombo Additional Magistrate Dulani Amarasinghe today decided to overrule preliminary objections …
Colombo Additional Magistrate Dulani Amarasinghe today decided to overrule preliminary objections …
President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed Cabinet Ministers from areas not affected by floods a…
President Maithripala Sirisena in a special meeting with members of his government yesterday assig…
Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said UNESCO has recently warned that Dambulla cave tem…
People can pay their monthly water bills at any Post Office or Sub Post Office of the country. Th…
A vehicle veered off the road and plunged in to a 50-meter precipice near Ginigathhena on the Hatt…
A vehicle veered off the road and plunged in to a 50-meter precipice near Ginigathhena on the Ha…
New State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramarathne assumed duties at the Ministry of Finance this m…
Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake received five dinghies and equipment from Australian High Commi…
New Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms Gayantha Karunathilake settled in his new role tod…
The Court of Appeal rejected the petition filed by the Perpetual Treasuries today against the Cent…
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews is likely to miss his team's Champions Trophy opener against …
Professor Parakrama Dissanayake assumed office as Ports Authority Chairman of the Ports and Shippi…
( Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne with WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus) Wo…
A Sri Lankan national living in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong was charged with allegedly threa…
Japan’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma yesterday handed over a consignment of emergency rel…
Four State Ministers and four Deputy Ministers appointed under the new Cabinet reshuffle took their oaths …
Forty four schoolchildren have died and eight are reported missing due to the adverse weather conditions e…
The commencement date of schools closed due to the adverse weather situation has not been decided yet…
The Southern Expressway, which was partly closed due to floods over the past few days, completely re-opene…
The ruling party MPs are to donate their month’s salary for the disaster relief programme launched by…
The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint a sub committee to reprioritise allocations made for devel…
The extradition treaty between Sri Lanka and the Peoples’ Republic of China received Cabinet approval…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned by the devastating impact caused by Cyclone…
President Maithripala Sirisena assured the government is taking all relief efforts to assist all indi…
The Flood Protection Ordinance No 4 of 1924 is to be repealed and replaced with a new Flood Managemen…
A woman who was allegedly kept by force in a house in Saudi Arabia to harvest her kidney, returned to Sri …
Ven.Kotugoda Dhammavasa Nayake Thera has been appointed the Chief Prelate of Amarapura Chapter. He is…
The number of trains running on the Kelani Valley railway line will be increased from five to eight to mee…
In the wake of the recent floods and landslides which have affected hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans, …
Disaster Management Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa yesterday admitted that Sri Lanka did not have the t…
The Ministry of Education released instructions for 2018 Grade One admissions to government school…
Mirihana Police arrested a woman for possession of heroin in Madiwela yesterday. Police said she …
The extradition treaty between Sri Lanka and the Peoples’ Republic of China received the Cabinet n…
President Maithripala Sirisena appointed Lasantha Alagiyawanna as the Deputy Minister of Finance a…
The ‘Island Economies of the Future’ of fDi Magazine, published in the UK topped Sri Lanka as the …
The Disaster Management Centre said that 203 people have died, 96 are missing and 63 are injured b…
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Four new State Ministers and three new Deputy Ministers were appointed by President Maithripala Si…
The Ministry of Health said that a special unit for health relief will be established under the di…
A hotline, 0712152222 has been opened by the Disaster Management Centre of the Government Medical Off…
Law and Order and Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayaka yesterday requested the public to donate …
Senior Lake House journalist and former Sarasaviya Editor Sunil Mihidukula passed away yesterday afte…
A total of 1.5 million people in Sri Lanka smoke 11 million cigarettes daily. The percentage of smoke…
A dispute between two small time traders over the payment for a lorry hire led one of them to stab the oth…
Bambalapitiya Police arrested an Island Registered Criminal (IRC) who was allegedly involved in a house br…
A man was shot dead at a home in Ahungalla around 6.30 pm yesterday by an unidentified gunman, Police Medi…
Newly appointed Director General of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus assured full …
Sri Lanka Insurance has set up a donation collection centre at its head office at No. 21, Vauxhall Street,…
A group of bhikkus from the Retiyala temple in Govinna who participated in a higher ordination ceremo…
Nearly 160,000 people of about 42,000 families in the Matara district have been affected by unexpecte…
Four remand prisoners escaped from the Negombo Prison in the wee hours of yesterday (May 30). Prison…
The Gelanigama-Dodangoda section of the Southern Expressway has been re-opened for traffic, a spokesm…
Today is World No Tobacco Day (May 31). Annually around 25,000 Sri Lankans die due to smoking and rel…
The government has decided to increase the reinsurance cover for natural disasters to Rs 15 billion t…
Very strong winds about 80 kmph is expected over the country and surrounding sea areas as the cycloni…
A landslide threat at the Dimbula Unifield Group has prompted the estate management to evacuate plant…
The Health Ministry has established a special coordinating unit headed by Dr. Athula Kahandaliyanage …
No new vehicles will be purchased for ministries or government institutions until the end of this yea…
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