The Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested five individuals who were in possession of 05 firearms manufactured in Sri Lanka, in the Wakare area.

Nimsara Nadija Seneviratne and Chamika Pasan Kalhara Nandasiri of the University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka, became the international champions at the Indo-Pacific Quiz Competition 2022 organised by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi, Kerala with support from the U.S. Mission in India.

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) says that among the 77 Sri Lankan females currently at a Sri Lankan Embassy safehouse in Oman, only 12 have left Sri Lanka after registering themselves with the SLBFE.

To address the looming shortage of grains for the animal feed industry and maize based food items due to the ongoing socio-economic crisis in Sri Lanka, as a part of the response efforts through the United Nations (UN) joint Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan...

SJB, JVP, SLFP and SLPP dissidents vote against Budget By Saman Indrajith The second reading of Budget 2023 was passed with a majority of 37 votes in Parliament yesterday. The vote taken at 6 pm received 121 votes in favour and 84 votes against. The SJB, JVP, SLFP and SLPP dissidents voted against the Budget. […]

President Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver the Lalith Athulathmudali commemorative freedom speech today (23) at 5.00pm at the BMICH (Lotus Hall). The event has been organized by the Lalith Athulathmudali Foundation in collaboration with the Institute for Democracy and Leadership and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom -Sri Lanka November 26 will mark the 86th birth […]

At a time when enhancing profitability of public enterprises is an urgent need to boost the national economy of Sri Lanka, the revival and turnaround of Gal Oya Plantations (formerly known as Hingurana Sugar factory) by LOLC is an embodiment of how the nation’s assets can be enhanced through professionalism and expertise by the private […]

Sri Lanka Air Force clinched the title of the National Water Polo Championships after a lapse of eleven years. The Sir Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) organized the event took place from November 18 to 20 at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Pool Complex. The Air Force men’s team remained unbeaten to win the title. They […]

By Saman Indrajith Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara told Parliament yesterday (22) that the Third Secretary of the Lankan Embassy, in Oman, had been suspended over the latter’s alleged involvement in trafficking Lankan women to Oman. Minister Nanayakkara said there were 12 Lankan women at a safe house operated by the Lankan Embassy in […]

Implementing Singapore-Sri Lanka FTA by Gomi Senadhira News can be confusing. That happened when I read the headline, “President tells Singapore PM that SL will prioritise implementing FTA” (The Island 09 Sept. 2022). I thought the news item was not accurate. So, I checked the Presidential Secretariat website. It confirmed the validity of this news […]

My mind time travelled thirty-seven years to the auditorium, Rahula College, Matara. Being one of the two surgeons at the Base Hospital I was a man in demand whom the service receivers respected. My good lady and I were seated in the VIP row of seats and when the curtain raised there was a man […]

By Ramesh Khan At the beginning of the year 2022, none in Sri Lanka would have thought that the end of the pandemic would not signal the end of misery. Instead, it signaled the advent of misery in forms that had been unknown to the Sri Lankans until now. A country filled with tourist spots, […]

The government of Myanmar donated a consignment of urgently required essential medicines and medical supplies worth over USD 1.48 Million to Sri Lanka, on Monday (Nov. 21).

A multi-party delegation from the Sri Lankan parliament and the delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia in the European Parliament (DSAS) conducted a productive virtual dialogue recently.

The Offshore Petrol Vessel P-627, the most recent addition to the Sri Lanka Navy fleet acquired from the United States, was commissioned as Vijayabahu under the aegis of President Ranil Wickremesinghe today.

‘The act to regulate expenditure incurred by candidates at elections conducted under the local authorities elections ordinance, The provincial councils Elections Act, The Parliamentary Elections Act and the Presidential Elections Act ‘ drawn up by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka has been approved by the cabinet of ministers and would be presented in Parliament […]