An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal on Wednesday morning, the country’s seismological centre said, with media reporting six people had been killed. Reuters partner ANI...
The government is still incurring losses from diesel and kerosene sales, State Minister of Power and Energy D.V. Chanaka said in Parliament today (9). Accordingly, he...
A haul of 83 kilos of Kerala Ganja worth over Rs.10 million was found hidden on the shores of the Eastern Lagoon in Jaffna. The haul...
Rashid Khan’s reign at the top of the MRF ICC Men’s T20I Bowling Rankings has been short-lived, with the Afghanistan spinner usurped in top spot by...
The construction work of the Western Container Terminal (WCT) at the Colombo Port commenced today (9). The project is an investment of 700 million US Dollars...
A Census of Population and Housing is planned to be conducted during the first few months of next year, the Census and Statistics Department said. Its...
Young Sri Lankan women who were sent to Oman on the promise of employment have been queued up to be selected by the employers in the...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is to record statements from popular actor Pubudu Chaturanga and wife Mashi Siriwardene in connection with the investigations into the large-scale...
No COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed yesterday (07) by the Director-General of Health Services. Accordingly, the current COVID-19 death toll remains at 16,782.
The Immigration & Emigration Department has stated that they will recommence issuing passports from tomorrow (09). The Department had earlier said they had suspended issuing passports...