Buddhist devotees across the world celebrate the Medin Full Moon Poya Day today (6). The Medin Full Moon Day marks the Buddha’s first visit to Kimbulwath...
A 34-year-old has died under mysterious circumstances after entering the Nuwaragala Forest Reserve with seven others. The Police Media Division said a group of eight on...
Parliamentarian Rauff Hakeem challenged President Ranil Wickremesinghe to conduct General Elections, speaking at an event on Saturday (4). “The President says the Local Government Election is...
The Kandy – Mahiyanganaya road has been closed near the 14th of the 18 Hairpin Bends (‘Daha-ata Wanguwa’) owing to an earth slip. This was confirmed...
A three-wheel driver who stole an iPhone from an Italian tourist was sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for ten years and fined Rs. 1,500 by...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the decision taken by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to raise the policy rates is appropriate and in...
It is reported that the Executive Council of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna has decided to remove Prof. G.L. Peiris from the post of party chairman....
General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers’ Union – Mr. Joseph Stalin says that A/L candidates are seriously inconvenienced due to the delay in paper marking. He has...
The “Irida Aruna” newspaper alleges that a senior official of the Ministry of Defence is pressuring to transfer the team investigating a drug kingpin. It is...
The Department of Meteorology sometimes predicts showers or thundershowers in the Eastern, Uva, North-Central and Northern provinces. Fairly heavy showers of about 75mm can be expected...