Police yesterday arrested a Jaffna University student who threatened a shop owner in Kopai by pointing a sharp knife at his neck.
Police said this undergraduate from the Science Faculty may have tried to instill fear in the shop owner...
A rapid increase in the number of Covid Patients infected with the delta variant has been discovered in the country. According to reports, the number has now increased to 68 with the discovery of 30 new cases. The new...
Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, formally handed over the letter of appointment to Rear Admiral Ruwan Perera at the Navy Headquarters today
The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order reinstating H.M. Janaka Ravindra Kalupahana as the Basnayake Nilame of the Soragune Kuda Katharagama Devalaya.
Janaka Ravindra Kalupahana had filed a petition in the Court of Appeal challenging his suspension by...
Professor Channa Jayasumana has been appointed as the Acting Minister of Health in place of Minister Pavithra Wannirachchi who is convalescing after being treated for Covid 19.
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The current economic crisis is estimated to have doubled the country’s poverty rate between 2021 and 2022. The jump from 13.1 to 25.6 percent ($3.65 per capita PPP) has increased the number of poor people by 2.7 million. The...
The Supreme Court today granted leave to proceed with the Fundamental Rights petitions filed by four schoolchildren over an incident in which they were forced to give statements to police following the arrest of Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah.
The four petitioners,...
This is a revision to the directive it issued at the start of this week which relaxed the rule on wearing of face masks outdoors. This directive, criticized by many as unjustified and ill thought of, came immediately after...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe met the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, during his visit to the UK, the Presidential Media Division said.
Their discussion focused on the digitization programmes within the Commonwealth.
He also shared his strategies for addressing climate change and explored...
The Secretary-General of Parliament has, in a letter, informed the Chairman of the Election Commission that the Parliamentary seat of Ranjan Ramanayke has fallen vacant.
Accordingly, Ranjan Ramanayake ceases to be a Member of Parliament in terms of the provisions...
The first Sinopec filling station was opened in Mattegoda today after the government entered into an agreement with Chinese petroleum company Sinopec.
Sinopec initiated the first round of market promotion measures with a pump discount of 3 LKR per litre...
India will send a second consignment of 500,000 Oxford Astra Zenica vaccines to Sri Lanka to continue with a vaccination programme against the fast-spreading Covid 19 pandemic. The Consignment is expected to be received by Thursday night.
