Four Ministers appointed to hold vacated portfolios
Four new Ministers were appointed temporarily following the resignation of six Sri Lanka Freedom Part…
Four new Ministers were appointed temporarily following the resignation of six Sri Lanka Freedom Part…
The strike launched by the non academic staff of universities was called off a short while ago. T…
Newly appointed seven Governors sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential…
Severe thundershowers above 100mm are expected today especially in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Cent…
The proposal made to provide relief for individuals affected by the recent communal conflicts whic…
The Cabinet of Ministers approved to amend the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol Act which…
Sri Lakan Boxer Ishan Bandara qualified to the men's 52 kg wight class boxing semi finals at t…
A discussion was held under the chairmanship of President Maithripala Sirisena to identify issues con…
Three persons had died due to a fire that erupted inside a room of a house in Rajawella, Rambodawatta…
Colombo Additional Magistrate Ranga Disssanayaka yesterday ordered to further remand Inspector Neomal Rang…
The presentation of the Proposed Masterplan and Development Control Regulations (DCR) of the Colombo …
An independent committee will be appointed by Higher Education Minister Kabhir Hashim to propose a common …
Hettiarachchi Mudiyanselage Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi alias ‘Navy Sampath’ who has a warrant issu…
The Thamankaduwa SLFP Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Premasiri Munasinghe, and two others were arrested on…
An individual along with two locally-manufactured firearms concealed within a house in the Balaluwewa-Kala…
TNA candidate N. Konalingam of the Vakarai division, who was recently elected Koralai Pattu North Pradeshi…
The Buddhasasana Ministry has temporarily suspended D. P. Kumarage from the post of Basnayake Nilame …
Negombo Excise officers had arrested 37 suspects possessing a 40-gram stock of heroin during a two-day rai…
Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) arrested 11 errant traders who were selling food unfit for human consumpti…
President Maithripala Sirisena had informed Cabinet of his intent to make a reshuffle before the Sinh…
Agbopura Police said that a man who had snatched a gold chain from a woman, had been taken into police cus…
Agbopura Police said that a man who had snatched a gold chain from a woman, had been taken into police cus…
A special island wide inspection programme was launched by the Excise Department to avoid irregula…
Amith Weerasinghe from the Mahason Balakaya and 22 others who were arrested for being involved at …
Basnayake Nilame, D.P. Kumarage of the Kataragama Devalaya was temporarily suspended from his pos…
Heavy traffic reported from the area surrounding the Lotus road owing to a protest march launched …
A businessman was robbed of Rs. 2.5 million worth of gems, which he was transporting by motorcycle to his …
The death is announced of Baines - Andrea Sherilyne. Beloved daughter of Trevor and Geraldine, precious si…
Padma Beatrice Edirisinghe, a long time bilingual contributor to Lake House newspapers, including the…
The Joint Opposition has decided to submit a letter to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya demanding that Tamil N…
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party Central Committee yesterday decided to boycott the Cabinet meeting which …
Mount Lavinia Additional Magistrate Lochana Abewickrama yesterday ordered the extension of the remand…
Housing and Construction Minister Sajith Premadasa yesterday pledged to establish 25 Ranaviru Welfare…
The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) probing into the recent incidents that had taken place in …
The government will provide financial aid for youths along with vocational training who prefer self e…
Sri Lanka’s health service is one of the best not only in Asia but in the world, WHO Director-General…
President Maithripala Sirisena who graced the Passing Out ceremony of the 48th batch of Special Force…
In a special ceremony held recently at Nonagama Cultural Centre in Ambalantota in the Hambantota Dist…
The Tangalle Police Division Crime Investigation Unit yesterday arrested a man along with a micro pistol a…
Two Sri Lankans who attempted to smuggle over 28,000 cigarettes and 30 kilos of cardamom were arrested by …
Kelaniya Police arrested the key suspect and five others involved in large scale land frauds running into …
The Ceylon Fisheries Corporation (CFC) has taken measures to control the prices of fish during this f…
(File Photo) The seven hikers who were reported missing in the Knuckles mountain range were found by…
The Sri Lanka Bar Association has resolved to request the government to amend divorce laws. Furth…
A trip by a group of garment factory workers from Hanwella ended in tragedy when five of them were dr…
Police have taken necessary action to quell the underworld killings reported from various parts of th…
The United National Party (UNP) Parliamentary Group and Working Committee which met on Saturday, had …
President Maithripala Sirisena filling a large receptacle with rice from the Maha paddy harvest at th…
A Cabinet reshuffle will be made before the Sinhala and Hindu New Year as agreed by President Maithri…
A price revision of fuel distributed by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is in the offing, acco…
Veteran film and stage drama actress Ratnavali Kekunawela passed away last Saturday. She was 87. She…
Two persons sustained serious injuries when the cab in which they travelled collided with a train at the K…
The Army will release 683 acres more currently occupied by the Military Forces in the Jaffna District…
Showers or thundershowers will occur over most provinces of the island after 2.00 p.m. today due to low-le…
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the Maestro of the Sinhala film industry Dr. Lester James…
Sri Lanka, which established diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1957, comme…
The Sooriyabhishekaya Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Avurudu) festival organised by the Megapolis and We…
Courtaulds Clothing Lanka Pvt. Ltd. held its Dinali Awards – 2018, recently. The Dinali Awards Proje…
A free-of-charge legal aid programme for underprivileged families in the Colombo Municipal Council ar…
Two suspects were arrested along with a stock of foreign liquor that had been stored in two tourist hotels…
President Maithripala Sirisena who was the chief guest at the 2018 Prize Giving of Trinity College Ka…
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated that the No-confidence motions handed over by the backbench…
President Maithripala Sirisena, yesterday, emphasised the need to change the Local Government Elections Ac…
President Maithripala Sirisena, yesterday, admitted that he held extensive discussions with the Prime Mini…
Three persons were seriously injured and another sustained minor injuries following a bear attack in …
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday promised to hold an impartial inquiry into the incident involving D…
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